linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: call rename2 if exists

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Message-ID: <20140514174212.GA28893@infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 14 May 2014 10:42:12 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@....ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: call rename2 if exists

On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 05:27:20PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Al,
> 
> The below patch calls ->rename2() if it exists even for flags == 0.  This will
> allow a gradual elimination of ->rename() implementations and finally merging
> the two ops.
> 
> Please consider pushing this to 3.15, but at least ACK-ing it so I can work on
> followup patches for handing RENAME_NOREPLACE in filesystems.

You'll have my ACK at least:

Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

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