summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/arch/alpha
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de>2008-02-14 19:34:32 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-02-14 21:13:33 -0800
commit4ac9137858e08a19f29feac4e1f4df7c268b0ba5 (patch)
treef5b5d84fd12fcc2b0ba0e7ce1a79ff381ad8f5dd /arch/alpha
parentc5e725f33b733a77de622e91b6ba5645fcf070be (diff)
downloadlinux-4ac9137858e08a19f29feac4e1f4df7c268b0ba5.tar.gz
Embed a struct path into struct nameidata instead of nd->{dentry,mnt}
This is the central patch of a cleanup series. In most cases there is no good
reason why someone would want to use a dentry for itself. This series reflects
that fact and embeds a struct path into nameidata.

Together with the other patches of this series
- it enforced the correct order of getting/releasing the reference count on
  <dentry,vfsmount> pairs
- it prepares the VFS for stacking support since it is essential to have a
  struct path in every place where the stack can be traversed
- it reduces the overall code size:

without patch series:
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
5321639  858418  715768 6895825  6938d1 vmlinux

with patch series:
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
5320026  858418  715768 6894212  693284 vmlinux

This patch:

Switch from nd->{dentry,mnt} to nd->path.{dentry,mnt} everywhere.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix cifs]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix smack]
Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/alpha')
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index 973c5c3705e3..f2bef5e14faa 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ osf_statfs(char __user *path, struct osf_statfs __user *buffer, unsigned long bu
 
 	retval = user_path_walk(path, &nd);
 	if (!retval) {
-		retval = do_osf_statfs(nd.dentry, buffer, bufsiz);
+		retval = do_osf_statfs(nd.path.dentry, buffer, bufsiz);
 		path_release(&nd);
 	}
 	return retval;