VFS: Make get_filesystem() return the affected filesystem

Make get_filesystem() return a pointer to the filesystem on which it just
got a ref.

Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/filesystems.c b/fs/filesystems.c
index cac75547d35c..591e52d23ed4 100644
--- a/fs/filesystems.c
+++ b/fs/filesystems.c
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ static struct file_system_type *file_systems;
 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(file_systems_lock);
 
 /* WARNING: This can be used only if we _already_ own a reference */
-void get_filesystem(struct file_system_type *fs)
+struct file_system_type *get_filesystem(struct file_system_type *fs)
 {
         __module_get(fs->owner);
+        return fs;
 }
 
 void put_filesystem(struct file_system_type *fs)