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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-09-18 19:22:22 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-09-18 19:22:22 -0500
commit3fe03debfc58aba8f5ddb32abd7343237d07714c (patch)
treef17d2fbf390810404f5d28f45ed5b379fa13c6ef /fs/open.c
parent9baa5059485d6559081d27d9b1fe1714f3fccab1 (diff)
parent8061a6fa564fe0e71601632758b78d2ba737663c (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull vfs fixes from Al Viro: "atomic_open-related fixes (Miklos' series, with EEXIST-related parts replaced with fix in fs/namei.c:atomic_open() instead of messing with the instances) + race fix in autofs + leak on failure exit in 9p" * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: 9p: don't forget to destroy inode cache if fscache registration fails atomic_open: take care of EEXIST in no-open case with O_CREAT|O_EXCL in fs/namei.c vfs: don't set FILE_CREATED before calling ->atomic_open() nfs: set FILE_CREATED gfs2: set FILE_CREATED cifs: fix filp leak in cifs_atomic_open() vfs: improve i_op->atomic_open() documentation autofs4: close the races around autofs4_notify_daemon()
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/open.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/open.c21
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 2a731b0d08b..d420331ca32 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -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)
{