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shmem_setup_file(): use d_alloc_pseudo() instead of d_alloc()
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Note that provided ->d_dname() reproduces what we used to get for
those guys in e.g. /proc/self/maps; it might be a good idea to change
that to something less ugly, but for now let's keep the existing
user-visible behaviour

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>
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Al Viro committed Feb 26, 2013
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19 changes: 15 additions & 4 deletions mm/shmem.c
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Expand Up @@ -2865,6 +2865,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shmem_truncate_range);

/* common code */

static char *shmem_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
{
return dynamic_dname(dentry, buffer, buflen, "/%s (deleted)",
dentry->d_name.name);
}

static struct dentry_operations anon_ops = {
.d_dname = shmem_dname
};

/**
* shmem_file_setup - get an unlinked file living in tmpfs
* @name: name for dentry (to be seen in /proc/<pid>/maps
Expand All @@ -2876,7 +2886,7 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags
struct file *res;
struct inode *inode;
struct path path;
struct dentry *root;
struct super_block *sb;
struct qstr this;

if (IS_ERR(shm_mnt))
Expand All @@ -2892,14 +2902,15 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags
this.name = name;
this.len = strlen(name);
this.hash = 0; /* will go */
root = shm_mnt->mnt_root;
path.dentry = d_alloc(root, &this);
sb = shm_mnt->mnt_sb;
path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(sb, &this);
if (!path.dentry)
goto put_memory;
d_set_d_op(path.dentry, &anon_ops);
path.mnt = mntget(shm_mnt);

res = ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
inode = shmem_get_inode(root->d_sb, NULL, S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO, 0, flags);
inode = shmem_get_inode(sb, NULL, S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO, 0, flags);
if (!inode)
goto put_dentry;

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