The purpose of the BUG_ON is not clear. The helper btrfs_grab_root() could return a NULL in case args->root would be a NULL or if there are zero references. Then we check if the root pointer stored in the inode still exists. The whole call chain is for iget: btrfs_iget btrfs_iget_path btrfs_iget_locked iget5_locked btrfs_init_locked_inode which is called from many contexts where we the root pointer is used and we can safely assume has enough references. Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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