The patch titled Introduce path_get() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is introduce-path_get.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Introduce path_get() From: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx> This introduces the symmetric function to path_put() for getting a reference to the dentry and vfsmount of a struct path in the right order. Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 17 +++++++++++++++-- include/linux/namei.h | 6 ------ include/linux/path.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/namei.c~introduce-path_get fs/namei.c --- a/fs/namei.c~introduce-path_get +++ a/fs/namei.c @@ -363,6 +363,19 @@ int deny_write_access(struct file * file } /** + * path_get - get a reference to a path + * @path: path to get the reference to + * + * Given a path increment the reference count to the dentry and the vfsmount. + */ +void path_get(struct path *path) +{ + mntget(path->mnt); + dget(path->dentry); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_get); + +/** * path_put - put a reference to a path * @path: path to put the reference to * @@ -1161,8 +1174,8 @@ static int fastcall do_path_lookup(int d if (retval) goto fput_fail; - nd->path.mnt = mntget(file->f_path.mnt); - nd->path.dentry = dget(dentry); + nd->path = file->f_path; + path_get(&file->f_path); fput_light(file, fput_needed); } diff -puN include/linux/namei.h~introduce-path_get include/linux/namei.h --- a/include/linux/namei.h~introduce-path_get +++ a/include/linux/namei.h @@ -94,10 +94,4 @@ static inline char *nd_get_link(struct n return nd->saved_names[nd->depth]; } -static inline void pathget(struct path *path) -{ - mntget(path->mnt); - dget(path->dentry); -} - #endif /* _LINUX_NAMEI_H */ diff -puN include/linux/path.h~introduce-path_get include/linux/path.h --- a/include/linux/path.h~introduce-path_get +++ a/include/linux/path.h @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ struct path { struct dentry *dentry; }; +extern void path_get(struct path *); extern void path_put(struct path *); #endif /* _LINUX_PATH_H */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jblunck@xxxxxxx are r-o-bind-mounts-unix_find_other-elevate-write-count-for-touch_atime-fix.patch r-o-bind-mounts-track-number-of-mount-writers-fix.patch dont-touch-fs_struct-in-drivers.patch dont-touch-fs_struct-in-usermodehelper.patch remove-path_release_on_umount.patch move-struct-path-into-its-own-header.patch embed-a-struct-path-into-struct-nameidata-instead-of-nd-dentrymnt.patch embed-a-struct-path-into-struct-nameidata-instead-of-nd-dentrymnt-checkpatch-fixes.patch introduce-path_put.patch use-path_put-in-a-few-places-instead-of-mntdput.patch introduce-path_get.patch use-struct-path-in-fs_struct.patch make-set_fs_rootpwd-take-a-struct-path.patch introduce-path_get-unionfs.patch embed-a-struct-path-into-struct-nameidata-instead-of-nd-dentrymnt-unionfs.patch one-less-parameter-to-__d_path.patch d_path-kerneldoc-cleanup.patch d_path-use-struct-path-in-struct-avc_audit_data.patch d_path-make-proc_get_link-use-a-struct-path-argument.patch d_path-make-get_dcookie-use-a-struct-path-argument.patch use-struct-path-in-struct-svc_export.patch use-struct-path-in-struct-svc_expkey.patch d_path-make-seq_path-use-a-struct-path-argument.patch d_path-make-d_path-use-a-struct-path.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