Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] nfsd and special kernel filesystems

[Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 2026-01-28 at 12:16 +0100, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> Christian,
> 
> I noticed that the kernel-doc refactoring queued on vfs-7.0.misc was
> going to conflict with v2 [1], so I rebased over vfs-7.0.misc and split
> it into doc update and nfsd fix patch that could be backported.
> 
> RVBs by Chuck and Jeff were removed due to the slight changes in wording.
> 
> I'd like to acknowledge that Christoph wrote on v2 that:
> "As last time I'd be happy to help write documentation, but even
>  after looking at the methods, their documentations and the commits
>  adding them I do not understand them.  So getting an explanation
>  from Christian would be really helpful to move forward here."
> 
> IMO, further clarifications of the new methods is very much welcome,
> but should not be blocking the merge of this patch set, which at least
> clarifies the WHAT (to use them for) if not the HOW (to use them).
> 
> Thanks,
> Amir.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> - Rebase over vfs-7.0.misc
> - Split to doc/fix patches
> - Remove RVBs
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20260122141942.660948-1-amir73il@gmail.com/
> 
> Amir Goldstein (2):
>   exportfs: clarify the documentation of open()/permission() expotrfs
>     ops
>   nfsd: do not allow exporting of special kernel filesystems
> 
>  fs/nfsd/export.c         |  8 +++++---
>  include/linux/exportfs.h | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Updated version seems reasonable:

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>