linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] fscrypt: remove fscrypt_operations::max

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Date:   Mon, 20 Sep 2021 20:17:42 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fscrypt: remove fscrypt_operations::max_namelen

On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 11:45:13AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> The max_namelen field is unnecessary, as it is set to 255 (NAME_MAX) on
> all filesystems that support fscrypt (or plan to support fscrypt).  For
> simplicity, just use NAME_MAX directly instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> ---
>  fs/crypto/fname.c       | 3 +--
>  fs/ext4/super.c         | 1 -
>  fs/f2fs/super.c         | 1 -
>  fs/ubifs/crypto.c       | 1 -
>  include/linux/fscrypt.h | 3 ---
>  5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

Applied to fscrypt.git#master for 5.16.

- Eric