linux-kernel - Re: atomic file replacing status?

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Message-ID: <20180406213041.GA533@vader>
Date:   Fri, 6 Apr 2018 14:30:41 -0700
From:   Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Omar Sandoval <osandov@...com>
Subject: Re: atomic file replacing status?

On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 02:22:06PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 02/11/2018 10:40 PM, Andrew Kelley wrote:
> > Whatever happened to this patch?
> > 
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9636735/
> > 
> > It looks fine and addresses a legitimate issue.
> > 
> > Please CC me on replies as I am not subscribed to the LKML.
> > 
> > Kind regards,
> > Andrew Kelley
> 
> 
> There was some discussion and then nothing happened... (AFAICT)
> 
> Cc: Omar (patch author) to see what he knows about it.

I was going to do my yearly "bug Al about it at LSF/MM" in a couple of
weeks ;)

As far as I know, there weren't any other concerns about v2 (v1 had some
legitimate objections, see https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9440605/).
Al, do you have any thoughts on the patch linked above?