Re: [PATCH] kernfs: make kernfs_walk_ns() use kernfs_pr_cont_buf[]

From	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject	Re: [PATCH] kernfs: make kernfs_walk_ns() use kernfs_pr_cont_buf[]
Date	2016-01-15 23:10 +0100
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On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 12:30:14PM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> kernfs_walk_ns() uses a static path_buf[PATH_MAX] to separate out path
> components.  Keeping around the 4k buffer just for kernfs_walk_ns() is
> wasteful.  This patch makes it piggyback on kernfs_pr_cont_buf[]
> instead.  This requires kernfs_walk_ns() to hold kernfs_rename_lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> ---
> Hello,
> 
> Greg, can you please route this one?

Thanks, will take this after 4.5-rc1 is out.

greg k-h

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Re: [PATCH 2/8] kernfs: implement kernfs_walk_and_get() Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-01-15 13:30 +0100
  [PATCH] kernfs: make kernfs_walk_ns() use kernfs_pr_cont_buf[] Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-01-15 18:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] kernfs: make kernfs_walk_ns() use kernfs_pr_cont_buf[] Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-01-15 23:10 +0100

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