Re: [git pull] vfs fixes

From	Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [git pull] vfs fixes
Date	2017-04-03 02:30 +0200
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On Sun, Apr 02, 2017 at 04:59:10PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> >         statx followup fixes, fix for a nasty corner case in path_init()
> > leaving path.dentry in RCU mode pointing to a dentry without DCACHE_RCUACCESS
> > and a fix for stack-smashing on alpha.
> 
> These were apparently committed minutes before sending me the pull request.
> 
> Why?

The first two used to sit on a branch that predated statx merge into mainline,
the rest obviously depends on statx.

> What kind of testing did this all get?

xfstests/ltp for the last part (-rc4 based branch with statx), same + Dmitry's
reproducer for path_init() crap, trivial test for alpha old_adjtimex().

My apologies for rebase; if anything, it would've been cleaner to cherry-pick
the old pair of fixes on top of statx series.

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[git pull] vfs fixes Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2017-04-02 19:10 +0200
  Re: [git pull] vfs fixes Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-04-03 02:10 +0200
    Re: [git pull] vfs fixes Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-04-03 02:20 +0200
      Re: [git pull] vfs fixes Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2017-04-03 02:40 +0200
        Re: [git pull] vfs fixes Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2017-04-03 02:50 +0200
          Re: [git pull] vfs fixes Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-04-03 03:00 +0200
            Re: [git pull] vfs fixes Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2017-04-03 04:30 +0200
              Re: [git pull] vfs fixes ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2017-04-03 08:10 +0200
                Re: [git pull] vfs fixes Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2017-04-03 09:50 +0200
                Re: [git pull] vfs fixes Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> - 2017-04-04 02:30 +0200
                Re: [git pull] vfs fixes Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> - 2017-04-04 02:50 +0200
    Re: [git pull] vfs fixes Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2017-04-03 02:30 +0200

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