Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] io-uring: Make statx api stable

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On 2/15/22 11:03 AM, Stefan Roesch wrote:
> One of the key architectual tenets of io-uring is to keep the
> parameters for io-uring stable. After the call has been submitted,
> its value can be changed.  Unfortunaltely this is not the case for
> the current statx implementation.
> 
> Patches:
>  Patch 1: fs: replace const char* parameter in vfs_statx and do_statx with
>           struct filename
>    Create filename object outside of do_statx and vfs_statx, so io-uring
>    can create the filename object during the prepare phase
> 
>  Patch 2: io-uring: Copy path name during prepare stage for statx
>    Create and store filename object during prepare phase
> 
> 
> There is also a patch for the liburing libray to add a new test case. This
> patch makes sure that the api is stable.
>   "liburing: add test for stable statx api"
> 
> The patch has been tested with the liburing test suite and fstests.

Al, are you happy with this version?

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Jens Axboe