Re: [PATCH v2] VFS: change old_dir and new_dir in struct renamedata to dentrys

[Christian Brauner]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:28:10 +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> all users of 'struct renamedata' have the dentry for the old and new
> directories, and often have no use for the inode except to store it in
> the renamedata.
> 
> This patch changes struct renamedata to hold the dentry, rather than
> the inode, for the old and new directories, and changes callers to
> match.  The names are also changed from a _dir suffix to _parent.  This
> is consistent with other usage in namei.c and elsewhere.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-6.17.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.17.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.17.misc

[1/1] VFS: change old_dir and new_dir in struct renamedata to dentrys
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/bc9241367aac