Re: [PATCHSET v2] ->follow_link() without dropping from RCU mode

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To: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET v2] ->follow_link() without dropping from RCU mode
From: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:57:39 +1100
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <20151209053209.GV20997@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
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Hi Al,
 thanks a lot for this.  I particularly like that you renamed
 "follow_link" which didn't really describe what the function did any
 more.

 Apart from the changelog comment in 4/11 which starts
   "It was to needed for ..."

 I can't fault anything.

Thanks,
NeilBrown

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