// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only /* * fs/libfs.c * Library for filesystems writers. */ #include <linux/blkdev.h> #include <linux/export.h> #include <linux/pagemap.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/cred.h> #include <linux/mount.h> #include <linux/vfs.h> #include <linux/quotaops.h> #include <linux/mutex.h> #include <linux/namei.h> #include <linux/exportfs.h> #include <linux/iversion.h> #include <linux/writeback.h> #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* sync_mapping_buffers */ #include <linux/fs_context.h> #include <linux/pseudo_fs.h> #include <linux/fsnotify.h> #include <linux/unicode.h> #include <linux/fscrypt.h> #include <linux/pidfs.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> #include "internal.h" int simple_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat, u32 request_mask, unsigned int query_flags) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); int simple_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* * Retaining negative dentries for an in-memory filesystem just wastes * memory and lookup time: arrange for them to be deleted immediately. */ int always_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); const struct dentry_operations simple_dentry_operations = …; EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* * Lookup the data. This is trivial - if the dentry didn't already * exist, we know it is negative. Set d_op to delete negative dentries. */ struct dentry *simple_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); int dcache_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); int dcache_dir_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* parent is locked at least shared */ /* * Returns an element of siblings' list. * We are looking for <count>th positive after <p>; if * found, dentry is grabbed and returned to caller. * If no such element exists, NULL is returned. */ static struct dentry *scan_positives(struct dentry *cursor, struct hlist_node **p, loff_t count, struct dentry *last) { … } loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* * Directory is locked and all positive dentries in it are safe, since * for ramfs-type trees they can't go away without unlink() or rmdir(), * both impossible due to the lock on directory. */ int dcache_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); ssize_t generic_read_dir(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t siz, loff_t *ppos) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); const struct file_operations simple_dir_operations = …; EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); const struct inode_operations simple_dir_inode_operations = …; EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* 0 is '.', 1 is '..', so always start with offset 2 or more */ enum { … }; static void offset_set(struct dentry *dentry, long offset) { … } static long dentry2offset(struct dentry *dentry) { … } static struct lock_class_key simple_offset_lock_class; /** * simple_offset_init - initialize an offset_ctx * @octx: directory offset map to be initialized * */ void simple_offset_init(struct offset_ctx *octx) { … } /** * simple_offset_add - Add an entry to a directory's offset map * @octx: directory offset ctx to be updated * @dentry: new dentry being added * * Returns zero on success. @octx and the dentry's offset are updated. * Otherwise, a negative errno value is returned. */ int simple_offset_add(struct offset_ctx *octx, struct dentry *dentry) { … } static int simple_offset_replace(struct offset_ctx *octx, struct dentry *dentry, long offset) { … } /** * simple_offset_remove - Remove an entry to a directory's offset map * @octx: directory offset ctx to be updated * @dentry: dentry being removed * */ void simple_offset_remove(struct offset_ctx *octx, struct dentry *dentry) { … } /** * simple_offset_empty - Check if a dentry can be unlinked * @dentry: dentry to be tested * * Returns 0 if @dentry is a non-empty directory; otherwise returns 1. */ int simple_offset_empty(struct dentry *dentry) { … } /** * simple_offset_rename - handle directory offsets for rename * @old_dir: parent directory of source entry * @old_dentry: dentry of source entry * @new_dir: parent_directory of destination entry * @new_dentry: dentry of destination * * Caller provides appropriate serialization. * * User space expects the directory offset value of the replaced * (new) directory entry to be unchanged after a rename. * * Returns zero on success, a negative errno value on failure. */ int simple_offset_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry) { … } /** * simple_offset_rename_exchange - exchange rename with directory offsets * @old_dir: parent of dentry being moved * @old_dentry: dentry being moved * @new_dir: destination parent * @new_dentry: destination dentry * * This API preserves the directory offset values. Caller provides * appropriate serialization. * * Returns zero on success. Otherwise a negative errno is returned and the * rename is rolled back. */ int simple_offset_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry) { … } /** * simple_offset_destroy - Release offset map * @octx: directory offset ctx that is about to be destroyed * * During fs teardown (eg. umount), a directory's offset map might still * contain entries. xa_destroy() cleans out anything that remains. */ void simple_offset_destroy(struct offset_ctx *octx) { … } /** * offset_dir_llseek - Advance the read position of a directory descriptor * @file: an open directory whose position is to be updated * @offset: a byte offset * @whence: enumerator describing the starting position for this update * * SEEK_END, SEEK_DATA, and SEEK_HOLE are not supported for directories. * * Returns the updated read position if successful; otherwise a * negative errno is returned and the read position remains unchanged. */ static loff_t offset_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence) { … } static struct dentry *offset_find_next(struct offset_ctx *octx, loff_t offset) { … } static bool offset_dir_emit(struct dir_context *ctx, struct dentry *dentry) { … } static void *offset_iterate_dir(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx) { … } /** * offset_readdir - Emit entries starting at offset @ctx->pos * @file: an open directory to iterate over * @ctx: directory iteration context * * Caller must hold @file's i_rwsem to prevent insertion or removal of * entries during this call. * * On entry, @ctx->pos contains an offset that represents the first entry * to be read from the directory. * * The operation continues until there are no more entries to read, or * until the ctx->actor indicates there is no more space in the caller's * output buffer. * * On return, @ctx->pos contains an offset that will read the next entry * in this directory when offset_readdir() is called again with @ctx. * * Return values: * %0 - Complete */ static int offset_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx) { … } const struct file_operations simple_offset_dir_operations = …; static struct dentry *find_next_child(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *prev) { … } void simple_recursive_removal(struct dentry *dentry, void (*callback)(struct dentry *)) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); static const struct super_operations simple_super_operations = …; static int pseudo_fs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, struct fs_context *fc) { … } static int pseudo_fs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc) { … } static void pseudo_fs_free(struct fs_context *fc) { … } static const struct fs_context_operations pseudo_fs_context_ops = …; /* * Common helper for pseudo-filesystems (sockfs, pipefs, bdev - stuff that * will never be mountable) */ struct pseudo_fs_context *init_pseudo(struct fs_context *fc, unsigned long magic) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); int simple_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); int simple_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); int simple_empty(struct dentry *dentry) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); int simple_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); int simple_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * simple_rename_timestamp - update the various inode timestamps for rename * @old_dir: old parent directory * @old_dentry: dentry that is being renamed * @new_dir: new parent directory * @new_dentry: target for rename * * POSIX mandates that the old and new parent directories have their ctime and * mtime updated, and that inodes of @old_dentry and @new_dentry (if any), have * their ctime updated. */ void simple_rename_timestamp(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); int simple_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); int simple_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry, unsigned int flags) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * simple_setattr - setattr for simple filesystem * @idmap: idmap of the target mount * @dentry: dentry * @iattr: iattr structure * * Returns 0 on success, -error on failure. * * simple_setattr is a simple ->setattr implementation without a proper * implementation of size changes. * * It can either be used for in-memory filesystems or special files * on simple regular filesystems. Anything that needs to change on-disk * or wire state on size changes needs its own setattr method. */ int simple_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); static int simple_read_folio(struct file *file, struct folio *folio) { … } int simple_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping, loff_t pos, unsigned len, struct page **pagep, void **fsdata) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * simple_write_end - .write_end helper for non-block-device FSes * @file: See .write_end of address_space_operations * @mapping: " * @pos: " * @len: " * @copied: " * @page: " * @fsdata: " * * simple_write_end does the minimum needed for updating a page after writing is * done. It has the same API signature as the .write_end of * address_space_operations vector. So it can just be set onto .write_end for * FSes that don't need any other processing. i_mutex is assumed to be held. * Block based filesystems should use generic_write_end(). * NOTE: Even though i_size might get updated by this function, mark_inode_dirty * is not called, so a filesystem that actually does store data in .write_inode * should extend on what's done here with a call to mark_inode_dirty() in the * case that i_size has changed. * * Use *ONLY* with simple_read_folio() */ static int simple_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping, loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied, struct page *page, void *fsdata) { … } /* * Provides ramfs-style behavior: data in the pagecache, but no writeback. */ const struct address_space_operations ram_aops = …; EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* * the inodes created here are not hashed. If you use iunique to generate * unique inode values later for this filesystem, then you must take care * to pass it an appropriate max_reserved value to avoid collisions. */ int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, unsigned long magic, const struct tree_descr *files) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pin_fs_lock); int simple_pin_fs(struct file_system_type *type, struct vfsmount **mount, int *count) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); void simple_release_fs(struct vfsmount **mount, int *count) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * simple_read_from_buffer - copy data from the buffer to user space * @to: the user space buffer to read to * @count: the maximum number of bytes to read * @ppos: the current position in the buffer * @from: the buffer to read from * @available: the size of the buffer * * The simple_read_from_buffer() function reads up to @count bytes from the * buffer @from at offset @ppos into the user space address starting at @to. * * On success, the number of bytes read is returned and the offset @ppos is * advanced by this number, or negative value is returned on error. **/ ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __user *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos, const void *from, size_t available) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * simple_write_to_buffer - copy data from user space to the buffer * @to: the buffer to write to * @available: the size of the buffer * @ppos: the current position in the buffer * @from: the user space buffer to read from * @count: the maximum number of bytes to read * * The simple_write_to_buffer() function reads up to @count bytes from the user * space address starting at @from into the buffer @to at offset @ppos. * * On success, the number of bytes written is returned and the offset @ppos is * advanced by this number, or negative value is returned on error. **/ ssize_t simple_write_to_buffer(void *to, size_t available, loff_t *ppos, const void __user *from, size_t count) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * memory_read_from_buffer - copy data from the buffer * @to: the kernel space buffer to read to * @count: the maximum number of bytes to read * @ppos: the current position in the buffer * @from: the buffer to read from * @available: the size of the buffer * * The memory_read_from_buffer() function reads up to @count bytes from the * buffer @from at offset @ppos into the kernel space address starting at @to. * * On success, the number of bytes read is returned and the offset @ppos is * advanced by this number, or negative value is returned on error. **/ ssize_t memory_read_from_buffer(void *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos, const void *from, size_t available) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* * Transaction based IO. * The file expects a single write which triggers the transaction, and then * possibly a read which collects the result - which is stored in a * file-local buffer. */ void simple_transaction_set(struct file *file, size_t n) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); char *simple_transaction_get(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t size) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); ssize_t simple_transaction_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *pos) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); int simple_transaction_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* Simple attribute files */ struct simple_attr { … }; /* simple_attr_open is called by an actual attribute open file operation * to set the attribute specific access operations. */ int simple_attr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, int (*get)(void *, u64 *), int (*set)(void *, u64), const char *fmt) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); int simple_attr_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /* GPL-only? This? Really? */ /* read from the buffer that is filled with the get function */ ssize_t simple_attr_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /* interpret the buffer as a number to call the set function with */ static ssize_t simple_attr_write_xsigned(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos, bool is_signed) { … } ssize_t simple_attr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); ssize_t simple_attr_write_signed(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /** * generic_encode_ino32_fh - generic export_operations->encode_fh function * @inode: the object to encode * @fh: where to store the file handle fragment * @max_len: maximum length to store there (in 4 byte units) * @parent: parent directory inode, if wanted * * This generic encode_fh function assumes that the 32 inode number * is suitable for locating an inode, and that the generation number * can be used to check that it is still valid. It places them in the * filehandle fragment where export_decode_fh expects to find them. */ int generic_encode_ino32_fh(struct inode *inode, __u32 *fh, int *max_len, struct inode *parent) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /** * generic_fh_to_dentry - generic helper for the fh_to_dentry export operation * @sb: filesystem to do the file handle conversion on * @fid: file handle to convert * @fh_len: length of the file handle in bytes * @fh_type: type of file handle * @get_inode: filesystem callback to retrieve inode * * This function decodes @fid as long as it has one of the well-known * Linux filehandle types and calls @get_inode on it to retrieve the * inode for the object specified in the file handle. */ struct dentry *generic_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid, int fh_len, int fh_type, struct inode *(*get_inode) (struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, u32 gen)) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /** * generic_fh_to_parent - generic helper for the fh_to_parent export operation * @sb: filesystem to do the file handle conversion on * @fid: file handle to convert * @fh_len: length of the file handle in bytes * @fh_type: type of file handle * @get_inode: filesystem callback to retrieve inode * * This function decodes @fid as long as it has one of the well-known * Linux filehandle types and calls @get_inode on it to retrieve the * inode for the _parent_ object specified in the file handle if it * is specified in the file handle, or NULL otherwise. */ struct dentry *generic_fh_to_parent(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid, int fh_len, int fh_type, struct inode *(*get_inode) (struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, u32 gen)) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /** * __generic_file_fsync - generic fsync implementation for simple filesystems * * @file: file to synchronize * @start: start offset in bytes * @end: end offset in bytes (inclusive) * @datasync: only synchronize essential metadata if true * * This is a generic implementation of the fsync method for simple * filesystems which track all non-inode metadata in the buffers list * hanging off the address_space structure. */ int __generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * generic_file_fsync - generic fsync implementation for simple filesystems * with flush * @file: file to synchronize * @start: start offset in bytes * @end: end offset in bytes (inclusive) * @datasync: only synchronize essential metadata if true * */ int generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * generic_check_addressable - Check addressability of file system * @blocksize_bits: log of file system block size * @num_blocks: number of blocks in file system * * Determine whether a file system with @num_blocks blocks (and a * block size of 2**@blocksize_bits) is addressable by the sector_t * and page cache of the system. Return 0 if so and -EFBIG otherwise. */ int generic_check_addressable(unsigned blocksize_bits, u64 num_blocks) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* * No-op implementation of ->fsync for in-memory filesystems. */ int noop_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); ssize_t noop_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /* Because kfree isn't assignment-compatible with void(void*) ;-/ */ void kfree_link(void *p) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); struct inode *alloc_anon_inode(struct super_block *s) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * simple_nosetlease - generic helper for prohibiting leases * @filp: file pointer * @arg: type of lease to obtain * @flp: new lease supplied for insertion * @priv: private data for lm_setup operation * * Generic helper for filesystems that do not wish to allow leases to be set. * All arguments are ignored and it just returns -EINVAL. */ int simple_nosetlease(struct file *filp, int arg, struct file_lease **flp, void **priv) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * simple_get_link - generic helper to get the target of "fast" symlinks * @dentry: not used here * @inode: the symlink inode * @done: not used here * * Generic helper for filesystems to use for symlink inodes where a pointer to * the symlink target is stored in ->i_link. NOTE: this isn't normally called, * since as an optimization the path lookup code uses any non-NULL ->i_link * directly, without calling ->get_link(). But ->get_link() still must be set, * to mark the inode_operations as being for a symlink. * * Return: the symlink target */ const char *simple_get_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, struct delayed_call *done) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); const struct inode_operations simple_symlink_inode_operations = …; EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* * Operations for a permanently empty directory. */ static struct dentry *empty_dir_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags) { … } static int empty_dir_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat, u32 request_mask, unsigned int query_flags) { … } static int empty_dir_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr) { … } static ssize_t empty_dir_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size) { … } static const struct inode_operations empty_dir_inode_operations = …; static loff_t empty_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence) { … } static int empty_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx) { … } static const struct file_operations empty_dir_operations = …; void make_empty_dir_inode(struct inode *inode) { … } bool is_empty_dir_inode(struct inode *inode) { … } #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE) /** * generic_ci_d_compare - generic d_compare implementation for casefolding filesystems * @dentry: dentry whose name we are checking against * @len: len of name of dentry * @str: str pointer to name of dentry * @name: Name to compare against * * Return: 0 if names match, 1 if mismatch, or -ERRNO */ static int generic_ci_d_compare(const struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name) { … } /** * generic_ci_d_hash - generic d_hash implementation for casefolding filesystems * @dentry: dentry of the parent directory * @str: qstr of name whose hash we should fill in * * Return: 0 if hash was successful or unchanged, and -EINVAL on error */ static int generic_ci_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str) { … } static const struct dentry_operations generic_ci_dentry_ops = …; /** * generic_ci_match() - Match a name (case-insensitively) with a dirent. * This is a filesystem helper for comparison with directory entries. * generic_ci_d_compare should be used in VFS' ->d_compare instead. * * @parent: Inode of the parent of the dirent under comparison * @name: name under lookup. * @folded_name: Optional pre-folded name under lookup * @de_name: Dirent name. * @de_name_len: dirent name length. * * Test whether a case-insensitive directory entry matches the filename * being searched. If @folded_name is provided, it is used instead of * recalculating the casefold of @name. * * Return: > 0 if the directory entry matches, 0 if it doesn't match, or * < 0 on error. */ int generic_ci_match(const struct inode *parent, const struct qstr *name, const struct qstr *folded_name, const u8 *de_name, u32 de_name_len) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); #endif #ifdef CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION static const struct dentry_operations generic_encrypted_dentry_ops = …; #endif /** * generic_set_sb_d_ops - helper for choosing the set of * filesystem-wide dentry operations for the enabled features * @sb: superblock to be configured * * Filesystems supporting casefolding and/or fscrypt can call this * helper at mount-time to configure sb->s_d_op to best set of dentry * operations required for the enabled features. The helper must be * called after these have been configured, but before the root dentry * is created. */ void generic_set_sb_d_ops(struct super_block *sb) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * inode_maybe_inc_iversion - increments i_version * @inode: inode with the i_version that should be updated * @force: increment the counter even if it's not necessary? * * Every time the inode is modified, the i_version field must be seen to have * changed by any observer. * * If "force" is set or the QUERIED flag is set, then ensure that we increment * the value, and clear the queried flag. * * In the common case where neither is set, then we can return "false" without * updating i_version. * * If this function returns false, and no other metadata has changed, then we * can avoid logging the metadata. */ bool inode_maybe_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode, bool force) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * inode_query_iversion - read i_version for later use * @inode: inode from which i_version should be read * * Read the inode i_version counter. This should be used by callers that wish * to store the returned i_version for later comparison. This will guarantee * that a later query of the i_version will result in a different value if * anything has changed. * * In this implementation, we fetch the current value, set the QUERIED flag and * then try to swap it into place with a cmpxchg, if it wasn't already set. If * that fails, we try again with the newly fetched value from the cmpxchg. */ u64 inode_query_iversion(struct inode *inode) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); ssize_t direct_write_fallback(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, ssize_t direct_written, ssize_t buffered_written) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /** * simple_inode_init_ts - initialize the timestamps for a new inode * @inode: inode to be initialized * * When a new inode is created, most filesystems set the timestamps to the * current time. Add a helper to do this. */ struct timespec64 simple_inode_init_ts(struct inode *inode) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); static inline struct dentry *get_stashed_dentry(struct dentry *stashed) { … } static struct dentry *prepare_anon_dentry(struct dentry **stashed, struct super_block *sb, void *data) { … } static struct dentry *stash_dentry(struct dentry **stashed, struct dentry *dentry) { … } /** * path_from_stashed - create path from stashed or new dentry * @stashed: where to retrieve or stash dentry * @mnt: mnt of the filesystems to use * @data: data to store in inode->i_private * @path: path to create * * The function tries to retrieve a stashed dentry from @stashed. If the dentry * is still valid then it will be reused. If the dentry isn't able the function * will allocate a new dentry and inode. It will then check again whether it * can reuse an existing dentry in case one has been added in the meantime or * update @stashed with the newly added dentry. * * Special-purpose helper for nsfs and pidfs. * * Return: On success zero and on failure a negative error is returned. */ int path_from_stashed(struct dentry **stashed, struct vfsmount *mnt, void *data, struct path *path) { … } void stashed_dentry_prune(struct dentry *dentry) { … }