Re: [PATCH] fs.h: introduce functions to get/set file->private_data

Joe Perches
2010-08-18T01:32:30Z

On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 19:58 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> It takes minimum effort to create and test, and if you can
> get ack from Ted and/or Christoph there is a good chance Linus
> would take it right before/after -rc1.
>
> You obviously need to convince him that the patch has
> seen decent build testing.

private_data is the only non f_ prefixed member in
struct file, so while there is perhaps a tiny value
in this patch, I'm not in a hurry to push it.

After a few corrections, Documentation/, comment and
printk updates, a few macros that spatch didn't update,
etc, the diff that converts struct file member
private_data to f_private_data is now:

$ git diff --shortstat ..da5cabf80e2433131bf0ed8993abc0f7ea618c73
511 files changed, 2638 insertions(+), 2639 deletions(-)

Does either Ted or Christoph want to see it?

Harley? You want it?

It's still ~850BKB and probably shouldn't be posted to
the ML as it's mostly mechanical.

Compiles x86 allyesconfig, defconfig