linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/16] fs: Increase fmode

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Message-ID: <a3901226-c5b8-4a97-968e-7be156a42046@oracle.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:56:08 +0000
From:   John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/16] fs: Increase fmode_t size

> But even without that do we even need to increase it?  There's
> still quite a lot of space after FMODE_EXEC for example.

Right, I can use the space after FMODE_EXEC, which came free after 
removal of FMODE_NDELAY, FMODE_EXCL, and FMODE_WRITE_IOCTL in v6.5.

Thanks,
John