linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3 v3] fs: make generic_fillattr() tail-callable and utilize it in ext2/ext4

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Message-ID: <Z_Pi7er_OV0auZ2d@infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 07:36:29 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
Cc: brauner@...nel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, jack@...e.cz,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3 v3] fs: make generic_fillattr() tail-callable and
 utilize it in ext2/ext4

On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 01:58:06AM +0200, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> Unfortunately the other filesystems I checked make adjustments after
> their own call to generic_fillattr() and consequently can't benefit.

Still a bad idea for all the reason state in reply to v2, and still
lacks any justification in the commit log.