[PATCH -mm] AIO - Comment aio_setup_sigevent() explaining why there is no task ref leak

["Sébastien Dugué" <sebastien.dugue@bull.net>]

  Here it is

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:42:42 +0000 Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:11:30PM +0100, S?bastien Dugu? wrote:
> > > > +	if (unlikely(!notify->sigq))
> > > > +		return -EAGAIN;
> > > 
> > > Did this just leak a ref on the task_struct?
> > > 
> > 
> >   No, the ref is released in really_put_req() when we dispose of
> > the iocb.
> 
> And the code really needs a comment explaining this.  I tripped over
> this before, and I think it's even already the second time Andrew
> stumbled over it.
> 

From: Sébastien Dugué <sebastien.dugue@bull.net>

  Add a comment explaining why there is no task ref leak in
aio_setup_sigevent().


 aio.c |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)


Signed-off-by: Sébastien Dugué <sebastien.dugue@bull.net>

Index: linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1/fs/aio.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1.orig/fs/aio.c	2007-01-17 08:59:16.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1/fs/aio.c	2007-01-25 09:52:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -987,6 +987,11 @@ static long aio_setup_sigevent(struct ai
 	 */
 	notify->sigq = sigqueue_alloc();
 
+	/*
+	 * The task ref will be released in really_put_req()
+	 * when we dispose of the iocb later on in the submission
+	 * path.
+	 */
 	if (unlikely(!notify->sigq))
 		return -EAGAIN;