linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/13] nfsd: allow filecache to hold S

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Message-id: <176042070049.1793333.3305827349841340282@noble.neil.brown.name>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:45:00 +1100
From: NeilBrown <neilb@...mail.net>
To: "Jeff Layton" <jlayton@...nel.org>
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 "Jeff Layton" <jlayton@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/13] nfsd: allow filecache to hold S_IFDIR files

On Tue, 14 Oct 2025, Jeff Layton wrote:
> The filecache infrastructure will only handle S_ISREG files at the
> moment. Plumb a "type" variable into nfsd_file_do_acquire and have all
> of the existing callers set it to S_ISREG. Add a new

S_IFREG  (s/IS/IF/)  :-)

Otherwise looks good.

> nfsd_file_acquire_dir() wrapper that we can then call to request a
> nfsd_file that holds a directory open.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>

NeilBrown