Re: [PATCH 07/18] exofs: use iput() for inode reference countdecrements

[Nick Piggin]

On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 04:21:21PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Direct modification of the inode reference count is a no-no. Convert
> the exofs decrements to call iput() instead of acting directly on
> i_count.

Could this go to exofs maintainer and get merged as a bugfix?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/exofs/inode.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c
> index b631ff3..0fb4d4c 100644
> --- a/fs/exofs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c
> @@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ static void create_done(struct exofs_io_state *ios, void *p)
>  
>  	set_obj_created(oi);
>  
> -	atomic_dec(&inode->i_count);
> +	iput(inode);
>  	wake_up(&oi->i_wq);
>  }
>  
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