Re: file_inode() vs f_mapping->host

[Al Viro]

On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 01:08:09PM +0200, Andre Richter wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> in this thread ( https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/17/128 ), Al Viro argues
> that file_inode() is not equal to f_mapping->host in certain cases.
> 
> I'm asking, because in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c, msr_seek() retrieves the
> inode via f_mapping while one function later, msr_read() uses
> file_inode().
> Is this on purpose?

Both of those should use file_inode(), but in that case both expressions
yield the same value.  And no, it's not on purpose in case of msr.c -
just a historical accident.
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