VFS: Allow the filesystem to return a full file pointer on open intent

This is needed by NFSv4 for atomicity reasons: our open command is in
 fact a lookup+open, so we need to be able to propagate open context
 information from lookup() into the resulting struct file's
 private_data field.

 Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
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Trond Myklebust 2005-10-18 14:20:16 -07:00
commit 834f2a4a15
4 changed files with 165 additions and 27 deletions

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@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ struct vfsmount;
struct open_intent {
int flags;
int create_mode;
struct file *file;
};
enum { MAX_NESTED_LINKS = 5 };
@ -65,6 +66,13 @@ extern int FASTCALL(link_path_walk(const char *, struct nameidata *));
extern void path_release(struct nameidata *);
extern void path_release_on_umount(struct nameidata *);
extern int __user_path_lookup_open(const char __user *, unsigned lookup_flags, struct nameidata *nd, int open_flags);
extern int path_lookup_open(const char *, unsigned lookup_flags, struct nameidata *, int open_flags);
extern struct file *lookup_instantiate_filp(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
int (*open)(struct inode *, struct file *));
extern struct file *nameidata_to_filp(struct nameidata *nd, int flags);
extern void release_open_intent(struct nameidata *);
extern struct dentry * lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
extern struct dentry * lookup_hash(struct qstr *, struct dentry *);