linux-kernel - Re: VFS regression with 9pfs ("Lookup would have caused loop")

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Message-ID: <20241025-aberglaube-gerissen-5e1a9da4fffc@brauner>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:29:14 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, ericvh@...nel.org, lucho@...kov.net, 
	asmadeus@...ewreck.org, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, oss@...debyte.com, 
	v9fs@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oleg@...hat.com, keirf@...gle.com, 
	regressions@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: VFS regression with 9pfs ("Lookup would have caused loop")

On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 05:25:47PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 08:07:10PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> > Hi Will! Top-posting for once, to make this easily accessible to everyone.
> > 
> > Thx for bringing this to my attention. I had hoped that Eric might reply
> > and waited a bit, but that did not happen. I kind of expected that, as
> > he seems to be  somewhat afk, as the last mail from him on lore is from
> > mid-September; and in the weeks before that he did not post much either.
> > Hmmm. :-/
> > 
> > CCed Christian and Al, maybe they might be able to help directly or
> > indirectly somehow. If not, we likely need to get Linus involved to
> > decide if we want to at least temporarily revert the changes you mentioned.
> 
> Sorry, I'm just getting to this thread now as I'm still out with a
> fscking case of the flu.
> /me reads...

Ok, so this seems handled already. Great.