RE: [PATCH v5 1/4] fs: introduce helper d_path_unsafe()

[Justin He]

Hi Andy

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> From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/4] fs: introduce helper d_path_unsafe()
> 
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 02:02:45AM +0000, Justin He wrote:
> > > From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 10:37 PM
> > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 10:06:31PM +0800, Jia He wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > > >   * prepend_name - prepend a pathname in front of current buffer
> pointer
> > > > - * @buffer: buffer pointer
> > > > - * @buflen: allocated length of the buffer
> > > > + * @p: prepend buffer which contains buffer pointer and allocated
> length
> > >
> > > >   * @name:   name string and length qstr structure
> > >
> > > Indentation issue btw, can be fixed in the same patch.
> >
> > Okay
> > >
> > > >   *
> > > >   * With RCU path tracing, it may race with d_move(). Use READ_ONCE()
> to
> > >
> > > Shouldn't this be a separate change with corresponding Fixes tag?
> >
> > Sorry, I don't quite understand here.
> > What do you want to fix?
> 
> Kernel doc. The Fixes tag should correspond to the changes that missed the
> update of kernel doc.
Ah, I got your point. 
Actually, this is originated from an unmerged patch [1]

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git/commit/?h=work.d_path&id=ad08ae586586ea9e2c0228a3d5a083500ea54202

I will ping Al Viro to fix this


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Cheers,
Justin (Jia He)