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Merge tag 'vfs-6.19-rc5.fixes' of gitolite.kernel.org:pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

Pull vfs fixes from Christian Brauner:

 - Remove incorrect __user annotation from struct xattr_args::value

 - Documentation fix: Add missing kernel-doc description for the @isnew
   parameter in ilookup5_nowait() to silence Sphinx warnings

 - Documentation fix: Fix kernel-doc comment for __start_dirop() - the
   function name in the comment was wrong and the @state parameter was
   undocumented

 - Replace dynamic folio_batch allocation with stack allocation in
   iomap_zero_range(). The dynamic allocation was problematic for
   ext4-on-iomap work (didn't handle allocation failure properly) and
   triggered lockdep complaints. Uses a flag instead to control batch
   usage

 - Re-add #ifdef guards around PIDFD_GET_<ns-type>_NAMESPACE ioctls.
   When a namespace type is disabled, ns->ops is NULL, causes crashes
   during inode eviction when closing the fd. The ifdefs were removed in
   a recent simplification but are still needed

 - Fixe a race where a folio could be unlocked before the trailing zeros
   (for EOF within the page) were written

 - Split out a dedicated lease_dispose_list() helper since lease code
   paths always know they're disposing of leases. Removes unnecessary
   runtime flag checks and prepares for upcoming lease_manager
   enhancements

 - Fix userland delegation requests succeeding despite conflicting
   opens. Previously, FL_LAYOUT and FL_DELEG leases bypassed conflict
   checks (a hack for nfsd). Adds new ->lm_open_conflict() lease_manager
   operation so userland delegations get proper conflict checking while
   nfsd can continue its own conflict handling

 - Fix LOOKUP_CACHED path lookups incorrectly falling through to the
   slow path. After legitimize_links() calls were conditionally elided,
   the routine would always fail with LOOKUP_CACHED regardless of
   whether there were any links. Now the flag is checked at the two
   callsites before calling legitimize_links()

 - Fix bug in media fd allocation in media_request_alloc()

 - Fix mismatched API calls in ecryptfs_mknod(): was calling
   end_removing() instead of end_creating() after
   ecryptfs_start_creating_dentry()

 - Fix dentry reference count leak in ecryptfs_mkdir(): a dget() of the
   lower parent dir was added but never dput()'d, causing BUG during
   lower filesystem unmount due to the still-in-use dentry

* tag 'vfs-6.19-rc5.fixes' of gitolite.kernel.org:pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  pidfs: protect PIDFD_GET_* ioctls() via ifdef
  ecryptfs: Release lower parent dentry after creating dir
  ecryptfs: Fix improper mknod pairing of start_creating()/end_removing()
  get rid of bogus __user in struct xattr_args::value
  VFS: fix __start_dirop() kernel-doc warnings
  fs: Describe @isnew parameter in ilookup5_nowait()
  fs: make sure to fail try_to_unlazy() and try_to_unlazy() for LOOKUP_CACHED
  netfs: Fix early read unlock of page with EOF in middle
  filelock: allow lease_managers to dictate what qualifies as a conflict
  filelock: add lease_dispose_list() helper
  iomap: replace folio_batch allocation with stack allocation
  media: mc: fix potential use-after-free in media_request_alloc()
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