Add a path_whiteout() helper for vfs_whiteout(). Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Valerie Aurora (Henson) <vaurora@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- include/linux/fs.h | 1 - 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index fe58172..9dc51b0 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2172,7 +2172,7 @@ static inline int may_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *victim, * After this returns with success, don't make any assumptions about the inode. * Just dput() it dentry. */ -int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int isdir) +static int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int isdir) { int err; struct inode *old_inode = dentry->d_inode; @@ -2224,6 +2224,19 @@ int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int isdir) return err; } +int path_whiteout(struct path *dir_path, struct dentry *dentry, int isdir) +{ + int error = mnt_want_write(dir_path->mnt); + + if (!error) { + error = vfs_whiteout(dir_path->dentry->d_inode, dentry, isdir); + mnt_drop_write(dir_path->mnt); + } + + return error; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_whiteout); + /* * We try to drop the dentry early: we should have * a usage count of 2 if we're the only user of this diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 841bc1d..f5ca398 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1245,7 +1245,6 @@ extern int vfs_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *); extern int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *); extern int vfs_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *); extern int vfs_rename(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *); -extern int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int); /* * VFS dentry helper functions. -- 1.6.1.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html