Re: [PATCH 0/3] Use new syscalls to set filesystem inode attributes on any inode

["Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 05:50:08PM +0200, Andrey Albershteyn wrote:
> On 2025-07-29 07:34:11, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 01:00:34PM +0200, Andrey Albershteyn wrote:
> > > With addition of new syscalls file_getattr/file_setattr allow changing
> > > filesystem inode attributes on special files. Fix project ID inheritance
> > > for special files in renames.
> > > 
> > > Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
> > > 
> > > ---
> > > Darrick, I left your reviewed-by tags, as the code didn't changed, I just
> > > updated the commit messages. Let me know if you have any new feedback on
> > > this.
> > 
> > It all looks ok except for s/(file| )extended attribute/fileattr/
> > 
> > Seeing as the VFS part just went in for 6.17 this should probably get
> > merged soonish, right?
> 
> Without this special files won't be able to use these syscalls, but
> otherwise, for regular files nothing changes. So, I think it not
> necessary for this to get into this merge window.

<nod> Ok.

--D

> > 
> > --D
> > 
> > > ---
> > > Andrey Albershteyn (3):
> > >       xfs: allow renames of project-less inodes
> > >       xfs: allow setting xattrs on special files
> > >       xfs: add .fileattr_set and fileattr_get callbacks for symlinks
> > > 
> > >  fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
> > >  fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c |  6 -----
> > >  fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c  |  2 ++
> > >  3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> > > ---
> > > base-commit: 86aa721820952b793a12fc6e5a01734186c0c238
> > > change-id: 20250320-xfs-xattrat-b31a9f5ed284
> > > 
> > > Best regards,
> > > -- 
> > > Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@kernel.org>
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> - Andrey
>