linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] readlink cleanup

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Date:   Sun, 11 Dec 2016 02:39:05 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] readlink cleanup

On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 02:36:20AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:

> I'm still not sure what does "vfs: convert ->readlink to same signature as
> ->get_link" buy us.  If anything, the result appears to be more complex -
> you make freeing that buffer delayed (and introduce a dynamically allocated
> buffer in one case that didn't use it)...

PS: everything prior to that point looks fine.