Re: [git pull] more ->lookup() cleanups

2018-10-25 Thread Linus Torvalds
This (along with your alpha syscall cleanup and compat_ioctl cleanups) pulled, Linus

[git pull] more ->lookup() cleanups

2018-10-24 Thread Al Viro
Some ->lookup() instances are still overcomplicating the life for themselves, open-coding the stuff that would be handled by d_splice_alias() just fine. Simplify a couple of such cases caught this cycle and document d_splice_alias() intended use. The following changes since commit 5b394b2