Re: [PATCH 07/18] fs: rework icount to be a locked variable

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On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 07:36:43AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > -		atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
> > +		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
> > +		inode->i_ref++;
> > +		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
> 
> Why isn't this using iref?
> 
> > +		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
> > +		inode->i_ref++;
> > +		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
> 
> Same here and in a couple of others.
> 
> Hmm, I guess because the i_lock later covers other things around.
> But it still looks a bit weird.

Ok, I've changed them to iref() calls and convert them to open
coding later on when necessary.

Cheers,

Dave.
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