From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 577B7C433E0 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:32:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD01264F8A for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:32:35 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org BD01264F8A Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 510E08D0182; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 03:32:35 -0500 (EST) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 4C1F48D0148; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 03:32:35 -0500 (EST) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 362918D0182; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 03:32:35 -0500 (EST) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0206.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.206]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 179008D0148 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 03:32:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtpin18.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay05.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC2E1181AF5D0 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:32:34 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 77903298228.18.2535146 Received: from verein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211]) by imf01.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD0902000399 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:32:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id C9A8168B05; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:32:31 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:32:31 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Al Viro , Andrew Morton , Daniel Vetter , Nadav Amit , "VMware, Inc." , "Michael S. Tsirkin" , David Hildenbrand , Minchan Kim , Nitin Gupta , Alex Williamson , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: make alloc_anon_inode more useful Message-ID: <20210310083231.GB5217@lst.de> References: <20210309155348.974875-1-hch@lst.de> <20210309165452.GL2356281@nvidia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210309165452.GL2356281@nvidia.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Stat-Signature: njqaixfpn7ha6w9fck3pb6ax9pxyhc5m X-Rspamd-Server: rspam02 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: AD0902000399 Received-SPF: none (lst.de>: No applicable sender policy available) receiver=imf01; identity=mailfrom; envelope-from=""; helo=verein.lst.de; client-ip=213.95.11.211 X-HE-DKIM-Result: none/none X-HE-Tag: 1615365154-263885 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 12:54:52PM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 04:53:39PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > this series first renames the existing alloc_anon_inode to > > alloc_anon_inode_sb to clearly mark it as requiring a superblock. > > > > It then adds a new alloc_anon_inode that works on the anon_inode > > file system super block, thus removing tons of boilerplate code. > > > > The few remainig callers of alloc_anon_inode_sb all use alloc_file_pseudo > > later, but might also be ripe for some cleanup. > > I like it > > For a submission plan can we have this on a git branch please? I will > need a copy for RDMA and Alex will need one for vfio.. anon_inode.c stuff seems to mostly go through Al's tree, but also various others. So best would be if Al has a branch, but I could also set one up.