Re: [RFC PATCH v2 18/18] struct filename ->refcnt doesn't need to be atomic

On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM Al Viro <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> ... or visible outside of audit, really.  Note that references
> held in delayed_filename always have refcount 1, and from the
> moment of complete_getname() or equivalent point in getname...()
> there won't be any references to struct filename instance left
> in places visible to other threads.
>
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>
> ---
>  fs/namei.c         | 10 +++++-----
>  include/linux/fs.h |  8 +-------
>  kernel/auditsc.c   |  6 ++++++
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Paul Moore <[email protected]>

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