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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/afs/xdr_fs.h b/fs/afs/xdr_fs.h
index 94f1f398eefa..8ca868164507 100644
--- a/fs/afs/xdr_fs.h
+++ b/fs/afs/xdr_fs.h
@@ -54,10 +54,16 @@ union afs_xdr_dirent {
__be16 hash_next;
__be32 vnode;
__be32 unique;
- u8 name[16];
- u8 overflow[4]; /* if any char of the name (inc
- * NUL) reaches here, consume
- * the next dirent too */
+ u8 name[];
+ /* When determining the number of dirent slots needed to
+ * represent a directory entry, name should be assumed to be 16
+ * bytes, due to a now-standardised (mis)calculation, but it is
+ * in fact 20 bytes in size. afs_dir_calc_slots() should be
+ * used for this.
+ *
+ * For names longer than (16 or) 20 bytes, extra slots should
+ * be annexed to this one using the extended_name format.
+ */
} u;
u8 extended_name[32];
} __packed;
@@ -96,4 +102,15 @@ struct afs_xdr_dir_page {
union afs_xdr_dir_block blocks[AFS_DIR_BLOCKS_PER_PAGE];
};
+/*
+ * Calculate the number of dirent slots required for any given name length.
+ * The calculation is made assuming the part of the name in the first slot is
+ * 16 bytes, rather than 20, but this miscalculation is now standardised.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int afs_dir_calc_slots(size_t name_len)
+{
+ name_len++; /* NUL-terminated */
+ return 1 + ((name_len + 15) / AFS_DIR_DIRENT_SIZE);
+}
+
#endif /* XDR_FS_H */