linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] fs: allow statmount to fetch the subtype and devname

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Message-ID: <CAJfpegs5t_ea5yEOAEbeq07i--VeoN6ZnvFyM=Tyxss7gtTZig@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:24:45 +0100
From: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>, Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>, Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>, 
	Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] fs: allow statmount to fetch the subtype and devname

On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 at 10:42, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 08:42:26AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:

> > It's error-prone and a pain to roll these yourself, and that would make
>
> As with most system calls.

Also couldn't the kernel tree have a man2 directory, where all the
syscall man pages could be maintained?   I think it would very much
make sense to update the man page together with the kernel API change.

Thanks,
Miklos