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@@ -1258,3 +1258,21 @@ iterator needed. Instead of a cloned mount tree, the new interface returns
an array of struct path, one for each mount collect_mounts() would've
created. These struct path point to locations in the caller's namespace
that would be roots of the cloned mounts.
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+If your filesystem sets the default dentry_operations, use set_default_d_op()
+rather than manually setting sb->s_d_op.
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+d_set_d_op() is no longer exported (or public, for that matter); _if_
+your filesystem really needed that, make use of d_splice_alias_ops()
+to have them set. Better yet, think hard whether you need different
+->d_op for different dentries - if not, just use set_default_d_op()
+at mount time and be done with that. Currently procfs is the only
+thing that really needs ->d_op varying between dentries.