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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:17:34 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc-ns: Use d_set_d_op() API to set dentry ops in
 proc_ns_instantiate().
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:08:17 -0700
Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com> wrote:

> From: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
> 
> Use d_set_d_op() so that DCACHE_OP_* flags are set correctly which fixes ns
> cleanup path i.e. `ip netns delete `.
> 
> This issue exists back to 3.0.

What does "fixes" mean?  Please provide a full description of the
user-visible impact of the bug, so that others can ascertain whether
the patch will fix a problem which they're seeing and so that people
like me can work out which kernel versions we should merge it into.

Thanks.