From: Miklos Szeredi ...and add kerneldoc comment to it and to do_truncate(). Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- fs/exec.c | 2 +- fs/open.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- include/linux/fs.h | 2 ++ mm/tiny-shmem.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/exec.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/exec.c 2008-07-30 13:52:36.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/fs/exec.c 2008-07-30 13:52:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_cod goto close_fail; if (!file->f_op->write) goto close_fail; - if (!ispipe && do_truncate(file->f_path.dentry, 0, 0, file) != 0) + if (!ispipe && file_truncate(file, 0, 0) != 0) goto close_fail; retval = binfmt->core_dump(signr, regs, file, core_limit); Index: linux-2.6/fs/open.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/open.c 2008-07-30 13:52:36.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/fs/open.c 2008-07-30 13:52:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -197,6 +197,13 @@ out: return error; } +/* + * do_truncate - truncate (or extend) an inode + * @dentry: the dentry to truncate + * @length: the new length + * @time_attrs: file times to be updated (e.g. ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME) + * @filp: an open file or NULL (see file_truncate() as well) + */ int do_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t length, unsigned int time_attrs, struct file *filp) { @@ -223,6 +230,17 @@ int do_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, l return err; } +/* + * file_truncate - truncate (or extend) an open file + * @filp: the open file + * @length: the new length + * @time_attrs: file times to be updated (e.g. ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME) + */ +int file_truncate(struct file *filp, loff_t length, unsigned int time_attrs) +{ + return do_truncate(filp->f_path.dentry, length, time_attrs, filp); +} + static long do_sys_truncate(const char __user *pathname, loff_t length) { struct path path; @@ -296,7 +314,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_truncate(const char static long do_sys_ftruncate(unsigned int fd, loff_t length, int small) { struct inode * inode; - struct dentry *dentry; struct file * file; int error; @@ -312,8 +329,7 @@ static long do_sys_ftruncate(unsigned in if (file->f_flags & O_LARGEFILE) small = 0; - dentry = file->f_path.dentry; - inode = dentry->d_inode; + inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode; error = -EINVAL; if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || !(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)) goto out_putf; @@ -329,7 +345,7 @@ static long do_sys_ftruncate(unsigned in error = locks_verify_truncate(inode, file, length); if (!error) - error = do_truncate(dentry, length, ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME, file); + error = file_truncate(file, length, ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME); out_putf: fput(file); out: Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/fs.h 2008-07-30 13:52:36.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h 2008-07-30 13:52:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -1614,6 +1614,8 @@ static inline int break_lease(struct ino extern int do_truncate(struct dentry *, loff_t start, unsigned int time_attrs, struct file *filp); +extern int file_truncate(struct file *filp, loff_t start, + unsigned int time_attrs); extern long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, int mode); extern struct file *filp_open(const char *, int, int); Index: linux-2.6/mm/tiny-shmem.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/tiny-shmem.c 2008-07-30 13:52:36.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/mm/tiny-shmem.c 2008-07-30 13:52:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(char *name inode->i_nlink = 0; /* It is unlinked */ /* notify everyone as to the change of file size */ - error = do_truncate(dentry, size, 0, file); + error = file_truncate(file, size, 0); if (error < 0) goto close_file; -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/