linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/21] vfs: atomic open v6 (part 2)

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Message-ID: <20120622100747.GE14083@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:07:47 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	dhowells@...hat.com, mszeredi@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/21] vfs: atomic open v6 (part 2)

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 09:12:52AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> And here is fix number two, to be folded into the same commit:

Both folded.  FWIW, I'm not sure I'm happy about the reorg of failure
exits in follow_link() - gcc can't figure out that follow_link(..., &cookie)
can't return 0 without having passed through the assignment to cookie.
Hell knows; I still don't like the calling conventions in that one...
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