linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/27] kill filp

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Message-Id: <20080116005200.0165dc67.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:52:00 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, miklos@...redi.hu, hch@...radead.org,
	Bryn Reeves <breeves@...hat.com>,
	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/27] kill filp_open()

On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:08:31 -0700 Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com> wrote:

> Replace all callers with open_namei() directly, and move the
> nameidata stack allocation into open_namei().

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/agk/patches/2.6/editing/dm-loop.patch
is using filp_open() and hence doesn't work very well.

A shall revert dm-loop.patch and run away.
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