The following series implements stable directory offsets for shmemfs/tmpfs and provides infrastructure for use by other file systems that are based on simplefs. I've moved the rename-exchange logic to fs/libfs.c, since that is something that other filesystems will need and is difficult to get right. I've tried again to address error handling for that type of rename. That part hasn't been thoroughly tested, though the series continues to pass xfstests and various other tests done via NFS export. Changes since v4: - Remove new fields from struct inode/dentry - Remove EXPORT_SYMBOL and extern for new functions - Try again to fix error handling for rename_exchange Changes since v3: - Rebased on v6.4 - Fixed error handling bugs Changes since v2: - Move bulk of stable offset support into fs/libfs.c - Replace xa_find_after with xas_find_next for efficiency Changes since v1: - Break the single patch up into a series Changes since RFC: - Destroy xarray in shmem_destroy_inode() instead of free_in_core_inode() - A few cosmetic updates --- Chuck Lever (3): libfs: Add directory operations for stable offsets shmem: Refactor shmem_symlink() shmem: stable directory offsets fs/libfs.c | 252 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/fs.h | 19 +++ include/linux/shmem_fs.h | 1 + mm/shmem.c | 62 +++++++--- 4 files changed, 319 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) -- Chuck Lever