Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5dd784d04924be5d8bc066aded0ec3274b20e612 Commit: 5dd784d04924be5d8bc066aded0ec3274b20e612 Parent: 09da5916baf6d3fb9ac16c125c801ae6ea151f97 Author: Jan Blunck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AuthorDate: Thu Feb 14 19:34:38 2008 -0800 Committer: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CommitDate: Thu Feb 14 21:13:33 2008 -0800
Introduce path_get() This introduces the symmetric function to path_put() for getting a reference to the dentry and vfsmount of a struct path in the right order. Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- fs/namei.c | 17 +++++++++++++++-- include/linux/path.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 0249935..a6575ca 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -363,6 +363,19 @@ int deny_write_access(struct file * file) } /** + * path_get - get a reference to a path + * @path: path to get the reference to + * + * Given a path increment the reference count to the dentry and the vfsmount. + */ +void path_get(struct path *path) +{ + mntget(path->mnt); + dget(path->dentry); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_get); + +/** * path_put - put a reference to a path * @path: path to put the reference to * @@ -1160,8 +1173,8 @@ static int do_path_lookup(int dfd, const char *name, if (retval) goto fput_fail; - nd->path.mnt = mntget(file->f_path.mnt); - nd->path.dentry = dget(dentry); + nd->path = file->f_path; + path_get(&file->f_path); fput_light(file, fput_needed); } diff --git a/include/linux/path.h b/include/linux/path.h index 4d976f9..915e0c3 100644 --- a/include/linux/path.h +++ b/include/linux/path.h @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ struct path { struct dentry *dentry; }; +extern void path_get(struct path *); extern void path_put(struct path *); #endif /* _LINUX_PATH_H */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git-commits-head" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html