linux-kernel - Re: Regression in 5.1.20: Reading long directory fails

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Date:   Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:08:51 -0400
From:   "Benjamin Coddington" <bcodding@...hat.com>
To:     "Trond Myklebust" <trondmy@...merspace.com>
Cc:     chuck.lever@...cle.com, tibbs@...h.uh.edu, bfields@...ldses.org,
        linux@...m.de, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, km@...all.com
Subject: Re: Regression in 5.1.20: Reading long directory fails


On 12 Sep 2019, at 8:53, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> Let's please just scrap this function and rewrite it as a generic
> function for reading the MIC. It clearly is not a generic function for
> reading arbitrary netobjs, and modifications like the above just make
> the misnomer painfully obvious.
>
> Let's rewrite it as xdr_buf_read_mic() so that we can simplify it where
> possible.

Ok.  I want to assume the mic will not land in the head, but I am not sure..
Is there a scenario where the mic might land in the head, or is that bit of
the current function left over from other uses?

Ben