linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] VFS / autofs4: remove kern_path

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Date:   Thu, 9 Nov 2017 12:06:41 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
Cc:     Ian Kent <ikent@...hat.com>, Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
        Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Ron Minnich <rminnich@...dia.gov>,
        Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...marydata.com>,
        Linux NFS Mailing List <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        autofs mailing list <autofs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        V9FS Developers <v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] VFS / autofs4: remove kern_path_mountpoint()

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:20 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com> wrote:
> ---
>  fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c |    5 +-
>  fs/namei.c             |  129 ------------------------------------------------
>  include/linux/namei.h  |    1
>  3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 133 deletions(-)

This one certainly looks lovely, and the rationale all looks solid.

Al, mind taking a look?

             Linus