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| author | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2021-04-02 02:00:57 +0300 |
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| committer | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2021-04-07 20:56:43 +0300 |
| commit | ffb37ca3bd16ce6ea2df2f87fde9a31e94ebb54b (patch) | |
| tree | 3181f65f00970c041c87262309e5737b8139b080 /Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst | |
| parent | 4f0ed93fb92d3528c73c80317509df3f800a222b (diff) | |
| download | linux-ffb37ca3bd16ce6ea2df2f87fde9a31e94ebb54b.tar.xz | |
switch file_open_root() to struct path
... and provide file_open_root_mnt(), using the root of given mount.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst index 0302035781be..9bb2b35f90bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst @@ -890,3 +890,12 @@ been called or returned with non -EIOCBQUEUED code. mnt_want_write_file() can now only be paired with mnt_drop_write_file(), whereas previously it could be paired with mnt_drop_write() as well. + +--- + +**mandatory** + +Calling conventions for file_open_root() changed; now it takes struct path * +instead of passing mount and dentry separately. For callers that used to +pass <mnt, mnt->mnt_root> pair (i.e. the root of given mount), a new helper +is provided - file_open_root_mnt(). In-tree users adjusted. |