linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] vfs: support caching symlink lengths in inodes

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Message-ID: <c6c703a1-00f8-4348-b8c0-17166aebf636@huawei.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:10:46 +0800
From: "wangjianjian (C)" <wangjianjian3@...wei.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
CC: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>, <brauner@...nel.org>,
	<viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, <jack@...e.cz>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, <hughd@...gle.com>,
	<linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, <tytso@....edu>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] vfs: support caching symlink lengths in inodes

On 2024/11/20 13:01, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 12:15:18PM +0800, wangjianjian (C) wrote:
>>> +{
>>> +	inode->i_link = link;
>>> +	inode->i_linklen = linklen;
>> Just curious, is this linklen equal to inode size? if it is, why don't use
>> it?
> 
> Maybe you should read v1 of the patch series where Jan explained where
> that's not true.
okay, I see, thanks for this.
> 
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