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author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-10-20 00:10:27 -0300 |
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committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-10-20 00:10:27 -0300 |
commit | d0b2f91bede3bd5e3d24dd6803e56eee959c1797 (patch) | |
tree | 7fee4ab0509879c373c4f2cbd5b8a5be5b4041ee /Documentation/filesystems/porting | |
parent | e914f8eb445e8f74b00303c19c2ffceaedd16a05 (diff) |
Linux-libre 4.8.2-gnupck-4.8.2-gnu
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index a5fb89cac..b1bd05ea6 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting @@ -585,3 +585,10 @@ in your dentry operations instead. in the instances. Rationale: !@#!@# security_d_instantiate() needs to be called before we attach dentry to inode and !@#!@##!@$!$#!@#$!@$!@$ smack ->d_instantiate() uses not just ->getxattr() but ->setxattr() as well. +-- +[mandatory] + ->d_compare() doesn't get parent as a separate argument anymore. If you + used it for finding the struct super_block involved, dentry->d_sb will + work just as well; if it's something more complicated, use dentry->d_parent. + Just be careful not to assume that fetching it more than once will yield + the same value - in RCU mode it could change under you. |