linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v3 1/3] file: Introduce iterate_fd

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Message-ID: <ZB06jUBVUdZaYo6J@ip-172-31-38-16.us-west-2.compute.internal>
Date:   Fri, 24 Mar 2023 05:52:13 +0000
From:   Alok Tiagi <aloktiagi@...il.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, brauner@...nel.org,
        David.Laight@...lab.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        hch@...radead.org, Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.pizza>
Subject: Re: [RFC v3 1/3] file: Introduce iterate_fd_locked

On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 05:20:50AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 05:15:24AM +0000, aloktiagi wrote:
> > Callers holding the files->file_lock lock can call iterate_fd_locked instead of
> > iterate_fd
> 
> You no longer call iterate_fd_locked() in patch 3/3, so this patch can
> be dropped?

yes looks like we won't need this patch and can be dropped. Thank you.