Re: [PATCH -mm 4/5][AIO] - AIO completion signal notification

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Thu Jan 25 2007 - 00:43:02 EST


On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:11:30PM +0100, S?bastien Dugu? wrote:
> > > + if (unlikely(!notify->sigq))
> > > + return -EAGAIN;
> >
> > Did this just leak a ref on the task_struct?
> >
>
> No, the ref is released in really_put_req() when we dispose of
> the iocb.

And the code really needs a comment explaining this. I tripped over
this before, and I think it's even already the second time Andrew
stumbled over it.

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