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Message-ID: <20200806053619.GJ7657@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 01:36:19 -0400 From: tytso@....edu To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, Jiaheng Hu <jiahengh@...gle.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: use generic names for generic ioctls On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 04:09:09PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com> > > Don't define EXT4_IOC_* aliases to ioctls that already have a generic > FS_IOC_* name. These aliases are unnecessary, and they make it unclear > which ioctls are ext4-specific and which are generic. > > Exception: leave EXT4_IOC_GETVERSION_OLD and EXT4_IOC_SETVERSION_OLD > as-is for now, since renaming them to FS_IOC_GETVERSION and > FS_IOC_SETVERSION would probably make them more likely to be confused > with EXT4_IOC_GETVERSION and EXT4_IOC_SETVERSION which also exist. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com> Thanks, applied. - Ted
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