On Sat, 29 November 2008 09:44:23 +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > +struct dentry *d_alloc_single(const struct qstr *name, struct inode *inode) > +{ > + struct dentry *entry; > + > + entry = d_alloc(NULL, name); > + if (entry) { > + entry->d_sb = inode->i_sb; > + entry->d_parent = entry; > + entry->d_flags |= DCACHE_SINGLE | DCACHE_DISCONNECTED; > + entry->d_inode = inode; > + fsnotify_d_instantiate(entry, inode); > + security_d_instantiate(entry, inode); > + } > + return entry; Calling the struct dentry entry had me onfused a bit. I believe everyone else (including the code you removed) uses dentry. > @@ -918,7 +906,7 @@ struct file *create_write_pipe(int flags) > struct inode *inode; > struct file *f; > struct dentry *dentry; > - struct qstr name = { .name = "" }; > + static const struct qstr name = { .name = "" }; > > err = -ENFILE; > inode = get_pipe_inode(); ... > @@ -371,20 +358,13 @@ static int sock_alloc_fd(struct file **filep, int flags) > static int sock_attach_fd(struct socket *sock, struct file *file, int flags) > { > struct dentry *dentry; > - struct qstr name = { .name = "" }; > + static const struct qstr name = { .name = "" }; These two could even be combined. And of course I realize that I comment on absolute trivialities. On the whole, I couldn't spot a real problem in your patches. Jörn -- Public Domain - Free as in Beer General Public - Free as in Speech BSD License - Free as in Enterprise Shared Source - Free as in "Work will make you..." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html