linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fuse: don't check for file->private

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Message-ID: <CAJfpegud-NAbDroWAr+mROUGLPviCaQKa8P5n6bZmA+0GF_qMA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:53:29 +0100
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
Cc:	fuse-devel <fuse-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	thierry.reding@...il.com,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	giedriuswork@...il.com,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fuse: don't check for file->private_data on open().

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de> wrote:

> In this week's -next this should have changed. My SSD broke down so i have to delay further work for a few days, i'm sorry.

Please be more careful with such patches.  Have you audited all of the
(ca. 200) misc drivers?  If not, this might be a good time to do so.
If it turns out to be too much, then consider not doing the change.
The gain might not be worth the cost.

NACK in this form.

Thanks,
Miklos
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