linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 (v4.18 regression fix)] vfs: don't evict uninitialized inode

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Message-ID: <CAJfpegtun3zwhVAajpTneE2Vu5+Egq6giqCpUo0xeW7ZMTzzFA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:24:19 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 (v4.18 regression fix)] vfs: don't evict uninitialized inode

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> BTW, why have you left generic_readlink() sitting around?  AFAICS,
> it could've been folded into the only remaining caller just as
> you've made it static in late 2016...  I'll fold it in;
> just curious what was the reason for not doing that back then...

I don't remember any particular reason.

Thanks,
Miklos