From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jsipek@cs.sunysb.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
torvalds@osdl.org, viro@ftp.linux.org.uk, hch@infradead.org,
jack@suse.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01 of 23] VFS: change struct file to use struct path
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:22:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061021002200.4731cdeb.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b212ecc85fa3ad0382f6.1161411446@thor.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 02:17:26 -0400
Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jsipek@cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:
> From: Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jsipek@cs.sunysb.edu>
>
> This patch changes struct file to use struct path instead of having
> independent pointers to struct dentry and struct vfsmount, and converts all
> users of f_{dentry,vfsmnt} in fs/ to use f_path.{dentry,mnt}.
>
why?
> @@ -723,8 +724,9 @@ struct file {
> struct list_head fu_list;
> struct rcu_head fu_rcuhead;
> } f_u;
> - struct dentry *f_dentry;
> - struct vfsmount *f_vfsmnt;
> + struct path f_path;
> +#define f_dentry f_path.dentry
> +#define f_vfsmnt f_path.mnt
> const struct file_operations *f_op;
> atomic_t f_count;
> unsigned int f_flags;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-21 7:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-21 6:17 [PATCH 00 of 23] struct file: Use struct path Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 01 of 23] VFS: change struct file to use " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 7:22 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2006-10-21 7:28 ` Josef Sipek
2006-10-23 11:47 ` Martin Waitz
2006-10-24 9:03 ` Josef Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 02 of 23] sysfs: change uses of f_{dentry, vfsmnt} to use f_path Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 03 of 23] proc: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 04 of 23] ext2: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 05 of 23] ext3: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 12:51 ` Robert Peterson
2006-10-21 18:26 ` Josef Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 06 of 23] ext4: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 07 of 23] fat: change uses of f_{dentry,vfsmnt} " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 08 of 23] isofs: change uses of f_{dentry, vfsmnt} " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 23:13 ` James Morris
2006-10-22 0:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 09 of 23] nfs: change uses of f_{dentry,vfsmnt} " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 10 of 23] nfsd: change uses of f_{dentry, vfsmnt} " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 11 of 23] ntfs: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 12 of 23] i386: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 13 of 23] x86_64: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 14 of 23] kernel: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 15 of 23] mm: change uses of f_{dentry,vfsmnt} " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 16 of 23] 9p: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 17 of 23] affs: change uses of f_{dentry, vfsmnt} " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 18 of 23] autofs: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 19 of 23] autofs4: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 20 of 23] configfs: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 21 of 23] cifs: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 22 of 23] ecryptfs: " Josef Jeff Sipek
2006-10-21 6:17 ` [PATCH 23 of 23] xfs: change uses of f_{dentry,vfsmnt} " Josef Jeff Sipek
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