From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk (zeniv.linux.org.uk [62.89.141.173]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A7E83148B7; Mon, 1 Dec 2025 14:15:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=62.89.141.173 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1764598547; cv=none; b=eFb+89Q6tY/OmV8Xp3Ddso5FkzHx0pmwr+a2MSf7TUQZURyhyv91k8mAMM4TlgFd9pvEaHoufiNlLY+9T77gwQpRtIWJfeL9rEBS27xM/xVPtBPAILQg8j7YSREBbJCwBReG89G1guAoiEQ22NMqEhUPx3PhElL9+Ih70D0/Jek= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1764598547; c=relaxed/simple; bh=5bkqED2iZm3oJVgdRYjWC52NM7LifEr+EgJDSqRuNSY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=k2m4ffi7dYLvlsLPdKIziKmTmMeSG5sYHb+oI1OZWa6dk4PTlbv9Yh30P75yx9r8YkKWJC7cAiYODqZ476l2aTOSwCbiHnsfmaO+aPhJJ5pvjPL2PTCOLTbGx2gXIhJ+mqcD0EYFAQeLzzYVBVD+aod4Rlb2AmE3NY9RF4OK/oM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=zeniv.linux.org.uk; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=ftp.linux.org.uk; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=linux.org.uk header.i=@linux.org.uk header.b=M40g/Cxi; arc=none smtp.client-ip=62.89.141.173 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=zeniv.linux.org.uk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=ftp.linux.org.uk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=linux.org.uk header.i=@linux.org.uk header.b="M40g/Cxi" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.org.uk; s=zeniv-20220401; h=Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=UKkMEEeq5wIHxFMoFZmC9r6K7bOvDszE+ByY4M6utnA=; b=M40g/CxiklgRVk7n6W54nQs7Bt SW74nXcHjMOOge/GfQj53dTGuj3xaomeAPFVB9OVTzqbgobYn4TDYVmy60Q3ONzWgTbiTNJVMXBRj o5OOpX2sK4nAEZA8+YxNMNvjTX5mtpsTAHPaGpI6ws0FCheXZYS8Cf7mVOiWDjHq+37YirabF7Bg4 ceYFE1LUosE/FtaWRwfxB9+O1RM2jVVjni3zxCsXOoAgf7pfhUR0CFMLmCS4HvkeFc2Mt513fsaGZ EP5e+NxY7kQ5GU4dZ5z6y0N8W08D0hga1etud1C5KkuJJW5Yi/ASMMe7onNkXxXgEVMQjlM9r2EMI RUOj8LLQ==; Received: from viro by zeniv.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.99 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vQ4h2-00000000Tpe-1siX; Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:15:56 +0000 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 14:15:56 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Christian Brauner Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 16/17 for v6.19] vfs fd prepare Message-ID: <20251201141556.GG3538@ZenIV> References: <20251128-vfs-v619-77cd88166806@brauner> <20251128-vfs-fd-prepare-v619-e23be0b7a0c5@brauner> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251128-vfs-fd-prepare-v619-e23be0b7a0c5@brauner> Sender: Al Viro On Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 05:48:27PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote: > Hey Linus, > > /* Summary */ > Note: This work came late in the cycle but the series is quite nice and > worth doing. It removes roughly double the code that it adds and > eliminates a lot of convoluted cleanup logic across the kernel. > > An alternative pull request (vfs-6.19-rc1.fd_prepare.fs) is available > that contains only the more simple filesystem-focused conversions in > case you'd like to pull something more conservative. > > Note this branch also contains two reverts for the KVM FD_PREPARE() > conversions as the KVM maintainers have indicated they would like to > take those changes through the KVM tree in the next cycle. Also gets rid > of a merge conflict. I chose a revert to not rebase the branch > unnecessarily so close to the merge window. Frankly, that hadn't gotten anywhere near enough exposure in -next and it's far too large and invasive. The same lack of exposure goes for the alternative branch.