linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] lift grabbing path into caller of do_dentry

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Message-ID: <20240822-planzahlen-szenarien-ecc66363fbe0@brauner>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:54:25 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>, jack@...e.cz, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] lift grabbing path into caller of do_dentry_open()

On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 01:41:01AM GMT, Al Viro wrote:
> ... and do that after the call.  Legitimate, since no ->open()
> instance tries to modify ->f_path.  Never had been promised to
> work, never had been done by any such instance, now it's clearly
> forbidden.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> ---

Yes, I like it!
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>