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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:57:25 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
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	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: constify file ptr in backing_file accessor
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On Sat, Jun 07, 2025 at 01:53:03PM +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote:

> -struct path *backing_file_user_path(struct file *f)
> +struct path *backing_file_user_path(const struct file *f)
>  {
>  	return &backing_file(f)->user_path;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_user_path);

const struct path *, hopefully?  With separate backing_file_set_user_path()
you shouldn't need to modify that struct path via that functions...