Re: [PATCH 1/9] fs: rename alloc_anon_inode to alloc_anon_inode_sb

make alloc_anon_inode more useful · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-09
[PATCH 2/9] fs: add an argument-less alloc_anon_inode · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 2/9] fs: add an argument-less alloc_anon_inode · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 2/9] fs: add an argument-less alloc_anon_inode · Gao Xiang <hidden> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 2/9] fs: add an argument-less alloc_anon_inode · Christian Brauner <hidden> · 2021-03-10
[PATCH 1/9] fs: rename alloc_anon_inode to alloc_anon_inode_sb · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 1/9] fs: rename alloc_anon_inode to alloc_anon_inode_sb · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 1/9] fs: rename alloc_anon_inode to alloc_anon_inode_sb · Gao Xiang <hidden> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 1/9] fs: rename alloc_anon_inode to alloc_anon_inode_sb · Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> · 2021-03-10
Re: [PATCH 1/9] fs: rename alloc_anon_inode to alloc_anon_inode_sb · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-10
Re: [PATCH 1/9] fs: rename alloc_anon_inode to alloc_anon_inode_sb · Christian Brauner <hidden> · 2021-03-10
[PATCH 3/9] powerpc/pseries: remove the ppc-cmm file system · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 3/9] powerpc/pseries: remove the ppc-cmm file system · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 3/9] powerpc/pseries: remove the ppc-cmm file system · Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 3/9] powerpc/pseries: remove the ppc-cmm file system · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> · 2021-03-10
Re: [PATCH 3/9] powerpc/pseries: remove the ppc-cmm file system · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-11
[PATCH 4/9] drm: remove the drm file system · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 4/9] drm: remove the drm file system · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> · 2021-03-10
Re: [PATCH 4/9] drm: remove the drm file system · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-11
[PATCH 5/9] vmw_balloon: remove the balloon-vmware file system · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 5/9] vmw_balloon: remove the balloon-vmware file system · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2021-03-09
[PATCH 6/9] virtio_balloon: remove the balloon-kvm file system · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 6/9] virtio_balloon: remove the balloon-kvm file system · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2021-03-09
[PATCH 7/9] iomem: remove the iomem file system · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-09
[iomem] e14497b88f: BUG:KASAN:null-ptr-deref_in_alloc_anon_inode · kernel test robot <hidden> · 2021-03-14
[PATCH 8/9] z3fold: remove the z3fold file system · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-09
[PATCH 9/9] zsmalloc: remove the zsmalloc file system · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-09
Re: [PATCH 9/9] zsmalloc: remove the zsmalloc file system · Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> · 2021-03-10
Re: make alloc_anon_inode more useful · Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> · 2021-03-09
Re: make alloc_anon_inode more useful · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-10
Re: make alloc_anon_inode more useful · Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> · 2021-03-10
Re: make alloc_anon_inode more useful · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-03-10
Re: make alloc_anon_inode more useful · Jingbo Xu <jefflexu@linux.alibaba.com> · 2023-02-03

From: Gao Xiang <hidden>
Date: 2021-03-09 19:35:00
Also in: dri-devel, linux-mm, linuxppc-dev, lkml

On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 04:53:40PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

Rename alloc_inode to free the name for a new variant that does not
need boilerplate to create a super_block first.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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That is a nice idea as well to avoid sb by introducing an unique
fs...

Reviewed-by: Gao Xiang <redacted>

Thanks,
Gao Xiang

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