On Fri, 2012-11-16 at 07:45 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Ian Kent <ikent@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > +static inline int __simple_empty(struct dentry *dentry) > > +{ > > This seems completely bogus. > > It's a duplicate of the existing fs/libfs.c "simple_empty()" function, > but without taking the outer lock. > > That kind of code duplication - and doing it in a totally different > file, and making it look autofs-specific - seems entirely wrong. Sure, are you recommending I alter the fs/libfs.c functions to add a function that doesn't have the outer lock, and have simple_empty() call that, then use it in autofs? Or are recommending I rework the autofs code? Ian -- 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