linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 15/40] netfs: Add support for DIO buffering

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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:47:45 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
	Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
	Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>,
	Paulo Alcantara <pc@...guebit.com>,
	Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@...rosoft.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>,
	Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>,
	Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...nel.org>,
	Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>,
	Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>, linux-cachefs@...hat.com,
	linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	v9fs@...ts.linux.dev, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 15/40] netfs: Add support for DIO buffering

> This will break the build with versions of clang that have support for
> counted_by (as it has been reverted in main but reapplication to main is
> being actively worked on) because while annotating pointers with this
> attribute is a goal of the counted_by attribute, it is not ready yet.
> Please consider removing this and adding a TODO to annotate it when
> support is available.

It's really unpleasant that we keep getting new attributes that we
seemingly are encouraged to use and get sent patches for it. And then we
learn a little later that that stuff isn't ready yet. It's annoying. I
know it isn't your fault but it would be wise to be a little more
careful. IOW, unless both clang and gcc do support that thing
appropriately don't send patches to various subsystems for this.

In any case, this is now fixed. I pulled an updated version from David.