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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/open.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/open.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -744,14 +744,24 @@ cleanup_file: /** * finish_open - finish opening a file - * @od: opaque open data + * @file: file pointer * @dentry: pointer to dentry * @open: open callback + * @opened: state of open * * This can be used to finish opening a file passed to i_op->atomic_open(). * * If the open callback is set to NULL, then the standard f_op->open() * filesystem callback is substituted. + * + * NB: the dentry reference is _not_ consumed. If, for example, the dentry is + * the return value of d_splice_alias(), then the caller needs to perform dput() + * on it after finish_open(). + * + * On successful return @file is a fully instantiated open file. After this, if + * an error occurs in ->atomic_open(), it needs to clean up with fput(). + * + * Returns zero on success or -errno if the open failed. */ int finish_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int (*open)(struct inode *, struct file *), @@ -772,11 +782,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(finish_open); /** * finish_no_open - finish ->atomic_open() without opening the file * - * @od: opaque open data + * @file: file pointer * @dentry: dentry or NULL (as returned from ->lookup()) * * This can be used to set the result of a successful lookup in ->atomic_open(). - * The filesystem's atomic_open() method shall return NULL after calling this. + * + * NB: unlike finish_open() this function does consume the dentry reference and + * the caller need not dput() it. + * + * Returns "1" which must be the return value of ->atomic_open() after having + * called this function. */ int finish_no_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry) { |