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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] vfs: don't unnecessarily clone write access for writable fds
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 09:50:14AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 09:05:34AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
> >
> > There's no need for mnt_want_write_file() to increment mnt_writers when
> > the file is already open for writing, provided that
> > mnt_drop_write_file() is changed to conditionally decrement it.
> >
> > We seem to have ended up in the current situation because
> > mnt_want_write_file() used to be paired with mnt_drop_write(), due to
> > mnt_drop_write_file() not having been added yet. So originally
> > mnt_want_write_file() had to always increment mnt_writers.
> >
> > But later mnt_drop_write_file() was added, and all callers of
> > mnt_want_write_file() were paired with it. This makes the compatibility
> > between mnt_want_write_file() and mnt_drop_write() no longer necessary.
> >
> > Therefore, make __mnt_want_write_file() and __mnt_drop_write_file() skip
> > incrementing mnt_writers on files already open for writing. This
> > removes the only caller of mnt_clone_write(), so remove that too.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
>
> Al, any thoughts on this patch?
>

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