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| author | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2016-05-02 19:45:47 -0400 |
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| committer | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2016-05-02 19:45:47 -0400 |
| commit | 84695ffee7987ee1e581be4c4696e47e1a29403b (patch) | |
| tree | 78ca09a96ecd6a6b5f4fae744c381968635af68d /Documentation | |
| parent | bf16200689118d19de1b8d2a3c314fc21f5dc7bb (diff) | |
| parent | ce23e640133484eebc20ca7b7668388213e11327 (diff) | |
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Merge getxattr prototype change into work.lookups
The rest of work.xattr stuff isn't needed for this branch
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index f1b87d8aa2da..57bb3754a027 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting @@ -525,3 +525,9 @@ in your dentry operations instead. set_delayed_call() where it used to set *cookie. ->put_link() is gone - just give the destructor to set_delayed_call() in ->get_link(). +-- +[mandatory] + ->getxattr() and xattr_handler.get() get dentry and inode passed separately. + dentry might be yet to be attached to inode, so do _not_ use its ->d_inode + in the instances. Rationale: !@#!@# security_d_instantiate() needs to be + called before we attach dentry to inode. |