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    ext4: remove unnecessary comments in ext4_orphan_add() · afb86178
    Lukas Czerner authored
    
    
    The comment from Al Viro about possible race in the ext4_orphan_add() is
    not justified. There is no race possible as we always have either i_mutex
    locked, or the inode can not be referenced from outside hence the
    J_ASSERS should not be hit from the reason described in comment.
    
    This commit replaces it with notion that we are holding i_mutex so it
    should not be possible for i_nlink to be changed while waiting for
    s_orphan_lock.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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