Re: [PATCH] FIXUP: cachefiles: change cachefiles_bury_object to use start_renaming_dentry()

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

On Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:57:58 +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
> [[This fixup for f242581e611e in vfs/vfs-7.1.directory provides a new
> commit description has preserves the error returns and log message, and
> importantly calls cachefiles_io_error() in exactly the same
> circumstances as the original - thanks]]
> 
> Rather then using lock_rename() and lookup_one() etc we can use
> the new start_renaming_dentry().  This is part of centralising dir
> locking and lookup so that locking rules can be changed.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-7.1.directory branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.1.directory branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.1.directory

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