The patch titled
r/o bind mounts: document nlink function
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
r-o-bind-mounts-document-nlink-function.patch
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Subject: r/o bind mounts: document nlink function
From: Dave Hansen <hansendc@xxxxxxxxxx>
These should have been documented from the beginning. Fix it.
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/fs.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
diff -puN include/linux/fs.h~r-o-bind-mounts-document-nlink-function include/linux/fs.h
--- a/include/linux/fs.h~r-o-bind-mounts-document-nlink-function
+++ a/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1198,6 +1198,14 @@ static inline void mark_inode_dirty_sync
__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC);
}
+/**
+ * inc_nlink - directly increment an inode's link count
+ * @inode: inode
+ *
+ * This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any
+ * direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink. Currently,
+ * it is only here for parity with dec_nlink().
+ */
static inline void inc_nlink(struct inode *inode)
{
inode->i_nlink++;
@@ -1209,11 +1217,30 @@ static inline void inode_inc_link_count(
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
}
+/**
+ * drop_nlink - directly drop an inode's link count
+ * @inode: inode
+ *
+ * This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any
+ * direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink. In cases
+ * where we are attempting to track writes to the
+ * filesystem, a decrement to zero means an imminent
+ * write when the file is truncated and actually unlinked
+ * on the filesystem.
+ */
static inline void drop_nlink(struct inode *inode)
{
inode->i_nlink--;
}
+/**
+ * clear_nlink - directly zero an inode's link count
+ * @inode: inode
+ *
+ * This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any
+ * direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink. See
+ * drop_nlink() for why we care about i_nlink hitting zero.
+ */
static inline void clear_nlink(struct inode *inode)
{
inode->i_nlink = 0;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hansendc@xxxxxxxxxx are
r-o-bind-mounts-document-nlink-function.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-filesystem-helpers-for-custom-struct-files.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-r-o-bind-mounts-stub-functions.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-ext3-remove-extra-is_rdonly-check.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-ext4-remove-extra-is_rdonly-check.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-some-ioctls.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-writer-count-for-chown-and-friends.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-make-access-use-mnt-check.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-mnt-writers-for-callers-of-vfs_mkdir.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-during-entire-ncp_ioctl.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-link-and-symlink-calls.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-mount-count-for-extended-attributes.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-file_update_time.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-mount_is_safe-add-comment.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-unix_find_other-elevate-write-count-for-touch_atime.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-over-calls-to-vfs_rename.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-files-are-opened.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-nfs-check-mnt-instead-of-sb.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-writer-count-for-do_sys_truncate.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-do_utimes.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-do_sys_utime-and-touch_atime.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-sys_mknodat-elevate-write-count-for-vfs_mknod-create.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-mnt-writers-for-vfs_unlink-callers.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-do_rmdir-elevate-write-count.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-writer-count-for-custom-struct_file.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-remove-is_rdonly-from-permission.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-reiser4-remove-is_rdonly-checks.patch
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