On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 07:34:11AM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 11:24:43PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Given that f_version only has about a dozen users maybe just kill > > it and make them use the private data instead? Many of the users > > looks pretty bogus to start with as they either only set or only > > compare the value as well. > > Take a look at the uses in fs/pipe.c I did not say "all", but "many" (and maybe should have said "a few").