linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] vfs fixes

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Date:   Sun, 2 Apr 2017 16:59:10 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] vfs fixes

On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>         statx followup fixes, fix for a nasty corner case in path_init()
> leaving path.dentry in RCU mode pointing to a dentry without DCACHE_RCUACCESS
> and a fix for stack-smashing on alpha.

These were apparently committed minutes before sending me the pull request.

Why? What kind of testing did this all get?

                 Linus