linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: trim return value and 'dir' argument from ext4_insert

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Message-ID: <20170430032937.fypbv4hqfmjwvshi@thunk.org>
Date:   Sat, 29 Apr 2017 23:29:37 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: trim return value and 'dir' argument from
 ext4_insert_dentry()

On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 02:30:11PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> In the initial implementation of ext4 encryption, the filename was
> encrypted in ext4_insert_dentry(), which could fail and also required
> access to the 'dir' inode.  Since then ext4 filename encryption has been
> changed to encrypt the filename earlier, so we can revert the additions
> to ext4_insert_dentry().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted