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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 06:05:56 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: touch up predicts in putname()
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Sender: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>

On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 08:17:53PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:

> 0) get rid of audit_reusename() and aname->uptr (I have that series,
> massaging it for posting at the moment).  Basically, don't have
> getname et.al. called in retry loops - there are few places doing
> that, and they are not hard to fix.

See #work.filename-uptr; I'll post individual patches tomorrow morning,
hopefully along with getname_alien()/take_filename() followups, including
the removal of atomic (still not settled on the calling conventions for
getname_alien()).

> I'll post the ->uptr removal series tonight or tomorrow; figuring out the right
> calling conventions for getname_alien() is the main obstacle for (1--3) ATM...