Re: [PATCH 3/3] fs: store fake path in file_fake along with real path

[Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 2:12 PM Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 10:32:39AM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> > Instead of storing only the fake path in f_path, store the real path
> > in f_path and the fake path in file_fake container.
> >
> > Call sites that use the macro file_fake_path() continue to get the fake
> > path from its new location.
> >
> > Call sites that access f_path directly will now see the overlayfs real
> > path instead of the fake overlayfs path, which is the desired bahvior
> > for most users, because it makes f_path consistent with f_inode.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
> > ---
>
> If you resend, can you take the chance and refactor this into a slightly more
> readable pattern, please? So something like
>

Sure!
I like this better myself.

Thanks,
Amir.

> struct file *open_with_fake_path(const struct path *fake_path, int flags,
>                                  const struct path *path,
>                                  const struct cred *cred)
> {
>         int error;
>         struct file *f;
>
>         f = alloc_empty_file_fake(fake_path, flags, cred);
>         if (IS_ERR(f))
>                 return f;
>
>         f->f_path = *path;
>         error = do_dentry_open(f, d_inode(path->dentry), NULL);
>         if (error) {
>                 fput(f);
>                 return ERR_PTR(error);
>         }
>
>         return f;
> }