Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2018-09-25

Re: [PATCH] block/loop: Don't grab "struct file" for vfs_getattr() operation.

From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Date: 2018-09-25 08:33:20

On Tue 25-09-18 12:51:01, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
vfs_getattr() needs "struct path" rather than "struct file".
Let's use path_get()/path_put() rather than get_file()/fput().

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Thanks for splitting off the cleanup. The patch looks good to me. Feel free
to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

								Honza
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
---
 drivers/block/loop.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index abad6d1..c2745e6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
 static int
 loop_get_status(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_info64 *info)
 {
-	struct file *file;
+	struct path path;
 	struct kstat stat;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1231,16 +1231,16 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
 	}
 
 	/* Drop lo_ctl_mutex while we call into the filesystem. */
-	file = get_file(lo->lo_backing_file);
+	path = lo->lo_backing_file->f_path;
+	path_get(&path);
 	mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
-	ret = vfs_getattr(&file->f_path, &stat, STATX_INO,
-			  AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT);
+	ret = vfs_getattr(&path, &stat, STATX_INO, AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT);
 	if (!ret) {
 		info->lo_device = huge_encode_dev(stat.dev);
 		info->lo_inode = stat.ino;
 		info->lo_rdevice = huge_encode_dev(stat.rdev);
 	}
-	fput(file);
+	path_put(&path);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.8.3.1
-- 
Jan Kara [off-list ref]
SUSE Labs, CR
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