Re: file metadata via fs API (was: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information)

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To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: file metadata via fs API (was: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information)
From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:22:26 +0100
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Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Why does it have to have a struct mount?  It does not have to use
> dentry/mount based path lookup.

file->f_path.mnt

David

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- Re: file metadata via fs API (was: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information)
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- Re: file metadata via fs API (was: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information)
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- Re: file metadata via fs API (was: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information)
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- Re: file metadata via fs API (was: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information)
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- Re: file metadata via fs API (was: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information)
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- Re: file metadata via fs API (was: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information)
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