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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 6db5b7e8547b..c0da9b5dd47a 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4337,8 +4337,7 @@ static int may_o_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
}
/**
- * atomic_open() - attempt to atomically look up, create and open a file
- * from a negative dentry.
+ * atomic_open() - atomically look up, create and open a file
* @path: parent directory path
* @dentry: child to ->atomic_open()
* @file: file to attach child to
@@ -4346,6 +4345,9 @@ static int may_o_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
* @mode: create mode
* @create_error: return value from may_o_create()
*
+ * Attempt to look up, create and open @dentry, which must be negative, in a
+ * single call into the filesystem.
+ *
* If a non-error dentry is returned then: when FMODE_OPENED is set,
* the file will have been attached to @file by the filesystem calling
* finish_open(). If FMODE_OPENED isn't set, the filesystem instead called
@@ -4354,8 +4356,8 @@ static int may_o_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
* FMODE_CREATED is set when the call to ->atomic_open() actually created
* the file.
*
- * Returns the opened/looked-up dentry on success or ERR_PTR(-E) on failure.
- * On error, atomic_open() consumes @dentry.
+ * Returns: the opened or looked-up dentry, or ERR_PTR() on failure. The
+ * reference to @dentry is consumed in either case.
*/
static struct dentry *atomic_open(const struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry,
struct file *file,
@@ -4375,6 +4377,7 @@ static struct dentry *atomic_open(const struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry
if (file->f_mode & FMODE_OPENED) {
/* finish_open() called */
struct dentry *opened = file->f_path.dentry;
+
if (unlikely(opened != dentry)) {
dput(dentry);
dentry = dget(opened);
@@ -4382,6 +4385,7 @@ static struct dentry *atomic_open(const struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry
} else if (likely(file->f_path.dentry != DENTRY_NOT_SET)) {
/* finish_no_open() called */
struct dentry *replaced = file->f_path.dentry;
+
if (replaced) {
dput(dentry);
dentry = replaced;
@@ -4390,8 +4394,9 @@ static struct dentry *atomic_open(const struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry
error = -ENOENT;
} else {
const char *fsname = dentry->d_sb->s_type->name;
+
WARN(1, "%s: ->atomic_open() left file->f_path.dentry unset!\n",
- fsname);
+ fsname);
error = -EIO;
}
}
@@ -4417,17 +4422,16 @@ static struct dentry *atomic_open(const struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry
/*
* Look up and maybe create and open the last component.
*
- * Must be called with parent locked (exclusive in O_CREAT case).
+ * Takes the parent inode lock itself, exclusive if O_CREAT was requested and
+ * shared otherwise, and drops it again before returning. The caller must not
+ * hold it.
*
- * Returns 0 on success, that is, if
- * the file was successfully atomically created (if necessary) and opened, or
- * the file was not completely opened at this time, though lookups and
- * creations were performed.
- * These case are distinguished by presence of FMODE_OPENED on file->f_mode.
- * In the latter case dentry returned in @path might be negative if O_CREAT
- * hadn't been specified.
+ * On success returns the dentry of the last component. If FMODE_OPENED is set
+ * on file->f_mode the file was also opened and attached to @file; otherwise
+ * only lookup and creation were performed and the caller has to open it. In
+ * the latter case the dentry may be negative if O_CREAT hadn't been specified.
*
- * An error code is returned on failure.
+ * Returns ERR_PTR() on failure.
*/
static struct dentry *lookup_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct file *file,
const struct open_flags *op)
@@ -4452,8 +4456,7 @@ retry:
got_write = !mnt_want_write(nd->path.mnt);
/*
* do _not_ fail yet - we might not need that or fail with
- * a different error; let lookup_open() decide; we'll be
- * dropping this one anyway.
+ * a different error; we'll be dropping this one anyway.
*/
}
if (open_flag & O_CREAT)
@@ -4540,8 +4543,10 @@ retry:
}
}
if (dentry->d_inode || !(op->open_flag & O_CREAT)) {
- /* No need to create a file. If lookup returned a positive
- * dentry, the file will be opened in do_open(). */
+ /*
+ * No need to create a file. If lookup returned a positive
+ * dentry, the file will be opened in do_open().
+ */
goto out;
}
@@ -4607,7 +4612,7 @@ out_dput:
* @mode: initial permissions for file
*
* Open a file after lookup and/or create. This provides similar
- * functionality open_last_lookups() for non-VFS users, particularly
+ * functionality to open_last_lookups() for non-VFS users, particularly
* nfsd.
* It uses ->atomic_open or ->lookup / ->create / ->open as appropriate.
*