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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-10-10 19:45:17 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-10-10 19:45:17 -0700 |
| commit | f721d24e5dae8358b49b24399d27ba5d12a7e049 (patch) | |
| tree | 090ee47954571f1e9c980c75699e24d5507c2749 /Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst | |
| parent | 27bc50fc90647bbf7b734c3fc306a5e61350da53 (diff) | |
| parent | 7d37539037c2fca70346fbedc219f655253d5cff (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'pull-tmpfile' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull vfs tmpfile updates from Al Viro:
"Miklos' ->tmpfile() signature change; pass an unopened struct file to
it, let it open the damn thing. Allows to add tmpfile support to FUSE"
* tag 'pull-tmpfile' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
fuse: implement ->tmpfile()
vfs: open inside ->tmpfile()
vfs: move open right after ->tmpfile()
vfs: make vfs_tmpfile() static
ovl: use vfs_tmpfile_open() helper
cachefiles: use vfs_tmpfile_open() helper
cachefiles: only pass inode to *mark_inode_inuse() helpers
cachefiles: tmpfile error handling cleanup
hugetlbfs: cleanup mknod and tmpfile
vfs: add vfs_tmpfile_open() helper
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst index e8f370d9ce9c..df0dc37e6f58 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst @@ -933,3 +933,13 @@ to) and true - "keep going" (as 0 in old calling conventions). Rationale: callers never looked at specific -E... values anyway. ->iterate() and ->iterate_shared() instance require no changes at all, all filldir_t ones in the tree converted. + +--- + +**mandatory** + +Calling conventions for ->tmpfile() have changed. It now takes a struct +file pointer instead of struct dentry pointer. d_tmpfile() is similarly +changed to simplify callers. The passed file is in a non-open state and on +success must be opened before returning (e.g. by calling +finish_open_simple()). |