linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.5 064/101] vfs: add vfs_select

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2016 18:21:09 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.5 064/101] vfs: add vfs_select_inode() helper

4.5-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>

commit 54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7 upstream.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/open.c              |   12 ++++--------
 include/linux/dcache.h |   12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -840,16 +840,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_path);
 int vfs_open(const struct path *path, struct file *file,
 	     const struct cred *cred)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = vfs_select_inode(path->dentry, file->f_flags);
 
-	file->f_path = *path;
-	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_SELECT_INODE) {
-		inode = dentry->d_op->d_select_inode(dentry, file->f_flags);
-		if (IS_ERR(inode))
-			return PTR_ERR(inode);
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+		return PTR_ERR(inode);
 
+	file->f_path = *path;
 	return do_dentry_open(file, inode, NULL, cred);
 }
 
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -592,4 +592,16 @@ static inline struct dentry *d_real(stru
 		return dentry;
 }
 
+static inline struct inode *vfs_select_inode(struct dentry *dentry,
+					     unsigned open_flags)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+
+	if (inode && unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_SELECT_INODE))
+		inode = dentry->d_op->d_select_inode(dentry, open_flags);
+
+	return inode;
+}
+
+
 #endif	/* __LINUX_DCACHE_H */