From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx> d_select_inode() is a helper function to translate dentry to inodes while using in conjunction with overlayfs so dentries evaluate to true lower inodes. Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/dcache.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h index 7781ce11..dbaa420 100644 --- a/include/linux/dcache.h +++ b/include/linux/dcache.h @@ -541,6 +541,21 @@ static inline struct inode *d_inode(const struct dentry *dentry) } /** + * d_select_inode - Get the actual inode of this dentry + * @dentry: The dentry to query + * @flags: open flags passed + * + * This is the helper to select the underlying true inode associated with + * a dentry to cover cases of translating overlay filesystem. + */ +static inline struct inode *d_select_inode(struct dentry *dentry, int flags) +{ + if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_SELECT_INODE) + return dentry->d_op->d_select_inode(dentry, flags); + return dentry->d_inode; +} + +/** * d_inode_rcu - Get the actual inode of this dentry with ACCESS_ONCE() * @dentry: The dentry to query * -- 2.6.2 -- 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