linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: Add fd

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Message-ID: <20200803182656.GA3230172@google.com>
Date:   Mon, 3 Aug 2020 18:26:56 +0000
From:   Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@...gle.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com>,
        Ioannis Ilkos <ilkos@...gle.com>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: Add fd_install file operation

On Mon, Aug 03, 2020 at 05:34:29PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 03, 2020 at 02:47:18PM +0000, Kalesh Singh wrote:
> > Provides a per process hook for the acquisition of file descriptors,
> > despite the method used to obtain the descriptor.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@...gle.com>
> 
> I strongly disagree with this.  The file operation has no business
> hooking into installing the fd.
Hi Christoph. I am exploring the alternative suggested by Matthew in
Patch 2/2. Thanks :)