The patch titled
iget: introduce a function to register iget failure
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
iget-introduce-a-function-to-register-iget-failure.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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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>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
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
@@ -1780,6 +1780,7 @@ 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
iget-stop-unionfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode.patch
iget-stop-unionfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-fix-2.patch
use-path_put-in-a-few-places-instead-of-mntdput.patch
tty-let-architectures-override-the-user-kernel-macros.patch
aout-move-stack_top-to-asm-processorh.patch
aout-mark-arches-that-support-aout-format.patch
aout-suppress-aout-library-support-if-config_arch_supports_aout.patch
aout-suppress-aout-library-support-if-config_arch_supports_aout-uml-re-remove-accidentally-restored-code.patch
aout-remove-unnecessary-inclusions-of-asm-linux-aouth.patch
aout-remove-unnecessary-inclusions-of-asm-linux-aouth-alpha-fix.patch
usb-net2280-cant-have-a-function-called-show_registers.patch
mn10300-allocate-serial-port-uart-ids-for-on-chip-serial-ports.patch
mn10300-add-the-mn10300-am33-architecture-to-the-kernel.patch
mn10300-add-the-mn10300-am33-architecture-to-the-kernel-fix.patch
mn10300-add-platform-mtd-support-for-the-asb2303-board.patch
fs-afs-securityc-fix-uninitialized-var-warning.patch
procfs-constify-function-pointer-tables.patch
avoid-overflows-in-kernel-timec.patch
mount-options-fix-afs.patch
remove-aout-interpreter-support-in-elf-loader.patch
procfs-task-exe-symlink.patch
procfs-task-exe-symlink-fix.patch
mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch
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