Re: [PATCH 1/2] uapi: fix statx attribute value overlap for DAX & MOUNT_ROOT

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 6:45 PM Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > What would the typical failure cases be in practice?
>
> The failure will be a user not seeing their file operating in DAX mode when
> they expect it to.
>
> I discussed this with Dan Williams today.  He and I agreed the flag is new
> enough that we don't think users have any released code to the API just yet.
> So I think we will be ok.

Ok, thanks for verification. I've applied it locally in my tree, it
will be pushed out later today with other work..

           Linus