Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> writes:
> On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:35:12 +0000
> Nam Cao <[email protected]> wrote:
>> +    mon->root_d = dir;
>> +    retain_and_null_ptr(dir);
>>      return 0;
>
> Why the "retain_and_null_ptr() and not just:
>
>       mon->root-d = no_free_ptr(dir);
>       return 0;
>
> As from my understanding is that the retain_and_null_ptr() is for use of
> passing the variable to a function that will consume it. But for assigning
> to a variable, I usually just use the no_free_ptr().

I wasn't aware that no_free_ptr() exists. Gabriele has pointed this out,
and I fixed it up in v2.

Nam

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