linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] utimensat() non-conformances and fixes [v3]

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Date:	Fri, 30 May 2008 13:32:07 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	mtk.manpages@...glemail.com, drepper@...hat.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] utimensat() non-conformances and fixes [v3]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 09:22:30PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> For 2) you can just use permission() instead of vfs_permission() which
> is exactly the same in this case (and consolidated into a common
> function later in the vfs-cleanups tree).

Miklos, don't delude people into thinking the vfs-cleanups tree is ever
going to get merged in its current state.  Al's NAKed the path_* stuff,
Christoph's NAKed it too.  Ignoring them and putting up a VFS tree of
your own is not going to help matters.

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