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SubjectRe: fs_stack/eCryptfs: remove 3rd arg of copy_attr_all, add locking to copy_inode_size
On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 21:49:11 -0400 Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:

> Andrew, this patch has been in my git tree for a while. It affects current
> mainline users (i.e., ecryptfs). Do you think it can go to mainline soon?
> If not, post-25? (I can remind you then). This patch has a few changes, and
> I can break it into several smaller ones if desired:
>
> 1. remove the 3rd arg to fsstack_copy_attr_all. There are no users for it:
> ecryptfs never used the 3rd arg; unionfs stopped using it a long time
> ago. Halcrow ok'ed this patch some time ago.
>
> 2. add necessary locking for 32-bit smp systems in fsstack_copy_inode_size
> (courtesy Hugh Dickins).
>
> 3. minor commenting style changes, and addition of copyrights which were
> missing.
>
> Thanks,
> Erez.
>
> --cut--here----cut--here----cut--here----cut--here----cut--here--
>
>
> fs_stack/eCryptfs: remove 3rd arg of copy_attr_all, add locking to copy_inode_size

I'm already carrying this, via git-unionfs. It makes it a bit hard to merge.
I guess resending it during the 2.6.26 merge window would suit.


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