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@@ -500,3 +500,7 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
dentry, it does not get nameidata at all and it gets called only when cookie
is non-NULL. Note that link body isn't available anymore, so if you need it,
store it as cookie.
+--
+[mandatory]
+ __fd_install() & fd_install() can now sleep. Callers should not
+ hold a spinlock or other resources that do not allow a schedule.