[RFC PATCH] fs: obtain the inode generation number from vfs directly

[Dave Chinner]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 01:41:08AM +0000, Hongbo Li wrote:
> Many mainstream file systems already support the GETVERSION ioctl,
> and their implementations are completely the same, essentially
> just obtain the value of i_generation. We think this ioctl can be
> implemented at the VFS layer, so the file systems do not need to
> implement it individually.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22 at huawei.com>

Nope. No. Definitely not.

I definitely do not want unprivileged users to be able to construct
arbitrary file handles in userspace.....

-Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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