Re: [PATCH 20/24] sys_mknodat(): elevate write count for vfs_mknod/create()

On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 11:27:45AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> This takes care of all of the direct callers of vfs_mknod().
> Since a few of these cases also handle normal file creation
> as well, this also covers some calls to vfs_create().
> 
> So that we don't have to make three mnt_want/drop_write()
> calls inside of the switch statement, we move some of its
> logic outside of the switch.

Ok.
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References:
- [PATCH 00/24] Read-only bind mounts
  - From: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
- [PATCH 20/24] sys_mknodat(): elevate write count for vfs_mknod/create()
  - From: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>

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