We will need this helper in the next patch to provide a file handle for inotify marks in /proc/pid/fdinfo output. The patch is rather providing the way to use inodes directly when dentry is not available (like in case of inotify system). Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Andrey Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: James Bottomley <jbottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Matthew Helsley <matt.helsley@xxxxxxxxx> CC: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exportfs/expfs.c | 19 ++++++++++++++----- include/linux/exportfs.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.git/fs/exportfs/expfs.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.git.orig/fs/exportfs/expfs.c +++ linux-2.6.git/fs/exportfs/expfs.c @@ -341,10 +341,21 @@ static int export_encode_fh(struct inode return type; } +int exportfs_encode_inode_fh(struct inode *inode, struct fid *fid, + int *max_len, struct inode *parent) +{ + const struct export_operations *nop = inode->i_sb->s_export_op; + + if (nop && nop->encode_fh) + return nop->encode_fh(inode, fid->raw, max_len, parent); + + return export_encode_fh(inode, fid, max_len, parent); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(exportfs_encode_inode_fh); + int exportfs_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, struct fid *fid, int *max_len, int connectable) { - const struct export_operations *nop = dentry->d_sb->s_export_op; int error; struct dentry *p = NULL; struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode, *parent = NULL; @@ -357,10 +368,8 @@ int exportfs_encode_fh(struct dentry *de */ parent = p->d_inode; } - if (nop && nop->encode_fh) - error = nop->encode_fh(inode, fid->raw, max_len, parent); - else - error = export_encode_fh(inode, fid, max_len, parent); + + error = exportfs_encode_inode_fh(inode, fid, max_len, parent); dput(p); return error; Index: linux-2.6.git/include/linux/exportfs.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.git.orig/include/linux/exportfs.h +++ linux-2.6.git/include/linux/exportfs.h @@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ struct export_operations { int (*commit_metadata)(struct inode *inode); }; +extern int exportfs_encode_inode_fh(struct inode *inode, struct fid *fid, + int *max_len, struct inode *parent); extern int exportfs_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, struct fid *fid, int *max_len, int connectable); extern struct dentry *exportfs_decode_fh(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct fid *fid, -- 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