is the inode an orphan?

Hi,

I need a help from VFS folks: when I'm in ->unlink() in is there a safe way toto realize that ->delete_inod()e is going to be called? IOW, I'd like to callmyfs_delete_inode() myself form ->unlink(), and not wait for VFS calling->delete_inode().

Or to put it differently, I'd like to know if the inode is an orphan or not in->unlink()?

AFAICS, if (inode->i_nlink == 0 && atomic_read(&inode->i_count) == 2) then thisfile is not going to be an orphan. And AFAIC judge, it is safe to use this,but I'm not sure and kindly ask for help.


Thanks.

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Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)
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