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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/dcache.c | 35 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/libfs.c | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/dcache.h | 1 |
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c index e7a1a99b7464..46fc78206782 100644 --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -1174,6 +1174,41 @@ struct dentry * d_alloc_anon(struct inode *inode) return res; } +/** + * d_obtain_alias - find or allocate a dentry for a given inode + * @inode: inode to allocate the dentry for + * + * Obtain a dentry for an inode resulting from NFS filehandle conversion or + * similar open by handle operations. The returned dentry may be anonymous, + * or may have a full name (if the inode was already in the cache). + * + * When called on a directory inode, we must ensure that the inode only ever + * has one dentry. If a dentry is found, that is returned instead of + * allocating a new one. + * + * On successful return, the reference to the inode has been transferred + * to the dentry. If %NULL is returned (indicating kmalloc failure), + * the reference on the inode has been released. To make it easier + * to use in export operations a NULL or IS_ERR inode may be passed in + * and will be casted to the corresponding NULL or IS_ERR dentry. + */ +struct dentry *d_obtain_alias(struct inode *inode) +{ + struct dentry *dentry; + + if (!inode) + return NULL; + if (IS_ERR(inode)) + return ERR_CAST(inode); + + dentry = d_alloc_anon(inode); + if (!dentry) { + iput(inode); + dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + } + return dentry; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(d_obtain_alias); /** * d_splice_alias - splice a disconnected dentry into the tree if one exists diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c index 1add676a19df..74688598bcf7 100644 --- a/fs/libfs.c +++ b/fs/libfs.c @@ -732,28 +732,6 @@ out: return ret; } -/* - * This is what d_alloc_anon should have been. Once the exportfs - * argument transition has been finished I will update d_alloc_anon - * to this prototype and this wrapper will go away. --hch - */ -static struct dentry *exportfs_d_alloc(struct inode *inode) -{ - struct dentry *dentry; - - if (!inode) - return NULL; - if (IS_ERR(inode)) - return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode)); - - dentry = d_alloc_anon(inode); - if (!dentry) { - iput(inode); - dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - } - return dentry; -} - /** * generic_fh_to_dentry - generic helper for the fh_to_dentry export operation * @sb: filesystem to do the file handle conversion on @@ -782,7 +760,7 @@ struct dentry *generic_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid, break; } - return exportfs_d_alloc(inode); + return d_obtain_alias(inode); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_fh_to_dentry); @@ -815,7 +793,7 @@ struct dentry *generic_fh_to_parent(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid, break; } - return exportfs_d_alloc(inode); + return d_obtain_alias(inode); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_fh_to_parent); diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h index efba1de629ac..2404257d6c67 100644 --- a/include/linux/dcache.h +++ b/include/linux/dcache.h @@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ extern struct dentry * d_alloc(struct dentry *, const struct qstr *); extern struct dentry * d_alloc_anon(struct inode *); extern struct dentry * d_splice_alias(struct inode *, struct dentry *); extern struct dentry * d_add_ci(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct qstr *); +extern struct dentry * d_obtain_alias(struct inode *); extern void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *); extern void shrink_dcache_parent(struct dentry *); extern void shrink_dcache_for_umount(struct super_block *); |
