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kernfs: introduce kernfs_pin_sb()

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kernfs_pin_sb() tries to get a refcnt of the superblock.

This will be used by cgroupfs.

v2:
- make kernfs_pin_sb() return the superblock.
- drop kernfs_drop_sb().

tj: Updated the comment a bit.

[ This is a prerequisite for a bugfix. ]
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.15
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Li Zefan 2014-06-30 11:50:28 +08:00 committed by Tejun Heo
parent 970317aa48
commit 4e26445faa
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fs/kernfs/mount.c
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@ -211,6 +211,36 @@ void kernfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
kernfs_put(root_kn);
}
/**
* kernfs_pin_sb: try to pin the superblock associated with a kernfs_root
* @kernfs_root: the kernfs_root in question
* @ns: the namespace tag
*
* Pin the superblock so the superblock won't be destroyed in subsequent
* operations. This can be used to block ->kill_sb() which may be useful
* for kernfs users which dynamically manage superblocks.
*
* Returns NULL if there's no superblock associated to this kernfs_root, or
* -EINVAL if the superblock is being freed.
*/
struct super_block *kernfs_pin_sb(struct kernfs_root *root, const void *ns)
{
struct kernfs_super_info *info;
struct super_block *sb = NULL;
mutex_lock(&kernfs_mutex);
list_for_each_entry(info, &root->supers, node) {
if (info->ns == ns) {
sb = info->sb;
if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&info->sb->s_active))
sb = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
break;
}
}
mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
return sb;
}
void __init kernfs_init(void)
{
kernfs_node_cache = kmem_cache_create("kernfs_node_cache",

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include/linux/kernfs.h
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@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ struct dentry *kernfs_mount_ns(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
struct kernfs_root *root, unsigned long magic,
bool *new_sb_created, const void *ns);
void kernfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb);
struct super_block *kernfs_pin_sb(struct kernfs_root *root, const void *ns);
void kernfs_init(void);