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>
diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index 6851006..82680f2 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
error = __user_walk_fd(dfd, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
if (!error) {
- error = vfs_getattr(nd.mnt, nd.dentry, stat);
+ error = vfs_getattr(nd.path.mnt, nd.path.dentry, stat);
path_release(&nd);
}
return error;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
error = __user_walk_fd(dfd, name, 0, &nd);
if (!error) {
- error = vfs_getattr(nd.mnt, nd.dentry, stat);
+ error = vfs_getattr(nd.path.mnt, nd.path.dentry, stat);
path_release(&nd);
}
return error;
@@ -302,14 +302,15 @@
error = __user_walk_fd(dfd, path, 0, &nd);
if (!error) {
- struct inode * inode = nd.dentry->d_inode;
+ struct inode *inode = nd.path.dentry->d_inode;
error = -EINVAL;
if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->readlink) {
- error = security_inode_readlink(nd.dentry);
+ error = security_inode_readlink(nd.path.dentry);
if (!error) {
- touch_atime(nd.mnt, nd.dentry);
- error = inode->i_op->readlink(nd.dentry, buf, bufsiz);
+ touch_atime(nd.path.mnt, nd.path.dentry);
+ error = inode->i_op->readlink(nd.path.dentry,
+ buf, bufsiz);
}
}
path_release(&nd);