linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/27] VFS: Make get_mnt_ns() return the namespace [ver #5]

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Message-ID: <20170615090928.GF31671@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2017 10:09:28 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     mszeredi@...hat.com, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, jlayton@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/27] VFS: Make get_mnt_ns() return the namespace [ver
 #5]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 04:15:42PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Make get_mnt_ns() return the namespace it got a ref on for consistency with
> other namespace ref getting functions.

Is there any point in doing that?  I mean, it's not used in your patchset anymore
and existing callers are a mixed bag...