Re: [PATCH 2/6] r/o bind mount prepwork: move open_namei()'s vfs_create()

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On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 09:57:31AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> The code around vfs_create() in open_namei() is getting a
> bit too complex.  Right now, there is at least the reference
> count on the dentry, and the i_mutex to worry about.  Soon,
> we'll also have mnt_writecount.
> 
> So, break the vfs_create() call out of open_namei(), and
> into a helper function.  This duplicates the call to
> may_open(), but that isn't such a bad thing since the
> arguments (acc_mode and flag) were being heavily massaged
> anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>

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