Re: [PATCH] fs: touch up predicts in putname()

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Fri Oct 31 2025 - 08:18:26 EST


On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:49:52 +0100, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> 1. we already expect the refcount is 1.
> 2. path creation predicts name == iname
>
> I verified this straightens out the asm, no functional changes.
>
>

Applied to the vfs-6.19.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.19.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.

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tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.19.misc

[1/1] fs: touch up predicts in putname()
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/20052f2ef08a