Re: [PATCH v3] hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files

[Christian Brauner]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 05:18:40PM +0000, Viacheslav Dubeyko wrote:
> On Tue, 2026-01-13 at 09:55 +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:39:23 +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > > Since commit af153bb63a33 ("vfs: catch invalid modes in may_open()")
> > > requires any inode be one of S_IFDIR/S_IFLNK/S_IFREG/S_IFCHR/S_IFBLK/
> > > S_IFIFO/S_IFSOCK type, use S_IFREG for special inodes.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Applied to the vfs-7.0.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
> > Patches in the vfs-7.0.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,
> > trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.
> > 
> > tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git  
> > branch: vfs-7.0.misc
> > 
> > [1/1] hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files
> >       https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/68186fa198f1  
> 
> I've already taken this patch into HFS/HFS+ tree. :) Should I remove it from the
> tree?

No, I'll drop it.