linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/25] vfs: add i_op->atomic

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Message-ID: <20120313115552.GA21043@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:55:52 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Trond.Myklebust@...app.com, sfrench@...ba.org, sage@...dream.net,
	ericvh@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/25] vfs: add i_op->atomic_create()

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:22:10PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Good point.  Yes, ->create is probably worth getting rid of.  Mkdir, I'm
> not so sure, but I'll look at what filesystems are doing.

Btw, is there any good reason to keep ->atomic_open and ->atomic_create
separate?  It seems like the instances in general share code anyway.

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