Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] VFS: prepare for changes to directory locking

[Christian Brauner]

On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:48:09 +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> The only change in this v4 over v3 are to replace lock_sync with an
> acquire/release pair which builds correctly when lockdep isn't enabled,
> to add the 7th patch which I previously mentioned, and to include
> linux-kernel so that sashiko gets to see the series.
> 
> Previous intro:
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-7.4.lookup branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.4.lookup 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-7.4.lookup

[1/7] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/f8550827bf3d
[2/7] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle hashed dentries
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/f1ac607f786f
[3/7] VFS: introduce d_alloc_trylock()
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/17c7d109d8c9
[4/7] VFS: add d_duplicate()
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/33d76519f0cc
[5/7] VFS: Add LOOKUP_SHARED flag.
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/cc47a1ba1983
[6/7] VFS: add lockdep monitoring of DCACHE_PAR_LOOKUP lock.
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/59492f9991dc
[7/7] VFS: reserve a d_flags bit for fs-specific usage
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/fd96e30426ff