The attached patch adds a new directory cache management function that prepares
a disconnected anonymous function to be connected into the dentry tree. The
anonymous dentry is transferred the name and parentage from another dentry.
Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
warthog>diffstat -p1 materialise-dentry-2616rc4.diff
fs/dcache.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/dcache.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.16-rc4-getsb/include/linux/dcache.h linux-2.6.16-rc4-getsb-nfs/include/linux/dcache.h
--- linux-2.6.16-rc4-getsb/include/linux/dcache.h 2006-02-22 17:00:41.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc4-getsb-nfs/include/linux/dcache.h 2006-02-22 17:34:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static inline int dname_external(struct
extern void d_instantiate(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
extern struct dentry * d_instantiate_unique(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
extern void d_delete(struct dentry *);
+extern void d_materialise_dentry(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
/* allocate/de-allocate */
extern struct dentry * d_alloc(struct dentry *, const struct qstr *);
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.16-rc4-getsb/fs/dcache.c linux-2.6.16-rc4-getsb-nfs/fs/dcache.c
--- linux-2.6.16-rc4-getsb/fs/dcache.c 2006-02-22 17:00:36.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc4-getsb-nfs/fs/dcache.c 2006-02-22 17:34:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -1345,6 +1345,23 @@ already_unhashed:
}
/**
+ * d_materialise_dentry - connect a disconnected dentry into the tree
+ * @dentry: dentry to replace
+ * @anon: dentry to place into the tree
+ *
+ * Prepare an anonymous dentry for life in the superblock's dentry tree as a
+ * named dentry in place of the dentry to be replaced.
+ */
+void d_materialise_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *anon)
+{
+ switch_names(dentry, anon);
+ do_switch(dentry->d_name.len, anon->d_name.len);
+ do_switch(dentry->d_name.hash, anon->d_name.hash);
+ do_switch(dentry->d_parent, anon->d_parent);
+ anon->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
+}
+
+/**
* d_path - return the path of a dentry
* @dentry: dentry to report
* @vfsmnt: vfsmnt to which the dentry belongs
@@ -1755,6 +1772,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_instantiate);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_invalidate);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_lookup);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_move);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(d_materialise_dentry);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_path);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_prune_aliases);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_rehash);
