@@ -563,8 +563,7 @@ static bool cachefiles_open_file(struct cachefiles_object *object,
*/
path.mnt = cache->mnt;
path.dentry = dentry;
- file = kernel_file_open(&path, O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE | O_DIRECT,
- d_backing_inode(dentry), cache->cache_cred);
+ file = kernel_file_open(&path, O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE | O_DIRECT, cache->cache_cred);
if (IS_ERR(file)) {
trace_cachefiles_vfs_error(object, d_backing_inode(dentry),
PTR_ERR(file),
@@ -1155,7 +1155,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_create);
* kernel_file_open - open a file for kernel internal use
* @path: path of the file to open
* @flags: open flags
- * @inode: the inode
* @cred: credentials for open
*
* Open a file for use by in-kernel consumers. The file is not accounted
@@ -1165,7 +1164,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_create);
* Return: Opened file on success, an error pointer on failure.
*/
struct file *kernel_file_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
- struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred)
+ const struct cred *cred)
{
struct file *f;
int error;
@@ -1175,7 +1174,7 @@ struct file *kernel_file_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
return f;
f->f_path = *path;
- error = do_dentry_open(f, inode, NULL);
+ error = do_dentry_open(f, d_inode(path->dentry), NULL);
if (error) {
fput(f);
f = ERR_PTR(error);
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ int ovl_ensure_verity_loaded(struct path *datapath)
* If this inode was not yet opened, the verity info hasn't been
* loaded yet, so we need to do that here to force it into memory.
*/
- filp = kernel_file_open(datapath, O_RDONLY, inode, current_cred());
+ filp = kernel_file_open(datapath, O_RDONLY, current_cred());
if (IS_ERR(filp))
return PTR_ERR(filp);
fput(filp);
@@ -1906,7 +1906,7 @@ struct file *kernel_tmpfile_open(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
umode_t mode, int open_flag,
const struct cred *cred);
struct file *kernel_file_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
- struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred);
+ const struct cred *cred);
int vfs_mkobj(struct dentry *, umode_t,
int (*f)(struct dentry *, umode_t, void *),
always equal to ->dentry->d_inode of the path argument these days. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> --- fs/cachefiles/namei.c | 3 +-- fs/open.c | 5 ++--- fs/overlayfs/util.c | 2 +- include/linux/fs.h | 2 +- 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)