From: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>,
Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>,
Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] getting rid of busy-wait in shrink_dcache_parent()
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:28:58 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48017c1409ddff65ab776a8ff3d25df7@manguebit.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260402180850.3729310-1-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> writes:
> Note: in -next CIFS has grown a local copy of d_mark_tmpfile(), which would need
> the same modification of sanity checks the original gets in #3/4 here. I wonder
> if that cifs_d_mark_tmpfile() should be turned into to d_mark_tmpfile_name() and
> lifted into fs/dcache.c... Anyway, that's a separate story...
Yeah, I would love to have a helper like that and don't mess up with any
->d_name outside fs/dcache.c. That's why I'd suggested it in [1].
I'll send a separate patch adding it as soon as I'm done with testing
O_TMPFILE support in CIFS.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260401011153.1757515-1-pc@manguebit.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-02 20:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-22 20:20 [PATCH][RFC] get rid of busy-wait in shrink_dcache_tree() Al Viro
2026-01-23 0:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-01-23 0:36 ` Al Viro
2026-01-24 4:36 ` Al Viro
2026-01-24 4:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-01-24 5:36 ` Al Viro
2026-01-24 17:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-01-24 18:43 ` Al Viro
2026-01-24 19:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-01-24 20:28 ` Al Viro
2026-04-02 18:08 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] getting rid of busy-wait in shrink_dcache_parent() Al Viro
2026-04-02 18:08 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] for_each_alias(): helper macro for iterating through dentries of given inode Al Viro
2026-04-02 18:08 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] struct dentry: make ->d_u anonymous Al Viro
2026-04-02 18:08 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/4] dcache.c: more idiomatic "positives are not allowed" sanity checks Al Viro
2026-04-02 18:08 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] get rid of busy-waiting in shrink_dcache_tree() Al Viro
2026-04-02 19:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-04-02 22:44 ` Al Viro
2026-04-02 22:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-04-02 23:16 ` Al Viro
2026-04-03 0:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-04-03 2:15 ` Al Viro
2026-04-04 0:02 ` Al Viro
2026-04-04 0:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-04-04 18:54 ` Al Viro
2026-04-04 19:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-04-05 0:04 ` Al Viro
2026-04-02 20:28 ` Paulo Alcantara [this message]
2026-04-03 4:46 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] getting rid of busy-wait in shrink_dcache_parent() Al Viro
2026-04-04 8:07 ` [RFC PATCH v3 " Al Viro
2026-04-04 8:07 ` [RFC PATCH v3 1/4] for_each_alias(): helper macro for iterating through dentries of given inode Al Viro
2026-04-04 8:07 ` [RFC PATCH v3 2/4] struct dentry: make ->d_u anonymous Al Viro
2026-04-04 8:07 ` [RFC PATCH v3 3/4] dcache.c: more idiomatic "positives are not allowed" sanity checks Al Viro
2026-04-04 8:07 ` [RFC PATCH v3 4/4] get rid of busy-waiting in shrink_dcache_tree() Al Viro
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