Re: [RFC PATCH] VFS: Simplify truncate logic in do_filp_open()

[Al Viro]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 03:35:51PM -0500, Valerie Aurora wrote:
> The fact that may_open() could truncate a file gave me a lot of
> heartburn when working on union mounts, so I was thrilled to see that
> truncate handling has been moved out of may_open() in Al's for-next
> tree.  However, it seems to me that the surrounding elaborate
> mnt_want_write() dance is no longer needed?  If so, this also
> simplifies Ogawa Hirofumi "Fix use-after-free of vfsmount by
> mnt_drop_write()" patch.
> 
> Against Al's for-next branch.  Lightly tested, please review.

Val, anything around do_filp_open() should be on top of #untested.  The
whole area gets rewritten there.
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