linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] work.namei stuff (v2)

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjrG7-eCVDtAyYVDv0nxKVhvPr3g+US_8506cwe2XF0XQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 21 Feb 2021 09:43:42 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     syzbot <syzbot+3d2c27c2b7dc2a94814d@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        snovitoll@...il.com,
        syzkaller-bugs <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [git pull] work.namei stuff (v2)

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 9:40 AM Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> NOTE: I'm less than thrilled by the "let's allow offloading pathwalks
> to helper threads" push, but LOOKUP_CACHED is useful on its own.

Well, that is getting fixed separately, so I think this is all good.
Still helper threads, but no longer kernel helper threads.

             Linus