Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] file: export functions for binder module

[Christian Brauner]

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 01:19:47PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 10:12:24PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > > I don't expect this patch to be mergeable but rather to kick-off a
> > > discussion if we can either simply export them as they are or how we can
> > > get supportable exports that allow access to struct files_struct.
> > 
> > Maybe that wasn't obvious from the first message. Is there any way we
> > can come up with a way to have versions of these functions that you
> > would be fine with exporting?
> > The point is that otherwise we would have to either duplicate the code
> > or come up with something way more complex. If you have any pointer that
> > would already help.
> 
> He said in the first reply this should probably be using an anonfd.
> If you do that, I think all four of these exports go away.

I try and see if that is possible.

> 
> And there was really no reason to post each of the four exports as
> separate patches.  That just makes review harder on everyone.

Sorry about that. It usually depends on the preferences of each
maintainer how fine-grained such minor changes should be.

Christian