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-rw-r--r--include/linux/exportfs.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h9
-rw-r--r--include/linux/namei.h4
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/exportfs.h b/include/linux/exportfs.h
index 3aac58a520c7..d0cf10d5e0f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/exportfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/exportfs.h
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ struct export_operations {
int (*commit_blocks)(struct inode *inode, struct iomap *iomaps,
int nr_iomaps, struct iattr *iattr);
int (*permission)(struct handle_to_path_ctx *ctx, unsigned int oflags);
- struct file * (*open)(struct path *path, unsigned int oflags);
+ struct file * (*open)(const struct path *path, unsigned int oflags);
#define EXPORT_OP_NOWCC (0x1) /* don't collect v3 wcc data */
#define EXPORT_OP_NOSUBTREECHK (0x2) /* no subtree checking */
#define EXPORT_OP_CLOSE_BEFORE_UNLINK (0x4) /* close files before unlink */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1f4a1c570a2a..540004970ad5 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1192,6 +1192,8 @@ static inline int ra_has_index(struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t index)
* @f_cred: stashed credentials of creator/opener
* @f_owner: file owner
* @f_path: path of the file
+ * @__f_path: writable alias for @f_path; *ONLY* for core VFS and only before
+ * the file gets open
* @f_pos_lock: lock protecting file position
* @f_pipe: specific to pipes
* @f_pos: file position
@@ -1217,7 +1219,10 @@ struct file {
const struct cred *f_cred;
struct fown_struct *f_owner;
/* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */
- struct path f_path;
+ union {
+ const struct path f_path;
+ struct path __f_path;
+ };
union {
/* regular files (with FMODE_ATOMIC_POS) and directories */
struct mutex f_pos_lock;
@@ -2877,7 +2882,7 @@ struct file *dentry_open_nonotify(const struct path *path, int flags,
const struct cred *cred);
struct file *dentry_create(const struct path *path, int flags, umode_t mode,
const struct cred *cred);
-struct path *backing_file_user_path(const struct file *f);
+const struct path *backing_file_user_path(const struct file *f);
/*
* When mmapping a file on a stackable filesystem (e.g., overlayfs), the file
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index a7800ef04e76..fed86221c69c 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ struct dentry *kern_path_parent(const char *name, struct path *parent);
extern struct dentry *start_creating_path(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);
extern struct dentry *start_creating_user_path(int, const char __user *, struct path *, unsigned int);
-extern void end_creating_path(struct path *, struct dentry *);
+extern void end_creating_path(const struct path *, struct dentry *);
extern struct dentry *start_removing_path(const char *, struct path *);
extern struct dentry *start_removing_user_path_at(int , const char __user *, struct path *);
-static inline void end_removing_path(struct path *path , struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline void end_removing_path(const struct path *path , struct dentry *dentry)
{
end_creating_path(path, dentry);
}