Re: [RFC][PATCH 04/42] make get_empty_filp() to call file_free_rcu() directly

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To: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 04/42] make get_empty_filp() to call file_free_rcu() directly
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:35:23 -0700
Cc: linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <20180711022206.12571-4-viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>

This one looked odd to me.

Then I saw 5/42, and it made more sense.

I think the explanation is a bit misleading. Technically correct, but
not *why* you did it.

             Linus

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- Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the overlayfs tree
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- [RFC][PATCH 01/42] drm_mode_create_lease_ioctl(): fix open-coded filp_clone_open()
  - From: Al Viro
- [RFC][PATCH 04/42] make get_empty_filp() to call file_free_rcu() directly
  - From: Al Viro

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