Re: [RFC][PATCH] getname_maybe_null() - the third variant of pathname copy-in

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To: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] getname_maybe_null() - the third variant of pathname copy-in
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:09:10 +0100
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <20241021-stornieren-knarren-df4ad3f4d7f5@brauner>

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 02:39:58PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:

> > See #getname.fixup; on top of #base.getname and IMO worth folding into it.
> 
> Yes, please fold so I can rebase my series on top of it.

OK...  What I have is #base.getname-fixed, with two commits - trivial
"teach filename_lookup() to accept NULL" and introducing getname_maybe_null(),
with fix folded in.

#work.xattr2 and #work.statx2 are on top of that.

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