linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] vfs.git; pile 1

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:54:51 +0300
From:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Subject: Re: [git pull] vfs.git; pile 1

On 07/23/2012 12:03 PM, Al Viro wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:20:25AM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> On 07/22/2012 11:20 PM, Al Viro wrote:
>>
>>> I think the least painful solution is this: I've created a new branch
>>> (for-linus-2) in there, growing off the parent of merge in nfs.git.
>>> I've put the fixup to kern_path_locked() there as a separate commit
>>> + stuff that went in for-linus after that point.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Does this means that between "kern_path_locked() patch" and it's fixup
>> the tree is not bisectable? or is it just an enhancement/simplification?
>>
>> Not having any opinion, just wants to know
> 
> It is bisectable, all right; lookup_one_len() is OK there (note that
> places converted to kern_path_locked() used to use it before the
> conversion.  It's just that lookup_one_len() is an overkill - we
> have already checked exec permissions on parent and we'd already
> calculated the full qstr for last component - both length and hash.
> All that is left to do is actual __lookup_hash()...


Ha, right thanks. I rushed through it and was not sure of the motivation.

Sounds good then. Less hassle for everybody.

Thanks
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