On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 05:47:13PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 17:30, Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > But now we're in the process of extending the *xattr() calls to operate > > on mounts and filesystems so an additional getfsattr() (or another name) > > is not fragmentation imho. And I definitely don't think this would > > qualify as "crazy". > > In that spirit st_dev does not belong in struct stat, because that is > the property of the block device, not the inode. > > But I feel we are going round in circles, lets please not get hung up > on this issue. Linus will have the final word on which variant (if > either) is going to go in. Well yes, I'm obviously not going to be d*ck about it and go around NAKing it just because I didn't get my favorite name but I at least want to register my strong opposition to the current "unification" approach loud and clear. :)