Re: [PATCH] iget_locked [5/6]

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On Fri, 10 May 2002, Jan Harkes wrote:

>
> This patch starts taking i_ino dependencies out of the VFS. The FS
> provided test and set callbacks become responsible for testing and
> setting inode->i_ino.
>
> Because most filesystems are based on 32-bit unique inode numbers
> several functions are duplicated to keep iget_locked a fast path. We
> can avoid unnecessary pointer dereferences and function calls for this
> specific case.

I'd suggest putting the comment above + who's which counterpart
into inode.c. Otherwise - fine with me.

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