linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files

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Message-ID: <20260113-lecken-belichtet-d10ec1dfccc3@brauner>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:55:33 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	jack@...e.cz,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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	Viacheslav Dubeyko <Slava.Dubeyko@....com>,
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	syzbot <syzbot+f98189ed18c1f5f32e00@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
	Arnav Kapoor <kapoorarnav43@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files

On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:39:23 +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Since commit af153bb63a33 ("vfs: catch invalid modes in may_open()")
> requires any inode be one of S_IFDIR/S_IFLNK/S_IFREG/S_IFCHR/S_IFBLK/
> S_IFIFO/S_IFSOCK type, use S_IFREG for special inodes.
> 
> 

Applied to the vfs-7.0.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.0.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.0.misc

[1/1] hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/68186fa198f1