linux-kernel - Re: fs_stack/eCryptfs: remove 3rd arg of copy_attr_all, add locking to copy_inode

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Date:	Wed, 2 Apr 2008 19:26:33 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: fs_stack/eCryptfs: remove 3rd arg of copy_attr_all, add locking
 to copy_inode_size

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 21:49:11 -0400 Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu> wrote:

> Andrew, this patch has been in my git tree for a while.  It affects current
> mainline users (i.e., ecryptfs).  Do you think it can go to mainline soon?
> If not, post-25? (I can remind you then).  This patch has a few changes, and
> I can break it into several smaller ones if desired:
> 
> 1. remove the 3rd arg to fsstack_copy_attr_all.  There are no users for it:
>    ecryptfs never used the 3rd arg; unionfs stopped using it a long time
>    ago.  Halcrow ok'ed this patch some time ago.
> 
> 2. add necessary locking for 32-bit smp systems in fsstack_copy_inode_size
>    (courtesy Hugh Dickins).
> 
> 3. minor commenting style changes, and addition of copyrights which were
>    missing.
> 
> Thanks,
> Erez.
> 
> --cut--here----cut--here----cut--here----cut--here----cut--here--
> 
> 
> fs_stack/eCryptfs: remove 3rd arg of copy_attr_all, add locking to copy_inode_size

I'm already carrying this, via git-unionfs.  It makes it a bit hard to merge.
I guess resending it during the 2.6.26 merge window would suit.
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