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

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On 2/18/22 9:15 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> 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?

I have staged this one for 5.18, it's in for-5.18/io_uring-statx. It will
be sent separately from the general io_uring fixes/updates.

-- 
Jens Axboe