Re: [PATCH -V14 03/11] vfs: Add open by file handle support

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Wed Jul 07 2010 - 11:18:01 EST


On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:42:53PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
> index 43ac798..1c5daa3 100644
> --- a/fs/open.c
> +++ b/fs/open.c
> @@ -1168,3 +1168,201 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(name_to_handle_at, int, dfd, const char __user *, name,
> return -ENOSYS;
> }
> #endif
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_EXPORTFS
> +static struct vfsmount *get_vfsmount_from_fd(int fd)
> +{
> + int fput_needed;
> + struct path *path;
> + struct file *filep;
> +
> + if (fd == AT_FDCWD) {
> + struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
> + read_lock(&fs->lock);
> + path = &fs->pwd;
> + mntget(path->mnt);
> + read_unlock(&fs->lock);
> + } else {
> + filep = fget_light(fd, &fput_needed);
> + if (!filep)
> + return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
> + path = &filep->f_path;
> + mntget(path->mnt);
> + fput_light(filep, fput_needed);
> + }
> + return path->mnt;
> +}

The bulk of this this should probably be in fs/namei.c, factored with
path_init stuff if possible please.

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