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

From: Viacheslav Dubeyko

Date: Tue Jan 13 2026 - 12:18:48 EST


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?

Thanks,
Slava.