# \[RFC PATCH 1/3\] fs: define new read\_iter rwf flag

- From: Linus Torvalds \<torvalds@linux-foundation.org\>
- Date: 2017-09-28 15:51:31 
- List: linux-security-module
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2017/09/126146
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2017/09/126554/t.md

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On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 6:54 AM, Matthew Wilcox [ref] wrote:
>
> I don't like adding a bool parameter everywhere.  Why not add a flag
> to the kiocb ki_flags?
>
> #define IOCB_RWSEM_HELD         (1 << 8)

Yeah, I think that would be a nicer approach, with filesystems that
don't care being able to just ignore it entirely.

                     Linus
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