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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-11-17 23:54:01 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-11-17 23:54:01 +0300
commitca5b857cb0f42986520abd9dbb0c2508067342b2 (patch)
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Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull misc vfs updates from Al Viro: "Assorted stuff, really no common topic here" * 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: vfs: grab the lock instead of blocking in __fd_install during resizing vfs: stop clearing close on exec when closing a fd include/linux/fs.h: fix comment about struct address_space fs: make fiemap work from compat_ioctl coda: fix 'kernel memory exposure attempt' in fsync pstore: remove unneeded unlikely() vfs: remove unneeded unlikely() stubs for mount_bdev() and kill_block_super() in !CONFIG_BLOCK case make vfs_ustat() static do_handle_open() should be static elf_fdpic: fix unused variable warning fold destroy_super() into __put_super() new helper: destroy_unused_super() fix address space warnings in ipc/ acct.h: get rid of detritus
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@@ -502,10 +502,6 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
store it as cookie.
--
[mandatory]
- __fd_install() & fd_install() can now sleep. Callers should not
- hold a spinlock or other resources that do not allow a schedule.
---
-[mandatory]
any symlink that might use page_follow_link_light/page_put_link() must
have inode_nohighmem(inode) called before anything might start playing with
its pagecache. No highmem pages should end up in the pagecache of such