From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964939AbWIVXt3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:49:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964943AbWIVXt3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:49:29 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:3806 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964939AbWIVXt3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:49:29 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:49:27 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Scott Baker Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: fault when using iget() on XFS file system (2.6.9) Message-ID: <20060922234927.GU29920@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <35a82d00609221642u2e4a5026w434584ff77b7b9bb@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <35a82d00609221642u2e4a5026w434584ff77b7b9bb@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 04:42:41PM -0700, Scott Baker wrote: > I'm working on a kernel module that needs to perform an iget() on an > inode that lies in the XFS file system. Explain why you think you need iget(). It's almost certainly a Bad Idea(tm) - code outside of filesystem has no business calling it. Without more context there's no way anyone can help. What does that module attempt to do?