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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-08-07 10:01:14 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-08-07 10:01:14 -0400
commitfe64f3283fb315e3d8f2b78785a86904a852ca82 (patch)
tree3ab48823f0ef8b855f9b58809f09b9db2997f12e /Documentation
parent0cbbc422d56668528f6efd1234fe908010284082 (diff)
parentdb20a8925bc420eed033c5d91ff6afa74465e521 (diff)
downloadlinux-fe64f3283fb315e3d8f2b78785a86904a852ca82.tar.gz
Merge branch 'for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull more vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "Assorted cleanups and fixes.

  In the "trivial API change" department - ->d_compare() losing 'parent'
  argument"

* 'for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  cachefiles: Fix race between inactivating and culling a cache object
  9p: use clone_fid()
  9p: fix braino introduced in "9p: new helper - v9fs_parent_fid()"
  vfs: make dentry_needs_remove_privs() internal
  vfs: remove file_needs_remove_privs()
  vfs: fix deadlock in file_remove_privs() on overlayfs
  get rid of 'parent' argument of ->d_compare()
  cifs, msdos, vfat, hfs+: don't bother with parent in ->d_compare()
  affs ->d_compare(): don't bother with ->d_inode
  fold _d_rehash() and __d_rehash() together
  fold dentry_rcuwalk_invalidate() into its only remaining caller
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt2
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 1b3c39a7de62..d30fb2cb5066 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ prototypes:
 	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_weak_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *,
+	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *,
 			unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
 	int (*d_delete)(struct dentry *);
 	int (*d_init)(struct dentry *);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index a5fb89cac615..b1bd05ea66b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -585,3 +585,10 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
 	in the instances.  Rationale: !@#!@# security_d_instantiate() needs to be
 	called before we attach dentry to inode and !@#!@##!@$!$#!@#$!@$!@$ smack
 	->d_instantiate() uses not just ->getxattr() but ->setxattr() as well.
+--
+[mandatory]
+	->d_compare() doesn't get parent as a separate argument anymore.  If you
+	used it for finding the struct super_block involved, dentry->d_sb will
+	work just as well; if it's something more complicated, use dentry->d_parent.
+	Just be careful not to assume that fetching it more than once will yield
+	the same value - in RCU mode it could change under you.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 8a196851f01d..9ace359d6cc5 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_weak_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *,
+	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *,
 			unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
 	int (*d_delete)(const struct dentry *);
 	int (*d_init)(struct dentry *);