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Linux 3.6 compat, kern_path_locked() added

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The kern_path_parent() function was removed from Linux 3.6 because
it was observed that all the callers just want the parent dentry.
The simpler kern_path_locked() function replaces kern_path_parent()
and does the lookup while holding the ->i_mutex lock.

This is good news for the vn implementation because it removes the
need for us to handle the locking.  However, it makes it harder to
implement a single readable vn_remove()/vn_rename() function which
is usually what we prefer.

Therefore, we implement a new version of vn_remove()/vn_rename()
for Linux 3.6 and newer kernels.  This allows us to leave the
existing working implementation untouched, and to add a simpler
version for newer kernels.

Long term I would very much like to see all of the vn code removed
since what this code enabled is generally frowned upon in the kernel.
But that can't happen util we either abondon the zpool.cache file
or implement alternate infrastructure to update is correctly in
user space.

Signed-off-by: Yuxuan Shui <yshuiv7@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Yao <ryao@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Closes #154
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Yuxuan Shui
2012-10-11 22:41:33 +08:00
committed by Brian Behlendorf
parent dea3505dff
commit bcb15891ab
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@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_CONFIG_KERNEL], [
SPL_AC_SHRINK_ICACHE_MEMORY
SPL_AC_KERN_PATH_PARENT_HEADER
SPL_AC_KERN_PATH_PARENT_SYMBOL
SPL_AC_KERN_PATH_LOCKED
SPL_AC_2ARGS_ZLIB_DEFLATE_WORKSPACESIZE
SPL_AC_SHRINK_CONTROL_STRUCT
SPL_AC_RWSEM_SPINLOCK_IS_RAW
@@ -2187,6 +2188,21 @@ AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_KERN_PATH_PARENT_SYMBOL],
])
])
dnl #
dnl # 3.6 API compat,
dnl # The kern_path_parent() function was replaced by the kern_path_locked()
dnl # function to eliminate all struct nameidata usage outside fs/namei.c.
dnl #
AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_KERN_PATH_LOCKED], [
SPL_CHECK_SYMBOL_HEADER(
[kern_path_locked],
[struct dentry \*kern_path_locked(const char \*, struct path \*)],
[include/linux/namei.h],
[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_KERN_PATH_LOCKED, 1,
[kern_path_locked() is available])],
[])
])
dnl #
dnl # 2.6.39 API compat,
dnl # The function zlib_deflate_workspacesize() now take 2 arguments.