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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 4bf19d8174e..492de72560f 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#define _LINUX_NAMEI_H
#include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <linux/path.h>
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ struct nameidata {
struct path root;
struct inode *inode; /* path.dentry.d_inode */
unsigned int flags;
- unsigned seq;
+ unsigned seq, m_seq;
int last_type;
unsigned depth;
char *saved_names[MAX_NESTED_LINKS + 1];
@@ -65,12 +66,11 @@ extern int user_path_at_empty(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *,
extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *);
-extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, int);
-extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, int);
+extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);
+extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, unsigned int);
extern void done_path_create(struct path *, struct dentry *);
extern struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *, struct path *);
-extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
- const char *, unsigned int, struct path *);
+extern int kern_path_mountpoint(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);
extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
@@ -98,4 +98,20 @@ static inline void nd_terminate_link(void *name, size_t len, size_t maxlen)
((char *) name)[min(len, maxlen)] = '\0';
}
+/**
+ * retry_estale - determine whether the caller should retry an operation
+ * @error: the error that would currently be returned
+ * @flags: flags being used for next lookup attempt
+ *
+ * Check to see if the error code was -ESTALE, and then determine whether
+ * to retry the call based on whether "flags" already has LOOKUP_REVAL set.
+ *
+ * Returns true if the caller should try the operation again.
+ */
+static inline bool
+retry_estale(const long error, const unsigned int flags)
+{
+ return error == -ESTALE && !(flags & LOOKUP_REVAL);
+}
+
#endif /* _LINUX_NAMEI_H */