Re: [PATCH RESEND v3 0/2] fhandle: expose u64 mount id to name_to_handle_at(2)

[Christian Brauner]

On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:19:41 +1000, Aleksa Sarai wrote:
> Now that we provide a unique 64-bit mount ID interface in statx(2), we
> can now provide a race-free way for name_to_handle_at(2) to provide a
> file handle and corresponding mount without needing to worry about
> racing with /proc/mountinfo parsing or having to open a file just to do
> statx(2).
> 
> While this is not necessary if you are using AT_EMPTY_PATH and don't
> care about an extra statx(2) call, users that pass full paths into
> name_to_handle_at(2) need to know which mount the file handle comes from
> (to make sure they don't try to open_by_handle_at a file handle from a
> different filesystem) and switching to AT_EMPTY_PATH would require
> allocating a file for every name_to_handle_at(2) call, turning
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc 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,
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

[1/2] uapi: explain how per-syscall AT_* flags should be allocated
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/34cf40849654
[2/2] fhandle: expose u64 mount id to name_to_handle_at(2)
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/9cde4ebc6f4f