Re: [PATCH 00/18] new API for FS_IOC_[GS]ETFLAGS/FS_IOC_FS[GS]ETXATTR

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 01:40:54PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> This series adds the infrastructure and conversion of filesystems to the
> new API.
> 
> Two filesystems are not converted: FUSE and CIFS, as they behave
> differently from local filesystems (use the file pointer, don't perform
> permission checks).  It's likely that these two can be supported with minor
> changes to the API, but this requires more thought.

Why not change the API now?  ie pass the file instead of the dentry?