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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-11-01 18:53:27 (GMT)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-11-01 18:53:27 (GMT)
commit55b42b5ca2dcf143465968697fe6c6503b05fca1 (patch)
tree91878cd53efc44ba67244d4d3897020828c87c01 /fs/namespace.c
parent10738eeaf4ab3de092586cefcc082e7d43ca0044 (diff)
parentec1f1276022e4e3ca40871810217d513e39ff250 (diff)
downloadlinux-55b42b5ca2dcf143465968697fe6c6503b05fca1.tar.xz
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Conflicts: drivers/net/phy/marvell.c Simple overlapping changes in drivers/net/phy/marvell.c Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index fbba8b1..5b66b2b 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1686,6 +1686,33 @@ void drop_collected_mounts(struct vfsmount *mnt)
namespace_unlock();
}
+/**
+ * clone_private_mount - create a private clone of a path
+ *
+ * This creates a new vfsmount, which will be the clone of @path. The new will
+ * not be attached anywhere in the namespace and will be private (i.e. changes
+ * to the originating mount won't be propagated into this).
+ *
+ * Release with mntput().
+ */
+struct vfsmount *clone_private_mount(struct path *path)
+{
+ struct mount *old_mnt = real_mount(path->mnt);
+ struct mount *new_mnt;
+
+ if (IS_MNT_UNBINDABLE(old_mnt))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+ down_read(&namespace_sem);
+ new_mnt = clone_mnt(old_mnt, path->dentry, CL_PRIVATE);
+ up_read(&namespace_sem);
+ if (IS_ERR(new_mnt))
+ return ERR_CAST(new_mnt);
+
+ return &new_mnt->mnt;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clone_private_mount);
+
int iterate_mounts(int (*f)(struct vfsmount *, void *), void *arg,
struct vfsmount *root)
{