On Thu, May 09, 2024 at 08:48:20AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, 9 May 2024 at 04:39, Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Not worth it without someone explaining in detail why imho. First pass > > should be to try and replace kcmp() in scenarios where it's obviously > > not needed or overkill. > > Ack. > > > I've added a CLASS(fd_raw) in a preliminary patch since we'll need that > > anyway which means that your comparison patch becomes even simpler imho. > > I've also added a selftest patch: > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/log/?h=vfs.misc > > LGTM. > > Maybe worth adding an explicit test for "open same file, but two > separate opens, F_DUPFD_QUERY returns 0? Just to clarify the "it's not > testing the file on the filesystem for equality, but the file pointer > itself". Yep, good point. Added now.