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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2015-05-02 13:32:22 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2015-05-10 22:19:45 -0400
commit680baacbca69d18a6d7315374ad83d05ac9c0977 (patch)
treea69822ef5234d4a308b780ff51c5d9b77bd3a89b /include/linux/namei.h
parent46afd6f61cc33ae4b3a2aed4bb454d11d4114c27 (diff)
new ->follow_link() and ->put_link() calling conventions
a) instead of storing the symlink body (via nd_set_link()) and returning an opaque pointer later passed to ->put_link(), ->follow_link() _stores_ that opaque pointer (into void * passed by address by caller) and returns the symlink body. Returning ERR_PTR() on error, NULL on jump (procfs magic symlinks) and pointer to symlink body for normal symlinks. Stored pointer is ignored in all cases except the last one. Storing NULL for opaque pointer (or not storing it at all) means no call of ->put_link(). b) the body used to be passed to ->put_link() implicitly (via nameidata). Now only the opaque pointer is. In the cases when we used the symlink body to free stuff, ->follow_link() now should store it as opaque pointer in addition to returning it. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/namei.h')
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1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index c8990779f0c3..a5d5bed2c0e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ extern struct dentry *lock_rename(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
extern void unlock_rename(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
extern void nd_jump_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path);
-extern void nd_set_link(struct nameidata *nd, char *path);
-extern char *nd_get_link(struct nameidata *nd);
static inline void nd_terminate_link(void *name, size_t len, size_t maxlen)
{