linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/7] fs: Add DCACHE_CASEFOLD

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:33:34 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, jaegeuk@...nel.org, ebiggers@...nel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, kernel@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] fs: Add DCACHE_CASEFOLD_LOOKUP flag

On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 03:45:58PM -0400, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
> This flag marks a negative or positive dentry as being created after a
> case-insensitive lookup operation.  It is useful to differentiate
> dentries this way to detect whether the negative dentry can be trusted
> during a case-insensitive lookup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>

Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>