Re: TAKE 981875 - xfs_dm_rdwr() needs to pass a vfsmount to dentry

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Re: TAKE 981875 - xfs_dm_rdwr() needs to pass a vfsmount to dentry_open(

To:	Lachlan McIlroy <lachlan@xxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: TAKE 981875 - xfs_dm_rdwr() needs to pass a vfsmount to dentry_open()
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 16 May 2008 01:10:48 -0400
Cc:	sgi.bugs.xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxx, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:57:32PM +1000, Lachlan McIlroy wrote:
> xfs_dm_rdwr() needs to pass a vfsmount to dentry_open()
> 
> We need a vfsmount pointer in xfs_dm_rdwr() but we are not
> provided with one and there's no way to get to it.  So add
> a m_vfsmount field to the xfs_mount structure and set it
> up at mount time.  We can then access it through the xfs
> inode.

Stong NACK for this crap, and double NACK for pushing this towards
mainline.

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