On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 08:25:52PM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > It's used only to initialize ->getattr in one inode_operations instance > (empty_dir_inode_operations) and its behaviour had always been equivalent > to what we get with NULL ->getattr. > > Just remove that initializer, along with empty_dir_getattr() itself. > While we are at it, the same instance has ->permission initialized to > generic_permission, which is what NULL ->permission ends up doing. > Again, no point keeping it. > > Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>