linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs.h: introduce functions to get/set file->private

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Date:	Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:21:17 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"matthew@....cx" <matthew@....cx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs.h: introduce functions to get/set file->private_data

On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 19:58 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:26:13AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 04:54 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 09:03:55PM -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> > > > And spatch could also be used to rename private_data to f_private_data
> > > > if people really cared....
> > > Agreed, that's much better than adding useless accessors.
> > Against Linus' current, it's ~850KB.
> > Anyone really want it?
> a cleanup patch is far more convinient.
> It takes minimum effort to create and test, and if you can
> get ack from Ted and/or Christoph there is a good chance Linus
> would take it right before/after -rc1.
> You obviously need to convince him that the patch has
> seen decent build testing.

I don't have the passel of cross compilers,
so someone else would need to do that.

I compiled it 32 bit x86 allyesconfig only.


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