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>
---
fs/dcache.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/dcache.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index a173bba..97e1e44 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1345,6 +1345,30 @@ 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)
+{
+ struct dentry *dparent, *aparent;
+
+ switch_names(dentry, anon);
+ do_switch(dentry->d_name.len, anon->d_name.len);
+ do_switch(dentry->d_name.hash, anon->d_name.hash);
+
+ dparent = dentry->d_parent;
+ aparent = anon->d_parent;
+ dentry->d_parent = (aparent == anon) ? dentry : aparent;
+ anon->d_parent = (dparent == dentry) ? anon : dparent;
+
+ 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 +1779,7 @@ 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);
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 4361f37..feb9d4b 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -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 *);
