[Cluster-devel] [PATCH v2] filelock: move file locking definitions to separate header file

[Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 2023-01-11 at 02:12 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 04:19:29PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > The file locking definitions have lived in fs.h since the dawn of time,
> > but they are only used by a small subset of the source files that
> > include it.
> > 
> > Move the file locking definitions to a new header file, and add the
> > appropriate #include directives to the source files that need them. By
> > doing this we trim down fs.h a bit and limit the amount of rebuilding
> > that has to be done when we make changes to the file locking APIs.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Xiubo Li <xiubli@redhat.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> > Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> > Acked-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
> > Acked-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
> > Acked-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> 
> Same question re git tree preferences (and my Acked-by in any case)

I'll take this one via the file locking tree as well. FWIW, I have some
other filelock API changes I'd like to propose, so I think that'll be
easier.

Thanks,
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>