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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-10-11 05:45:17 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-10-11 05:45:17 +0300
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Merge tag 'pull-tmpfile' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull vfs tmpfile updates from Al Viro: "Miklos' ->tmpfile() signature change; pass an unopened struct file to it, let it open the damn thing. Allows to add tmpfile support to FUSE" * tag 'pull-tmpfile' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: fuse: implement ->tmpfile() vfs: open inside ->tmpfile() vfs: move open right after ->tmpfile() vfs: make vfs_tmpfile() static ovl: use vfs_tmpfile_open() helper cachefiles: use vfs_tmpfile_open() helper cachefiles: only pass inode to *mark_inode_inuse() helpers cachefiles: tmpfile error handling cleanup hugetlbfs: cleanup mknod and tmpfile vfs: add vfs_tmpfile_open() helper
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
index b2ef2449aed9..2b55f71e2ae1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined:
void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct file *,
unsigned open_flag, umode_t create_mode);
- int (*tmpfile) (struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
+ int (*tmpfile) (struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, struct file *, umode_t);
int (*set_acl)(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, struct posix_acl *, int);
int (*fileattr_set)(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa);
@@ -592,7 +592,9 @@ otherwise noted.
``tmpfile``
called in the end of O_TMPFILE open(). Optional, equivalent to
atomically creating, opening and unlinking a file in given
- directory.
+ directory. On success needs to return with the file already
+ open; this can be done by calling finish_open_simple() right at
+ the end.
``fileattr_get``
called on ioctl(FS_IOC_GETFLAGS) and ioctl(FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR) to