The patch titled Introduce path_put() (unionfs) has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is introduce-path_put-unionfs.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_put() (unionfs) From: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx> * Add path_put() functions for releasing a reference to the dentry and vfsmount of a struct path in the right order * Switch from path_release(nd) to path_put(&nd->path) * Rename dput_path() to path_put_conditional() 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/unionfs/main.c | 2 +- fs/unionfs/super.c | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/unionfs/main.c~introduce-path_put-unionfs fs/unionfs/main.c --- a/fs/unionfs/main.c~introduce-path_put-unionfs +++ a/fs/unionfs/main.c @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static int parse_dirs_option(struct supe if (err) { printk(KERN_ERR "unionfs: lower directory " "'%s' is not a valid branch\n", name); - path_release(&nd); + path_put(&nd.path); goto out; } diff -puN fs/unionfs/super.c~introduce-path_put-unionfs fs/unionfs/super.c --- a/fs/unionfs/super.c~introduce-path_put-unionfs +++ a/fs/unionfs/super.c @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static noinline int do_remount_mode_opti if (nd.path.mnt == new_lower_paths[idx].mnt && nd.path.dentry == new_lower_paths[idx].dentry) break; - path_release(&nd); /* no longer needed */ + path_put(&nd.path); /* no longer needed */ if (idx == cur_branches) { err = -ENOENT; /* err may have been reset above */ printk(KERN_ERR "unionfs: branch \"%s\" " @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static noinline int do_remount_del_optio if (nd.path.mnt == new_lower_paths[idx].mnt && nd.path.dentry == new_lower_paths[idx].dentry) break; - path_release(&nd); /* no longer needed */ + path_put(&nd.path); /* no longer needed */ if (idx == cur_branches) { printk(KERN_ERR "unionfs: branch \"%s\" " "not found\n", optarg); @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static noinline int do_remount_del_optio * new_data and new_lower_paths one to the left. Finally, adjust * cur_branches. */ - pathput(&new_lower_paths[idx]); + path_put(&new_lower_paths[idx]); if (idx < cur_branches - 1) { /* if idx==cur_branches-1, we delete last branch: easy */ @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static noinline int do_remount_add_optio if (nd.path.mnt == new_lower_paths[idx].mnt && nd.path.dentry == new_lower_paths[idx].dentry) break; - path_release(&nd); /* no longer needed */ + path_put(&nd.path); /* no longer needed */ if (idx == cur_branches) { printk(KERN_ERR "unionfs: branch \"%s\" " "not found\n", optarg); @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ found_insertion_point: if (err) { printk(KERN_ERR "unionfs: lower directory " "\"%s\" is not a valid branch\n", optarg); - path_release(&nd); + path_put(&nd.path); goto out; } @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ out_release: /* no need to cleanup/release anything in tmp_data */ if (tmp_lower_paths) for (i = 0; i < new_branches; i++) - pathput(&tmp_lower_paths[i]); + path_put(&tmp_lower_paths[i]); out_free: kfree(tmp_lower_paths); kfree(tmp_data); _ 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 introduce-path_put-unionfs.patch one-less-parameter-to-__d_path.patch one-less-parameter-to-__d_path-checkpatch-fixes.patch d_path-kerneldoc-cleanup.patch d_path-use-struct-path-in-struct-avc_audit_data.patch d_path-use-struct-path-in-struct-avc_audit_data-checkpatch-fixes.patch d_path-make-proc_get_link-use-a-struct-path-argument.patch d_path-make-get_dcookie-use-a-struct-path-argument.patch d_path-make-get_dcookie-use-a-struct-path-argument-checkpatch-fixes.patch use-struct-path-in-struct-svc_export.patch use-struct-path-in-struct-svc_export-checkpatch-fixes.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