Re: [PATCH] dcache: convert dentry flag macros to enum

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:00:53 -0700, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> Commit 9748cb2dc393 ("VFS: repack DENTRY_ flags.") changed the value of
> DCACHE_MOUNTED, which broke drgn's path_lookup() helper. drgn is forced
> to hard-code it because it's a macro, and macros aren't preserved in
> debugging information by default.
> 
> Enums, on the other hand, are included in debugging information. Convert
> the DCACHE_* flag macros to an enum so that debugging tools like drgn
> and bpftrace can make use of them.
> 
> [...]

This seems good to me and helps drgn. I've reflowed the enum a bit.

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Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/1] dcache: convert dentry flag macros to enum
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/63690b75feb1