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Date:   Tue, 9 Mar 2021 17:22:45 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>,
        "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] fs: add an argument-less alloc_anon_inode

On 09.03.21 16:53, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Add a new alloc_anon_inode helper that allocates an inode on
> the anon_inode file system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>   fs/anon_inodes.c            | 15 +++++++++++++--
>   include/linux/anon_inodes.h |  1 +
>   2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
> index 4745fc37014332..b6a8ea71920bc3 100644
> --- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
> +++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static struct inode *anon_inode_make_secure_inode(
>   	const struct qstr qname = QSTR_INIT(name, strlen(name));
>   	int error;
>   
> -	inode = alloc_anon_inode_sb(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
> +	inode = alloc_anon_inode();
>   	if (IS_ERR(inode))
>   		return inode;
>   	inode->i_flags &= ~S_PRIVATE;
> @@ -225,13 +225,24 @@ int anon_inode_getfd_secure(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfd_secure);
>   
> +/**
> + * alloc_anon_inode - create a new anonymous inode
> + *
> + * Create an inode on the anon_inode file system and return it.
> + */
> +struct inode *alloc_anon_inode(void)
> +{
> +	return alloc_anon_inode_sb(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_anon_inode);
> +
>   static int __init anon_inode_init(void)
>   {
>   	anon_inode_mnt = kern_mount(&anon_inode_fs_type);
>   	if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_mnt))
>   		panic("anon_inode_init() kernel mount failed (%ld)\n", PTR_ERR(anon_inode_mnt));
>   
> -	anon_inode_inode = alloc_anon_inode_sb(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
> +	anon_inode_inode = alloc_anon_inode();
>   	if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
>   		panic("anon_inode_init() inode allocation failed (%ld)\n", PTR_ERR(anon_inode_inode));
>   
> diff --git a/include/linux/anon_inodes.h b/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
> index 71881a2b6f7860..b5ae9a6eda9923 100644
> --- a/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
> +++ b/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ int anon_inode_getfd_secure(const char *name,
>   			    const struct file_operations *fops,
>   			    void *priv, int flags,
>   			    const struct inode *context_inode);
> +struct inode *alloc_anon_inode(void);
>   
>   #endif /* _LINUX_ANON_INODES_H */
>   
> 

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb