Re: [PATCH v2] fs: hide names_cache behind runtime const machinery

[Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 09:32:26AM +0100, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> s/names_cachep/names_cache/ for consistency with dentry cache.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> v2:
> - rebased on top of work.filename-refcnt
> 
> ACHTUNG: there is a change queued for 6.19 merge window which treats
> dentry cache the same way:
> commit 21b561dab1406e63740ebe240c7b69f19e1bcf58
> Author: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
> Date:   Wed Nov 5 16:36:22 2025 +0100
> 
>     fs: hide dentry_cache behind runtime const machinery
> 
> which would result in a merge conflict in vmlinux.lds.h. thus I
> cherry-picked before generating the diff to avoid the issue for later.

*shrug*
For now I'm working on top of v6.18; rebase to -rc1 will happen at the
end of window...

Anyway, not a problem; applied with obvious massage.  Will push tomorrow
once I sort the linearization out.