[PATCH 1/5] VFS: merge lookup_one_qstr_excl_raw() back into lookup_one_qstr_excl()
From: NeilBrown
Date: Sun Jun 08 2025 - 19:11:22 EST
The effect of lookup_one_qstr_excl_raw() can be achieved by passing
LOOKUP_CREATE() to lookup_one_qstr_excl() - we don't need a separate
function.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 37 ++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 4bb889fc980b..dc42bfac5c57 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1665,9 +1665,17 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_dcache(const struct qstr *name,
return dentry;
}
-static struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl_raw(const struct qstr *name,
- struct dentry *base,
- unsigned int flags)
+/*
+ * Parent directory has inode locked exclusive. This is one
+ * and only case when ->lookup() gets called on non in-lookup
+ * dentries - as the matter of fact, this only gets called
+ * when directory is guaranteed to have no in-lookup children
+ * at all.
+ * Will return -ENOENT if name isn't found and LOOKUP_CREATE wasn't passed.
+ * Will return -EEXIST if name is found and LOOKUP_EXCL was passed.
+ */
+struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl(const struct qstr *name,
+ struct dentry *base, unsigned int flags)
{
struct dentry *dentry;
struct dentry *old;
@@ -1675,7 +1683,7 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl_raw(const struct qstr *name,
dentry = lookup_dcache(name, base, flags);
if (dentry)
- return dentry;
+ goto found;
/* Don't create child dentry for a dead directory. */
dir = base->d_inode;
@@ -1691,24 +1699,7 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl_raw(const struct qstr *name,
dput(dentry);
dentry = old;
}
- return dentry;
-}
-
-/*
- * Parent directory has inode locked exclusive. This is one
- * and only case when ->lookup() gets called on non in-lookup
- * dentries - as the matter of fact, this only gets called
- * when directory is guaranteed to have no in-lookup children
- * at all.
- * Will return -ENOENT if name isn't found and LOOKUP_CREATE wasn't passed.
- * Will return -EEXIST if name is found and LOOKUP_EXCL was passed.
- */
-struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl(const struct qstr *name,
- struct dentry *base, unsigned int flags)
-{
- struct dentry *dentry;
-
- dentry = lookup_one_qstr_excl_raw(name, base, flags);
+found:
if (IS_ERR(dentry))
return dentry;
if (d_is_negative(dentry) && !(flags & LOOKUP_CREATE)) {
@@ -2790,7 +2781,7 @@ struct dentry *kern_path_locked_negative(const char *name, struct path *path)
if (unlikely(type != LAST_NORM))
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
inode_lock_nested(parent_path.dentry->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
- d = lookup_one_qstr_excl_raw(&last, parent_path.dentry, 0);
+ d = lookup_one_qstr_excl(&last, parent_path.dentry, LOOKUP_CREATE);
if (IS_ERR(d)) {
inode_unlock(parent_path.dentry->d_inode);
return d;
--
2.49.0