Re: [PATCH 2/5] proc: Factor out an instantiate method from every lookup method.

Andrew Morton <[email protected]> writes:

> On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:24:50 -0600
> [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:
>
>> -/* SMP-safe */
>> ...
>> +/* SMP-safe */
>
> Not the most useful comment in the kernel, and probably untrue, given that
> it's /proc ;)
>
> Please feel free to nuke such silliness sometime.

Sure.

I remember thinking about it at some point and deciding it must have been
a left over from when someone was make /proc SMP safe.

One piece at a time.  I think I am almost done with the heavy lifting,
and the rest of the pieces can start being little cleanups.

Eric
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