The patch titled
iget: introduce a function to register iget failure
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
iget-introduce-a-function-to-register-iget-failure.patch
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Subject: iget: introduce a function to register iget failure
From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Introduce a function to register failure in an inode construction path. This
includes marking the inode under construction as bad, unlocking it and
releasing it.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/porting | 18 +++++++++++++-----
fs/bad_inode.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
include/linux/fs.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/filesystems/porting~iget-introduce-a-function-to-register-iget-failure Documentation/filesystems/porting
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting~iget-introduce-a-function-to-register-iget-failure
+++ a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -184,11 +184,19 @@ just takes the superblock and inode numb
test and set for you.
e.g.
- inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
- if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
- read_inode_from_disk(inode);
- unlock_new_inode(inode);
- }
+ inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
+ if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
+ err = read_inode_from_disk(inode);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ iget_failed(inode);
+ return err;
+ }
+ unlock_new_inode(inode);
+ }
+
+Note that if the process of setting up a new inode fails, then iget_failed()
+should be called on the inode to render it dead, and an appropriate error
+should be passed back to the caller.
---
[recommended]
diff -puN fs/bad_inode.c~iget-introduce-a-function-to-register-iget-failure fs/bad_inode.c
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c~iget-introduce-a-function-to-register-iget-failure
+++ a/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -359,3 +359,17 @@ int is_bad_inode(struct inode *inode)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(is_bad_inode);
+
+/**
+ * iget_failed - Mark an under-construction inode as dead and release it
+ * @inode: The inode to discard
+ *
+ * Mark an under-construction inode as dead and release it.
+ */
+void iget_failed(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ make_bad_inode(inode);
+ unlock_new_inode(inode);
+ iput(inode);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iget_failed);
diff -puN include/linux/fs.h~iget-introduce-a-function-to-register-iget-failure include/linux/fs.h
--- a/include/linux/fs.h~iget-introduce-a-function-to-register-iget-failure
+++ a/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1769,6 +1769,7 @@ static inline struct inode *iget(struct
}
extern void __iget(struct inode * inode);
+extern void iget_failed(struct inode *);
extern void clear_inode(struct inode *);
extern void destroy_inode(struct inode *);
extern struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
64-bit-i_version-afs-fixes.patch
add-an-err_cast-function-to-complement-err_ptr-and-co.patch
convert-err_ptrptr_errp-instances-to-err_castp.patch
iget-introduce-a-function-to-register-iget-failure.patch
iget-use-iget_failed-in-afs.patch
iget-use-iget_failed-in-gfs2.patch
iget-stop-affs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-autofs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode.patch
iget-stop-befs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-bfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-cifs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-efs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-ext2-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-ext3-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-ext4-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-fat-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-freevxfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode.patch
iget-stop-fuse-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-hfsplus-from-using-iget-and-read_inode.patch
iget-stop-isofs-from-using-read_inode.patch
iget-stop-jffs2-from-using-iget-and-read_inode.patch
iget-stop-jfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-the-minix-filesystem-from-using-iget-and.patch
iget-stop-procfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode.patch
iget-stop-qnx4-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-romfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode.patch
iget-stop-the-sysv-filesystem-from-using-iget-and.patch
iget-stop-ufs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch
iget-stop-openpromfs-from-using-iget-and.patch
iget-stop-hostfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode.patch
iget-stop-hppfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode.patch
iget-remove-iget-and-the-read_inode-super-op-as.patch
mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch
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