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

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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 13:03:36 +0900
From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Viacheslav Dubeyko <Slava.Dubeyko@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files

On 2026/01/15 1:05, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 05:18:40PM +0000, Viacheslav Dubeyko wrote:
>> On Tue, 2026-01-13 at 09:55 +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
>>> 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  
>>
>> I've already taken this patch into HFS/HFS+ tree. :) Should I remove it from the
>> tree?
> 
> No, I'll drop it.

I still can't see this patch in linux-next tree. What is happening?