Re: [PATCH 05/22][RFC] Unionfs: Copyup Functionality

[Josef Sipek]

On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 08:59:08AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >+	newattrs.ia_atime = old_hidden_dentry->d_inode->i_atime;
> >+	newattrs.ia_mtime = old_hidden_dentry->d_inode->i_mtime;
> >+	newattrs.ia_ctime = old_hidden_dentry->d_inode->i_ctime;
> 
> How about,
> 
> 	struct inode *ohi = old_hidden_dentry->d_inode;
> 	newattrs.ia_atime = ohi->i_atime;
> 
> reduces typing a little.

Makes sense.

> >+	} else {
> >+		printk(KERN_ERR "Unknown inode type %d\n",
> >+				old_mode);
> >+		BUG();
> >+	}
> 
> Is BUG the right thing, what do others think? (Using WARN, and set err to
> something useful?)
 
Well, it is definitely a condition which Unionfs doesn't expect - if it
doesn't know about the type, how could it copy it up?
 
> >+	if (!path)
> >+		;
> 
> Woha?!
 
Eeek. Good catch. The 'goto out' disappeared somehow.
 
Thanks for the comments.

Josef 'Jeff' Sipek.
 
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