Merge branch 'rebased-statx' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

Pull vfs 'statx()' update from Al Viro.

This adds the new extended stat() interface that internally subsumes our
previous stat interfaces, and allows user mode to specify in more detail
what kind of information it wants.

It also allows for some explicit synchronization information to be
passed to the filesystem, which can be relevant for network filesystems:
is the cached value ok, or do you need open/close consistency, or what?

From David Howells.

Andreas Dilger points out that the first version of the extended statx
interface was posted June 29, 2010:

    https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg33831.html

* 'rebased-statx' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available
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Linus Torvalds 2017-03-03 11:38:56 -08:00
commit 590dce2d49
72 changed files with 822 additions and 214 deletions

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@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ static struct mtd_info * __init open_mtd_by_chdev(const char *mtd_dev)
if (err)
return ERR_PTR(err);
err = vfs_getattr(&path, &stat);
err = vfs_getattr(&path, &stat, STATX_TYPE, AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT);
path_put(&path);
if (err)
return ERR_PTR(err);

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@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume_path(const char *pathname, int mode)
if (error)
return ERR_PTR(error);
error = vfs_getattr(&path, &stat);
error = vfs_getattr(&path, &stat, STATX_TYPE, AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT);
path_put(&path);
if (error)
return ERR_PTR(error);