It's a lot easier to review patches if you explain why new functions (such as ext4_claim_inode(), in this case) are required, and to add a comment at the beginning of the new function explaining what it does, what its return code it needs, whether it needs to be called with any locks held, whether it exits with locks taken or released, etc. Thanks, - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html