From 3d18f80ce181ba27f37d0ec1c550b22acb01dd49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NeilBrown Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:29:52 +1000 Subject: VFS: rename kern_path_locked() and related functions. kern_path_locked() is now only used to prepare for removing an object from the filesystem (and that is the only credible reason for wanting a positive locked dentry). Thus it corresponds to kern_path_create() and so should have a corresponding name. Unfortunately the name "kern_path_create" is somewhat misleading as it doesn't actually create anything. The recently added simple_start_creating() provides a better pattern I believe. The "start" can be matched with "end" to bracket the creating or removing. So this patch changes names: kern_path_locked -> start_removing_path kern_path_create -> start_creating_path user_path_create -> start_creating_user_path user_path_locked_at -> start_removing_user_path_at done_path_create -> end_creating_path and also introduces end_removing_path() which is identical to end_creating_path(). __start_removing_path (which was __kern_path_locked) is enhanced to call mnt_want_write() for consistency with the start_creating_path(). Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: NeilBrown Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- drivers/base/devtmpfs.c | 22 +++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/base/devtmpfs.c') diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c index 31bfb3194b4c..9d4e46ad8352 100644 --- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c +++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int dev_mkdir(const char *name, umode_t mode) struct dentry *dentry; struct path path; - dentry = kern_path_create(AT_FDCWD, name, &path, LOOKUP_DIRECTORY); + dentry = start_creating_path(AT_FDCWD, name, &path, LOOKUP_DIRECTORY); if (IS_ERR(dentry)) return PTR_ERR(dentry); @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int dev_mkdir(const char *name, umode_t mode) if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) /* mark as kernel-created inode */ d_inode(dentry)->i_private = &thread; - done_path_create(&path, dentry); + end_creating_path(&path, dentry); return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dentry); } @@ -222,10 +222,10 @@ static int handle_create(const char *nodename, umode_t mode, kuid_t uid, struct path path; int err; - dentry = kern_path_create(AT_FDCWD, nodename, &path, 0); + dentry = start_creating_path(AT_FDCWD, nodename, &path, 0); if (dentry == ERR_PTR(-ENOENT)) { create_path(nodename); - dentry = kern_path_create(AT_FDCWD, nodename, &path, 0); + dentry = start_creating_path(AT_FDCWD, nodename, &path, 0); } if (IS_ERR(dentry)) return PTR_ERR(dentry); @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static int handle_create(const char *nodename, umode_t mode, kuid_t uid, /* mark as kernel-created inode */ d_inode(dentry)->i_private = &thread; } - done_path_create(&path, dentry); + end_creating_path(&path, dentry); return err; } @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int dev_rmdir(const char *name) struct dentry *dentry; int err; - dentry = kern_path_locked(name, &parent); + dentry = start_removing_path(name, &parent); if (IS_ERR(dentry)) return PTR_ERR(dentry); if (d_inode(dentry)->i_private == &thread) @@ -265,9 +265,7 @@ static int dev_rmdir(const char *name) else err = -EPERM; - dput(dentry); - inode_unlock(d_inode(parent.dentry)); - path_put(&parent); + end_removing_path(&parent, dentry); return err; } @@ -325,7 +323,7 @@ static int handle_remove(const char *nodename, struct device *dev) int deleted = 0; int err = 0; - dentry = kern_path_locked(nodename, &parent); + dentry = start_removing_path(nodename, &parent); if (IS_ERR(dentry)) return PTR_ERR(dentry); @@ -349,10 +347,8 @@ static int handle_remove(const char *nodename, struct device *dev) if (!err || err == -ENOENT) deleted = 1; } - dput(dentry); - inode_unlock(d_inode(parent.dentry)); + end_removing_path(&parent, dentry); - path_put(&parent); if (deleted && strchr(nodename, '/')) delete_path(nodename); return err; -- cgit