linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: Define __ARCH_WANT_NEW

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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:45:06 +0800
From: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>
Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...ngson.cn>, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
 Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, Xuefeng Li
 <lixuefeng@...ngson.cn>, guoren <guoren@...nel.org>, WANG Xuerui
 <kernel@...0n.name>, Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,  loongson-kernel@...ts.loongnix.cn,
 stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: Define __ARCH_WANT_NEW_STAT in unistd.h

On Mon, 2024-06-17 at 08:35 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2024, at 15:12, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
> > On Sat, 2024-06-15 at 20:12 +0800, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
> > > 
> > > [Firefox]:
> > > https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/security/sandbox/linu
> > > x/SandboxFilter.cpp#364
> > 
> > Just spent some brain cycles to make a quick hack adding a new statx
> > flag.  Patch attached.
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the prototype. I agree that this is not a good API

What is particular bad with it?  Maybe we can improve before annoying
VFS guys :).

> but that it would address the issue and I am fine with merging
> something like this if you can convince the VFS maintainers.

Before that I'd like someone to purpose a better name.  I really dislike
"AT_FORCE_EMPTY_PATH" but I cannot come up with something better.

-- 
Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University