linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.10 12/19] vboxsf: Make vboxsf_dir_create() return the handle for the created file

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Date:   Fri, 13 Aug 2021 21:31:58 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 12/19] vboxsf: Make vboxsf_dir_create() return the
 handle for the created file

Hi!

> commit ab0c29687bc7a890d1a86ac376b0b0fd78b2d9b6 upstream
> 
> Make vboxsf_dir_create() optionally return the vboxsf-handle for
> the created file. This is a preparation patch for adding atomic_open
> support.

Follow up commits using this functionality are in 5.13 but not in
5.10, so I believe we don't need this in 5.10, either?

(Plus someone familiar with the code should check if we need "vboxsf:
Honor excl flag to the dir-inode create op" in 5.10; it may have same
problem).

Best regards,
								Pavel
								
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