NFS_SB() returns the pointer to an nfs_server struct, given a pointer to a super_block. But we have no way to go back the other way. Add a super_block backpointer field so that, given an nfs_server struct, it is easy to get to the filesystem's root dentry. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/super.c | 1 + include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c index a03b9c6..5edc613 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/super.c +++ b/fs/nfs/super.c @@ -2530,6 +2530,7 @@ struct dentry *nfs_fs_mount_common(struct nfs_server *server, mntroot = ERR_PTR(error); goto error_splat_bdi; } + server->super = s; } if (!s->s_root) { diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h index b8cedce..a1c80a2 100644 --- a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h +++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h @@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ struct nfs_server { __u64 maxfilesize; /* maximum file size */ struct timespec time_delta; /* smallest time granularity */ unsigned long mount_time; /* when this fs was mounted */ + struct super_block *super; /* VFS super block */ dev_t s_dev; /* superblock dev numbers */ #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_FSCACHE -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html