linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 0/2] review of v3 loop: use vfs_getattr

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Message-ID: <20250813195228.12021-1-rajeevm@hpe.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:52:25 +0000
From: Rajeev Mishra <rajeevm@....com>
To: axboe@...nel.dk, yukuai1@...weicloud.com
Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rajeev Mishra <rajeevm@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/2] review of v3 loop: use vfs_getattr_nosec() 

> This commit includes the following changes:
>   1. Renamed get_size to lo_calculate_size.
>   2. Merged the functionality of get_size and
>      get_loop_size into lo_calculate_size.
>   3  Updated callers of the above functions
>      to use lo_calculate_size.
>   4. Replaced i_size_read with vfs_getattr_nosec()
>      to obtain a more accurate file size for
>       network filesystems where cached metadata may be stale
>
Please split 1-3 to a seperate patch.
removed header also

Rajeev Mishra (2):
  loop: Rename and merge get_size/get_loop_size to lo_calculate_size
  loop: use vfs_getattr_nosec for accurate file size

 drivers/block/loop.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

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