Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm tree with the vfs tree

From: Ian Kent
Date: Mon Dec 12 2016 - 03:14:34 EST


On Mon, 2016-12-12 at 16:52 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Al let me know that he had put a newer version of the autofs patches
> into his vfs tree, so I have dropped the following patches from the akpm
> tree today:
>
> Â vfs: change d_manage() to take a struct path
> Â vfs: add path_is_mountpoint() helper
> Â vfs: fix boolreturn.cocci warnings
> Â vfs: add path_has_submounts()
> Â autofs: change autofs4_expire_wait() to take struct path
> Â autofs: change autofs4_wait() to take struct path
> Â autofs: use path_is_mountpoint() to fix unreliable d_mountpoint() checks
> Â autofs: use path_has_submounts() to fix unreliable have_submount() checks
> Â vfs: remove unused have_submounts() function
> Â vfs: merge path_is_mountpoint() and path_is_mountpoint_rcu()
> Â autofs: make struct path const in autofs4_dir_open()
> Â autofs: change struct path to const in autofs4_expire_wait() and
> autofs4_wait()
> Â vfs: change struct path to const in d_manage()
> Â vfs: constify path parameter of path_has_submounts()
> Â autofs: don't hold spinlock over direct mount expire
> Â vfs: make may_umount_tree() mount propagation aware
> Â vfs-make-may_umount_tree-mount-propogation-aware-checkpatch-fixes
>
> I hope that was the correct ones.

Hi Stephen,

Yes, Al merged a number of the patches, fixed a couple of problems, and rejected
one which I'm still working on.

The list looks right to me.
That's great, thanks,
Ian