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

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Message-ID: <YRj93JpbfFgAjVyu@kroah.com>
Date:   Sun, 15 Aug 2021 13:43:24 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
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

On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 09:31:58PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 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?

It was asked to be backported, so I'll leave it in for now, thanks.

greg k-h