From: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
To: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: io-uring <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] io_uring fix for 5.11 final
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:04:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wicH60LB9sENxT95mE_LY-EPruphMc-wRRXc97KVER2vQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 2/12/21 12:51 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 6:08 AM Jens Axboe <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Revert of a patch from this release that caused a regression.
>
> I really wish that revert had more of an explanation of _why_ it
> needed to retain the ->fs pointer.
>
> I can guess at it, but considering that we got it wrong once, it might
> be better to not have to guess, and have it documented.
We end up doing path resolution for certain cases, so having the
right fs_struct ends up being paramount. Do you want me to update the
commit with a fuller description?
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-12 20:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-12 14:08 [GIT PULL] io_uring fix for 5.11 final Jens Axboe
2021-02-12 19:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-02-12 20:04 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2021-02-12 20:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-02-12 20:09 ` Jens Axboe
2021-02-12 20:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-02-12 20:22 ` Jens Axboe
2021-02-12 20:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-02-12 20:42 ` Jens Axboe
2021-02-12 20:12 ` pr-tracker-bot
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