On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 11:56 AM Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The whole reason why that thing is getting a dentry is that some
filesystems
> really want a *connected* dentry for getxattr. Sure, saner ones will be
> happy with disconnected dentry, but...
Can we just add a big comment to that effect?
Because I don't mind the complexity, but I do mind having code that _looks_
complex with no reason, where the natural reaction is "why is it bothering
being complex, when it could just do X".
Linus
