linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] namei: revert old behaviour for filename_lookup with LOOKUP

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Message-ID: <20161013204423.GA22610@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:44:23 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Vineeth Remanan Pillai <vineethp@...zon.com>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kamatam@...zon.com, aliguori@...zon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] namei: revert old behaviour for filename_lookup with
 LOOKUP_PARENT flag

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 01:41:11PM -0700, Vineeth Remanan Pillai wrote:
> Yes, the use case is out-of-tree and the code snippet above depicts the use

Case closed then.  If it doesn't affect any in-tree code please don't
bother spamming linux lists with your self-inflicted wounds.