From: Erez Zadok <ezk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Audited entire code for documentation. Added comments at top of functions
where it felt necessary (i.e., function's name and size don't make it clear
what it may be doing precisely). Reformatted some long comments. Fixed a
few comment typos and spelling errors.
Signed-off-by: Erez Zadok <ezk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <jsipek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/unionfs/commonfops.c | 7 ++++---
fs/unionfs/copyup.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
fs/unionfs/dentry.c | 5 ++---
fs/unionfs/file.c | 1 +
fs/unionfs/lookup.c | 3 ++-
fs/unionfs/main.c | 8 +++++++-
fs/unionfs/rename.c | 13 +++++++++----
fs/unionfs/subr.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
fs/unionfs/super.c | 15 +++++++++------
9 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/unionfs/commonfops.c b/fs/unionfs/commonfops.c
index 666b3c7..a57471e 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/commonfops.c
+++ b/fs/unionfs/commonfops.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ out:
return err;
}
+/* perform a delayed copyup of a read-write file on a read-only branch */
static int do_delayed_copyup(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry)
{
int bindex, bstart, bend, err = 0;
@@ -312,9 +313,9 @@ int unionfs_file_revalidate(struct file *file, int willwrite)
/*
* There are two cases we are interested in. The first is if the
- * generation is lower than the super-block. The second is if someone
- * has copied up this file from underneath us, we also need to refresh
- * things.
+ * generation is lower than the super-block. The second is if
+ * someone has copied up this file from underneath us, we also need
+ * to refresh things.
*/
if (!d_deleted(dentry) &&
(sbgen > fgen || dbstart(dentry) != fbstart(file))) {
diff --git a/fs/unionfs/copyup.c b/fs/unionfs/copyup.c
index 1495778..4924685 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/copyup.c
+++ b/fs/unionfs/copyup.c
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
#include "union.h"
+/*
+ * For detailed explanation of copyup see:
+ * Documentation/filesystems/unionfs/concepts.txt
+ */
+
+/* forward definitions */
static int copyup_named_dentry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
int bstart, int new_bindex, const char *name,
int namelen, struct file **copyup_file,
@@ -26,11 +32,6 @@ static struct dentry *create_parents_named(struct inode *dir,
struct dentry *dentry,
const char *name, int bindex);
-/*
- * For detailed explanation of copyup see:
- * Documentation/filesystems/unionfs/concepts.txt
- */
-
#ifdef CONFIG_UNION_FS_XATTR
/* copyup all extended attrs for a given dentry */
static int copyup_xattrs(struct dentry *old_hidden_dentry,
@@ -487,9 +488,9 @@ out:
}
/*
- * This function creates a copy of a file represented by 'file' which currently
- * resides in branch 'bstart' to branch 'new_bindex.' The copy will be named
- * "name".
+ * This function creates a copy of a file represented by 'file' which
+ * currently resides in branch 'bstart' to branch 'new_bindex.' The copy
+ * will be named "name".
*/
int copyup_named_file(struct inode *dir, struct file *file, char *name,
int bstart, int new_bindex, loff_t len)
@@ -509,8 +510,8 @@ int copyup_named_file(struct inode *dir, struct file *file, char *name,
}
/*
- * This function creates a copy of a file represented by 'file' which currently
- * resides in branch 'bstart' to branch 'new_bindex'.
+ * This function creates a copy of a file represented by 'file' which
+ * currently resides in branch 'bstart' to branch 'new_bindex'.
*/
int copyup_file(struct inode *dir, struct file *file, int bstart,
int new_bindex, loff_t len)
@@ -539,6 +540,7 @@ struct dentry *create_parents(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
return create_parents_named(dir, dentry, dentry->d_name.name, bindex);
}
+/* purge a dentry's lower-branch states (dput/mntput, etc.) */
static void __cleanup_dentry(struct dentry * dentry, int bindex,
int old_bstart, int old_bend)
{
diff --git a/fs/unionfs/dentry.c b/fs/unionfs/dentry.c
index 46a52f7..95cea3b 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/unionfs/dentry.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
#include "union.h"
-
/*
* Revalidate a single dentry.
* Assume that dentry's info node is locked.
@@ -61,8 +60,8 @@ static int __unionfs_d_revalidate_one(struct dentry *dentry,
sbgen = atomic_read(&UNIONFS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->generation);
/*
* If we are working on an unconnected dentry, then there is no
- * revalidation to be done, because this file does not exist within the
- * namespace, and Unionfs operates on the namespace, not data.
+ * revalidation to be done, because this file does not exist within
+ * the namespace, and Unionfs operates on the namespace, not data.
*/
if (sbgen != dgen) {
struct dentry *result;
diff --git a/fs/unionfs/file.c b/fs/unionfs/file.c
index 47ce5ce..57f2bdd 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/unionfs/file.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ out:
return err;
}
+/* helper function to unionfs_write */
static ssize_t __unionfs_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
{
diff --git a/fs/unionfs/lookup.c b/fs/unionfs/lookup.c
index 6ea5aea..cf78c46 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/lookup.c
+++ b/fs/unionfs/lookup.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ out:
return err;
}
+/* main (and complex) driver function for Unionfs's lookup */
struct dentry *unionfs_lookup_backend(struct dentry *dentry,
struct nameidata *nd, int lookupmode)
{
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ out:
return ERR_PTR(err);
}
-/* This is a utility function that fills in a unionfs dentry.*/
+/* This is a utility function that fills in a unionfs dentry */
int unionfs_partial_lookup(struct dentry *dentry)
{
struct dentry *tmp;
diff --git a/fs/unionfs/main.c b/fs/unionfs/main.c
index a72e844..84d3bf5 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/unionfs/main.c
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
-/* sb we pass is unionfs's super_block */
+/*
+ * Connect a unionfs inode dentry/inode with several lower ones. This is
+ * the classic stackable file system "vnode interposition" action.
+ *
+ * @sb: unionfs's super_block
+ */
int unionfs_interpose(struct dentry *dentry, struct super_block *sb, int flag)
{
struct inode *hidden_inode;
@@ -149,6 +154,7 @@ out:
return err;
}
+/* like interpose above, but for an already existing dentry */
void unionfs_reinterpose(struct dentry *dentry)
{
struct dentry *hidden_dentry;
diff --git a/fs/unionfs/rename.c b/fs/unionfs/rename.c
index f71bba6..231866e 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/rename.c
+++ b/fs/unionfs/rename.c
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ out:
return err;
}
+/*
+ * Main rename code. This is sufficienly complex, that it's documented in
+ * Docmentation/filesystems/unionfs/rename.txt. This routine calls
+ * do_rename() above to perform some of the work.
+ */
static int do_unionfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
struct dentry *old_dentry,
struct inode *new_dir,
@@ -358,10 +363,10 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry)
}
/*
- * We can't copyup a directory, because it may involve huge
- * numbers of children, etc. Doing that in the kernel would
- * be bad, so instead we let the user-space recurse and ask us
- * to copy up each file separately
+ * We can't copyup a directory, because it may involve huge numbers of
+ * children, etc. Doing that in the kernel would be bad, so instead we
+ * return EXDEV to the user-space utility that caused this, and let the
+ * user-space recurse and ask us to copy up each file separately.
*/
static int may_rename_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
{
diff --git a/fs/unionfs/subr.c b/fs/unionfs/subr.c
index fb769ba..d5689f5 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/subr.c
+++ b/fs/unionfs/subr.c
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ int create_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry, int start)
if (!hidden_dentry) {
/*
- * if hidden dentry is not present, create the entire
- * hidden dentry directory structure and go ahead.
- * Since we want to just create whiteout, we only want
- * the parent dentry, and hence get rid of this dentry.
+ * if hidden dentry is not present, create the
+ * entire hidden dentry directory structure and go
+ * ahead. Since we want to just create whiteout, we
+ * only want the parent dentry, and hence get rid of
+ * this dentry.
*/
hidden_dentry = create_parents(dentry->d_inode,
dentry, bindex);
@@ -70,8 +71,8 @@ int create_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry, int start)
continue;
/*
- * The whiteout already exists. This used to be impossible, but
- * now is possible because of opaqueness.
+ * The whiteout already exists. This used to be impossible,
+ * but now is possible because of opaqueness.
*/
if (hidden_wh_dentry->d_inode) {
dput(hidden_wh_dentry);
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ int create_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry, int start)
break;
}
- /* set dbopaque so that lookup will not proceed after this branch */
+ /* set dbopaque so that lookup will not proceed after this branch */
if (!err)
set_dbopaque(dentry, bindex);
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ out:
}
/*
- * This is a helper function for rename, which ends up with hosed over dentries
- * when it needs to revert.
+ * This is a helper function for rename, which ends up with hosed over
+ * dentries when it needs to revert.
*/
int unionfs_refresh_hidden_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, int bindex)
{
diff --git a/fs/unionfs/super.c b/fs/unionfs/super.c
index 7813ea8..39939ba 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/unionfs/super.c
@@ -66,13 +66,15 @@ static void unionfs_put_inode(struct inode *inode)
{
/*
* This is really funky stuff:
+ *
* Basically, if i_count == 1, iput will then decrement it and this
- * inode will be destroyed. It is currently holding a reference to the
- * hidden inode. Therefore, it needs to release that reference by
- * calling iput on the hidden inode. iput() _will_ do it for us (by
- * calling our clear_inode), but _only_ if i_nlink == 0. The problem
- * is, NFS keeps i_nlink == 1 for silly_rename'd files. So we must for
- * our i_nlink to 0 here to trick iput() into calling our clear_inode.
+ * inode will be destroyed. It is currently holding a reference to
+ * the hidden inode. Therefore, it needs to release that reference
+ * by calling iput on the hidden inode. iput() _will_ do it for us
+ * (by calling our clear_inode), but _only_ if i_nlink == 0. The
+ * problem is, NFS keeps i_nlink == 1 for silly_rename'd files. So
+ * we must force our i_nlink to 0 here to trick iput() into calling
+ * our clear_inode.
*/
if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) == 1)
@@ -842,6 +844,7 @@ int unionfs_init_inode_cache(void)
return err;
}
+/* unionfs inode cache destructor */
void unionfs_destroy_inode_cache(void)
{
if (unionfs_inode_cachep)
--
1.5.2.rc1.165.gaf9b
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