Re: [PATCH -next] fs: Fix memory leaks in do_renameat2() error paths

Al Viro
2020-10-30T18:49:23Z

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:46:26PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:

> See other reply, it's being posted soon, just haven't gotten there yet
> and it wasn't ready.
>
> It's a prep patch so we can call do_renameat2 and pass in a filename
> instead. The intent is not to have any functional changes in that prep
> patch. But once we can pass in filenames instead of user pointers, it's
> usable from io_uring.

You do realize that pathname resolution is *NOT* offloadable to helper
threads, I hope...