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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-12-21 02:14:31 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-12-21 02:14:31 (GMT) |
commit | 1f0377ff088ed2971c57debc9b0c3b846ec431fd (patch) | |
tree | cd53c8981269e57e38e4285abd71cc990e1cfc67 /include/linux/namei.h | |
parent | 54d46ea993744c5408e39ce0cb4851e13cbea716 (diff) | |
parent | b729d75d19777a5dd34672020516eada43ff026f (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-1f0377ff088ed2971c57debc9b0c3b846ec431fd.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull VFS update from Al Viro:
"fscache fixes, ESTALE patchset, vmtruncate removal series, assorted
misc stuff."
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (79 commits)
vfs: make lremovexattr retry once on ESTALE error
vfs: make removexattr retry once on ESTALE
vfs: make llistxattr retry once on ESTALE error
vfs: make listxattr retry once on ESTALE error
vfs: make lgetxattr retry once on ESTALE
vfs: make getxattr retry once on an ESTALE error
vfs: allow lsetxattr() to retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: allow setxattr to retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: allow utimensat() calls to retry once on an ESTALE error
vfs: fix user_statfs to retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: make fchownat retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: make fchmodat retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: have chroot retry once on ESTALE error
vfs: have chdir retry lookup and call once on ESTALE error
vfs: have faccessat retry once on an ESTALE error
vfs: have do_sys_truncate retry once on an ESTALE error
vfs: fix renameat to retry on ESTALE errors
vfs: make do_unlinkat retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: make do_rmdir retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: add a flags argument to user_path_parent
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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/namei.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/namei.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h index 4bf19d8..e998c03 100644 --- a/include/linux/namei.h +++ b/include/linux/namei.h @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ extern int user_path_at_empty(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *, extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *); -extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, int); -extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, int); +extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int); +extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, unsigned int); extern void done_path_create(struct path *, struct dentry *); extern struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *, struct path *); extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *, @@ -98,4 +98,20 @@ static inline void nd_terminate_link(void *name, size_t len, size_t maxlen) ((char *) name)[min(len, maxlen)] = '\0'; } +/** + * retry_estale - determine whether the caller should retry an operation + * @error: the error that would currently be returned + * @flags: flags being used for next lookup attempt + * + * Check to see if the error code was -ESTALE, and then determine whether + * to retry the call based on whether "flags" already has LOOKUP_REVAL set. + * + * Returns true if the caller should try the operation again. + */ +static inline bool +retry_estale(const long error, const unsigned int flags) +{ + return error == -ESTALE && !(flags & LOOKUP_REVAL); +} + #endif /* _LINUX_NAMEI_H */ |