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author | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2009-05-06 01:07:50 -0400 |
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committer | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2009-05-09 10:49:39 -0400 |
commit | 74dbbdd7fdc11763f4698d2f3e684cf4446951e6 (patch) | |
tree | f31d70174915b0d209fafeec35e996e8ed7e269d /include/linux/fs.h | |
parent | 677c9b2e393a0cd203bd54e9c18b012b2c73305a (diff) |
New helper: deactivate_locked_super()
Does equivalent of up_write(&s->s_umount); deactivate_super(s);
However, it does not does not unlock it until it's all over.
As the result, it's safe to use to dispose of new superblock on ->get_sb()
failure exits - nobody will see the sucker until it's all over.
Equivalent using up_write/deactivate_super is safe for that purpose
if superblock is either safe to use or has NULL ->s_root when we unlock.
Normally filesystems take the required precautions, but
a) we do have bugs in that area in some of them.
b) up_write/deactivate_super sequence is extremely common,
so the helper makes sense anyway.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/fs.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 5bed436f4353..11484d08042c 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h | |||
@@ -1775,6 +1775,7 @@ void kill_block_super(struct super_block *sb); | |||
1775 | void kill_anon_super(struct super_block *sb); | 1775 | void kill_anon_super(struct super_block *sb); |
1776 | void kill_litter_super(struct super_block *sb); | 1776 | void kill_litter_super(struct super_block *sb); |
1777 | void deactivate_super(struct super_block *sb); | 1777 | void deactivate_super(struct super_block *sb); |
1778 | void deactivate_locked_super(struct super_block *sb); | ||
1778 | int set_anon_super(struct super_block *s, void *data); | 1779 | int set_anon_super(struct super_block *s, void *data); |
1779 | struct super_block *sget(struct file_system_type *type, | 1780 | struct super_block *sget(struct file_system_type *type, |
1780 | int (*test)(struct super_block *,void *), | 1781 | int (*test)(struct super_block *,void *), |