On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 12:04:24PM -0500, John Groves wrote: > + case S_IFREG: > + inode->i_op = NULL /* famfs_file_inode_operations */; > + inode->i_fop = NULL /* &famfs_file_operations */; Don't. We should never, ever store NULL in either. inode->i_op = &empty_iops; inode->i_fop = &no_open_fops; in inode_init_always() is there precisely to avoid doing that. IOW, the right thing would be something along the lines of /* inode->i_op = famfs_file_inode_operations */; if you want a placeholder for a patch later in the series - or simply /* methods will be set here in a commit or two */