Clearify d_make_root() usage, error handling and cleanup requirements. Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/filesystems/porting | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index cf43bc4dbf31..1ebc1c6eb64b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting @@ -428,8 +428,19 @@ release it yourself. -- [mandatory] d_alloc_root() is gone, along with a lot of bugs caused by code -misusing it. Replacement: d_make_root(inode). The difference is, -d_make_root() drops the reference to inode if dentry allocation fails. +misusing it. Replacement: d_make_root(inode). On success d_make_root(inode) +allocates and returns a new dentry instantiated with the passed in inode. +On failure NULL is returned and the passed in inode is dropped so failure +handling need not do any cleanup for the inode. If d_make_root(inode) +is passed a NULL inode it returns NULL and also requires no further +error handling. Typical usage is: + + inode = foofs_new_inode(....); + s->s_root = d_make_inode(inode); + if (!s->s_root) + /* Nothing needed for the inode cleanup */ + return -ENOMEM; + ... -- [mandatory]
