Re: [PATCH] fs: export getname()

[Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 04:18:22PM -0500, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 05:08:32AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> > (in #work.namei; used for bcachefs locking fix)
> > From 74d016ecc1a7974664e98d1afbf649cd4e0e0423 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 22:41:27 -0500
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] new helper: user_path_locked_at()
> > 
> > Equivalent of kern_path_locked() taking dfd/userland name.
> > User introduced in the next commit.
> 
> also applying this:
> -- >8 --
> 
> The locking fix in bch2_ioctl_subvolume_destroy() also needs getname()
> exported; previous patch provided filename_path_locked()

Not needed anymore...