On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:49:49 -0700
Stephane Eranian <[email protected]> wrote:
> Andrew,
>
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 04:31:00PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >
> > > Here is the summary of the various point raised by your review and the current
> > > status. I am hoping to close all points by next release.
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > [akpm]: use fget_light() in some place instead of fget()
> > > - not sure understand when to use one versus the other
> > >
> >
> > They are always interchangeable. fget_light() is simply an optimised,
> > messier-to-use version.
>
> What are exactly the assumptions of fget_light()?
Just the ones in the comment, really - it assumes that the caller has a
single ref on the file. ie: we're within a system call which passed in an
fd, or within a pagefault and this file* is current->mm->some_vma->vm_file.
You _might_ get into trouble if using it against some file* which belongs
to a different process, and if you don't already have a ref on that file*.
But that's usually a bug anyway, unless the code is aware of and is
exploiting the RCU management of these things.
There are lots of example usages around the place.
> >
> > >
> > > ..
> > >
> > > [akpm]: carta_random32() should be in another header file
> > > - yes, I know. Should I create a specific header file? I don't think random.h
> > > is meant for this.
> >
> > I suppose so. Or just stick the declaration into kernel.h.
> >
> > I had a patch go past the other day which had a hand-rolled
> > fast-but-not-very-good pseudo random number generator in it. I couldn't
> > remember where I'd seen one, and now I can't remember what patch it was
> > that needed it. Sigh.
> >
> > Anyway, a standalone patch which adds that function into lib/whatever.c
> > would be nice.
>
> I will post a standalone patch for carta random. I can provide a standalone header
> file in include/linux/carta_random.h.
Thanks.
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