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SubjectRe: [PATCH -next] fs: Fix memory leaks in do_renameat2() error paths
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On 10/30/20 12:49 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:46:26PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>
>> See other reply, it's being posted soon, just haven't gotten there yet
>> and it wasn't ready.
>>
>> It's a prep patch so we can call do_renameat2 and pass in a filename
>> instead. The intent is not to have any functional changes in that prep
>> patch. But once we can pass in filenames instead of user pointers, it's
>> usable from io_uring.
>
> You do realize that pathname resolution is *NOT* offloadable to helper
> threads, I hope...

How so? If we have all the necessary context assigned, what's preventing
it from working?

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Jens Axboe

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