Re: [PATCH 13/31] xfs: remove the xfs_inode argument to xfs_attr_get_ilocked

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On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 10:06:08AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> >  	lock_mode = xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared(args->dp);
> > -	error = xfs_attr_get_ilocked(args->dp, args);
> > +	error = xfs_attr_get_ilocked(args);
> >  	xfs_iunlock(args->dp, lock_mode);
> 
> ... at this point I really would like to see the "args->dp" pointer
> get renamed. "dp" was originally short for "directory inode
> pointer", but it's clear that it hasn't meant that for a long time.
> It's just an inode pointer.
> 
> That's out of scope for this patch set, though, so maybe the next
> cleanup patchset?

That's for another time.  And while I found the dp naming rather odd
I'm not sure it really is worth the churn on its own.  That being said
the da_args structure really needs to be split into dir and attr args,
as those can be almost entirely separate anyway.



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