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Re: [PATCH 1/6] xfs: fix inode validity check in xfs_iflush_cluster

To: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] xfs: fix inode validity check in xfs_iflush_cluster
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 16:43:17 -0700
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On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 09:37:46AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Some careless idiot(*) wrote crap code in commit 1a3e8f3 ("xfs:
> convert inode cache lookups to use RCU locking") back in late 2010,
> and so xfs_iflush_cluster checks the wrong inode for whether it is
> still valid under RCU protection. Fix it to lock and check the
> correct inode.

Looks fine,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>

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