linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] vfs: make i_op->permission take a dentry instead of an inode

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Message-ID: <m31v8stsv2.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:44:09 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	vaurora@...hat.com, neilb@...e.de, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] vfs: make i_op->permission take a dentry instead of an inode

On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:41:18 +0200, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
> 
> Like most other inode operations ->permission() should take a dentry
> instead of an inode.  This is necessary for filesystems which operate
> on names not on inodes.
> 

This change will also help 9P patch series i am doing 
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1032788

Currently ACL values are fetched from the server as a part of inode
initialization. We can't do it in inode operations->permission because
we need dentry to do 9P operations. Having inode operations->permission
take a dentry instead of an inode help there.

-aneesh

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