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Date:   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 16:52:16 +0100
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On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 11:47:58AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:

> We could stick that in ceph_dentry_info (->d_fsdata). We have a flags
> field in there already.

Yes, but...  You have it freed in ->d_release(), AFAICS, and without
any delays.  So lockless accesses will be trouble.