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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 10:04:26 -0800 From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> To: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com> Cc: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>, Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-man <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>, Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, Xiaoli Feng <xifeng@...hat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] uapi: fix statx attribute value overlap for DAX & MOUNT_ROOT On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 6:45 PM Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com> wrote: > > > > What would the typical failure cases be in practice? > > The failure will be a user not seeing their file operating in DAX mode when > they expect it to. > > I discussed this with Dan Williams today. He and I agreed the flag is new > enough that we don't think users have any released code to the API just yet. > So I think we will be ok. Ok, thanks for verification. I've applied it locally in my tree, it will be pushed out later today with other work.. Linus
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