linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 00/10] vfs: getname/putname overhaul

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Date:	Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:26:56 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, eparis@...hat.com, linux-audit@...hat.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/10] vfs: getname/putname overhaul

Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> writes:

> This patchset is a first pass at overhauling the getname/putname
> interface to use a struct. The idea here is to add a new getname_info
> struct that allow us to pass around some auxillary info along with
> the string that getname() returns.

Couldn't you just use some of the free pointers in struct page?
(lru etc.)

-Andi

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