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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 19:15:45 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 10:55:30AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 at 10:19, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > All it takes, and IMO it's simpler that way.
> 
> Hey, if it' simpler and gives more natural semantics, I obviously
> won't argue against it.
> 
> That said, I do hate your "punch_hole" argument. At least make it a
> 'struct' with start/end, not a random int pointer, ok?
> 
> Oh, and can we please make 'dup_fd()' return an error pointer instead
> of having that other int pointer argument for the error code?

As in https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240812064427.240190-11-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk/?

Sure, I can separate it from dependency on alloc_fd() calling conventions
(previous patch in that series) and fold it into this one...