[linux-cifs-client] [PATCH 1/3] cifs: rename cifs_iget to cifs_root_iget

Christoph Hellwig hch at infradead.org
Sun Apr 5 13:42:14 GMT 2009


On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 09:09:19AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> The current cifs_iget isn't suitable for anything but the root inode.
> Rename it with a more appropriate name.

And using it for the root inode is stupid, too as it can't be in cache.

The root inode is the case where you can easily use new_inode.



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