Re: [PATCH] Add a refcount check in dput()

On 9/15/07, Andrew Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > +     BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&dentry->d_count));
> >  repeat:
> >       if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) == 1)
> >               might_sleep();
>
> eek, much too aggressive.

How about the equivalent BUG_ON() in dget()? I figure that they ought
to both be of the same strictness.

Paul
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