new helper: mount_subtree()
takes vfsmount and relative path, does lookup within that vfsmount
(possibly triggering automounts) and returns the result as root
of subtree suitable for return by ->mount() (i.e. a reference to
dentry and an active reference to its superblock grabbed, superblock
locked exclusive).
btrfs and nfs switched to it instead of open-coding the sucker.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index aea4b768..50ee303 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2490,6 +2490,34 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(create_mnt_ns);
+struct dentry *mount_subtree(struct vfsmount *mnt, const char *name)
+{
+ struct mnt_namespace *ns;
+ struct path path;
+ int err;
+
+ ns = create_mnt_ns(mnt);
+ if (IS_ERR(ns))
+ return ERR_CAST(ns);
+
+ err = vfs_path_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, mnt,
+ name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT, &path);
+
+ put_mnt_ns(ns);
+
+ if (err)
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+ /* trade a vfsmount reference for active sb one */
+ atomic_inc(&path.mnt->mnt_sb->s_active);
+ mntput(path.mnt);
+ /* lock the sucker */
+ down_write(&path.mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount);
+ /* ... and return the root of (sub)tree on it */
+ return path.dentry;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mount_subtree);
+
SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount, char __user *, dev_name, char __user *, dir_name,
char __user *, type, unsigned long, flags, void __user *, data)
{