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Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs4 doesn't expire
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On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 22:00, Maneesh Soni wrote:
> +	if (vfs) {
> +		if (is_vfsmnt_tree_busy(vfs))
> +			ret--;
> +		/* just to reduce ref count taken in lookup_mnt
> +	 	 * cannot call mntput() here
> +	 	 */
> +		atomic_dec(&vfs->mnt_count);

I wonder if we shouldn't make this atomic_dec_and_test with a BUG, just
for paranoia's sake.

	J