The patch titled Subject: vfs: constify path parameter of path_has_submounts() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is vfs-constify-path-parameter-of-path_has_submounts.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/vfs-constify-path-parameter-of-path_has_submounts.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/vfs-constify-path-parameter-of-path_has_submounts.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Ian Kent <ikent@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: vfs: constify path parameter of path_has_submounts() path_has_submounts() doesn't modify the passed in path parameter, and shouldn't need to, make that usage explicit. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/148029912941.27779.3775940087450770440.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/dcache.c | 2 +- include/linux/dcache.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/dcache.c~vfs-constify-path-parameter-of-path_has_submounts fs/dcache.c --- a/fs/dcache.c~vfs-constify-path-parameter-of-path_has_submounts +++ a/fs/dcache.c @@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ static enum d_walk_ret path_check_mount( * Return true if the parent or its subdirectories contain * a mount point in the current namespace. */ -int path_has_submounts(struct path *parent) +int path_has_submounts(const struct path *parent) { struct check_mount data = { .mnt = parent->mnt, .mounted = 0 }; diff -puN include/linux/dcache.h~vfs-constify-path-parameter-of-path_has_submounts include/linux/dcache.h --- a/include/linux/dcache.h~vfs-constify-path-parameter-of-path_has_submounts +++ a/include/linux/dcache.h @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ extern struct dentry *d_find_alias(struc extern void d_prune_aliases(struct inode *); /* test whether we have any submounts in a subdir tree */ -extern int path_has_submounts(struct path *); +extern int path_has_submounts(const struct path *); /* * This adds the entry to the hash queues. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ikent@xxxxxxxxxx are vfs-change-d_manage-to-take-a-struct-path.patch vfs-add-path_is_mountpoint-helper.patch vfs-add-path_has_submounts.patch autofs-change-autofs4_expire_wait-to-take-struct-path.patch autofs-change-autofs4_wait-to-take-struct-path.patch autofs-use-path_is_mountpoint-to-fix-unreliable-d_mountpoint-checks.patch autofs-use-path_has_submounts-to-fix-unreliable-have_submount-checks.patch vfs-remove-unused-have_submounts-function.patch vfs-merge-path_is_mountpoint-and-path_is_mountpoint_rcu.patch autofs-make-struct-path-const-in-autofs4_dir_open.patch autofs-change-struct-path-to-const-in-autofs4_expire_wait-and-autofs4_wait.patch vfs-change-struct-path-to-const-in-d_manage.patch vfs-constify-path-parameter-of-path_has_submounts.patch autofs-dont-hold-spin-lock-over-direct-mount-expire.patch vfs-make-may_umount_tree-mount-propogation-aware.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html