From d0b2f91bede3bd5e3d24dd6803e56eee959c1797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 00:10:27 -0300 Subject: Linux-libre 4.8.2-gnu --- Documentation/filesystems/porting | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/porting') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf