Re: [PATCH] VFS/autofs: try_lookup_one_len() does not need any locks

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On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 09:32:54 +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
> try_lookup_one_len() is identical to lookup_one_unlocked() except that
> it doesn't include the call to lookup_slow().  The latter doesn't need
> the inode to be locked, so the former cannot either.
> 
> So fix the documentation, remove the WARN_ON and fix the only caller to
> not take the lock.
> 
> [...]

Ok, I merged this into the afs branch with a merge commit explaining why.

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Applied to the vfs-6.15.shared.afs branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.15.shared.afs branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.15.shared.afs

[1/1] VFS/autofs: try_lookup_one_len() does not need any locks
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/be348aed9b44




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