linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/11] ovl: return dentry from ovl_create

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Date:   Wed, 30 May 2018 10:28:54 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:     Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
Cc:     Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>,
        overlayfs <linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/11] ovl: return dentry from ovl_create_real()

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 5:24 PM, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 5:41 PM, Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com> wrote:
>> From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
>>
>> Al Viro suggested to simplify callers of ovl_create_real() by
>> returning the created dentry (or ERR_PTR) from ovl_create_real().
>> This prep patch makes Al's patch change less callers.
>>
>> Also used ovl_create_temp() in ovl_create_index() instead of calling
>> ovl_do_mkdir() directly, so now all callers of ovl_do_mkdir() are routed
>> through ovl_create_real(), which paves the way for Al's fix for non-hashed
>> result from vfs_mkdir().
>>
>
> It's good that you split this patch from ovl_create_temp() patch, but
> the commit message it utterly not related to the patch anymore and
> possibly should retain Al's authorship cause there is no relic of my
> work in this patch.

Fixed headers and authorship assignments.

Thanks,
Miklos