On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 04:57:14 +0100 Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * why is that earlier patch sitting someplace that is *NOT* > in -next? I recently tenitatively added it to mm.git and haven't pushed that out yet. > * why bother with those games at all? Just nick another bit > from pde->flags (let's call it PROC_ENTRY_proc_lseek for consistency > sake), set it in same pde_set_flags() where other flags are dealt with > and just turn that thing into > if (!pde_has_proc_lseek(pde)) > file->f_mode &= ~FMODE_LSEEK; > leaving it where it is. Less intrusive and easier to follow... Thanks, I'll drop both patches.