From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Qian Cai <cai@redhat.com>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] fs: Fix memory leaks in do_renameat2() error paths
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:49:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201030184918.GQ3576660@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ad9357e9-8364-a316-392d-7504af614cac@kernel.dk>
On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:46:26PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> See other reply, it's being posted soon, just haven't gotten there yet
> and it wasn't ready.
>
> It's a prep patch so we can call do_renameat2 and pass in a filename
> instead. The intent is not to have any functional changes in that prep
> patch. But once we can pass in filenames instead of user pointers, it's
> usable from io_uring.
You do realize that pathname resolution is *NOT* offloadable to helper
threads, I hope...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-30 18:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-30 15:24 [PATCH -next] fs: Fix memory leaks in do_renameat2() error paths Qian Cai
2020-10-30 15:27 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-30 15:52 ` Qian Cai
2020-10-30 16:49 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-30 18:42 ` Al Viro
2020-10-30 18:46 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-30 18:49 ` Al Viro [this message]
2020-10-30 20:33 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-30 22:22 ` Al Viro
2020-10-30 23:21 ` Jens Axboe
2020-11-02 18:43 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-11-02 19:27 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-11-02 19:54 ` Jens Axboe
2020-11-02 20:12 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-11-02 20:31 ` Jens Axboe
2020-11-02 21:39 ` Jens Axboe
2020-11-03 14:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
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