linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] configfs fix for Linux 5.14

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Date:   Sat, 14 Aug 2021 11:25:35 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Bodo Stroesser <bostroesser@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] configfs fix for Linux 5.14

On 8/14/21 9:27 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 9:00 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
>>
>> configfs fix for Linux 5.14
>>
>>  - fix to revert to the historic write behavior (Bart Van Assche)
> 
> It would have been lovely to see what the problem was, but the commit
> doesn't actually explain that.
> 
> I suspect it's this
> 
>     https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/7/26/581
> 
> but there might have been more.

Hi Linus,

Bodo explained to me via a private email that the historic behavior is
the behavior he needs for a patch that he is still working on. I'm not
aware of any existing user space software that relies on the historic
(non-POSIX) behavior of configfs writes.

Bart.