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Date: Thu, 05 May 2016 21:04:09 +0100
From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com, NeilBrown <nfbrown@...ell.com>,
Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-afs@...r.kernel.org,
linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, samba-technical@...ts.samba.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net> wrote:
> I don't see a real attack vector here either, but OTOH is there a
> potential user of this at the moment?
I'm not sure. BSD stat has an st_gen, so it's possible something out there
will use it if it exists.
> An earlier chunk of the patch description says:
>
> (7) Inode generation number: Useful for FUSE and userspace NFS servers
> [Bernd Schubert]. This was asked for but later deemed unnecessary
> with the open-by-handle capability available
>
> ...the last bit seems to indicate that we don't really need this
> anyway, as most userland servers now work with filehandles from the
> kernel.
>
> Maybe leave it out for now? It can always be added later.
Yeah... probably a good idea.
David
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