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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-07-29 12:17:52 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-07-29 12:17:52 -0700
commit20d00ee829428ea6aab77fa3acca048a6f57d3bc (patch)
tree8a4813c0adc05186e4fa45465a469400443a8e42 /fs/namei.c
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Revert "vfs: add lookup_hash() helper"
This reverts commit 3c9fe8cdff1b889a059a30d22f130372f2b3885f. As Miklos points out in commit c1b2cc1a765a, the "lookup_hash()" helper is now unused, and in fact, with the hash salting changes, since the hash of a dentry name now depends on the directory dentry it is in, the helper function isn't even really likely to be useful. So rather than keep it around in case somebody else might end up finding a use for it, let's just remove the helper and not trick people into thinking it might be a useful thing. For example, I had obviously completely missed how the helper didn't follow the normal dentry hashing patterns, and how the hash salting patch broke overlayfs. Things would quietly build and look sane, but not work. Suggested-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/namei.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c33
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ecb0b439747e..68a896c804b7 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2396,33 +2396,6 @@ int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
/**
- * lookup_hash - lookup single pathname component on already hashed name
- * @name: name and hash to lookup
- * @base: base directory to lookup from
- *
- * The name must have been verified and hashed (see lookup_one_len()). Using
- * this after just full_name_hash() is unsafe.
- *
- * This function also doesn't check for search permission on base directory.
- *
- * Use lookup_one_len_unlocked() instead, unless you really know what you are
- * doing.
- *
- * Do not hold i_mutex; this helper takes i_mutex if necessary.
- */
-struct dentry *lookup_hash(const struct qstr *name, struct dentry *base)
-{
- struct dentry *ret;
-
- ret = lookup_dcache(name, base, 0);
- if (!ret)
- ret = lookup_slow(name, base, 0);
-
- return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash);
-
-/**
* lookup_one_len - filesystem helper to lookup single pathname component
* @name: pathname component to lookup
* @base: base directory to lookup from
@@ -2493,6 +2466,7 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *name,
struct qstr this;
unsigned int c;
int err;
+ struct dentry *ret;
this.name = name;
this.len = len;
@@ -2524,7 +2498,10 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *name,
if (err)
return ERR_PTR(err);
- return lookup_hash(&this, base);
+ ret = lookup_dcache(&this, base, 0);
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = lookup_slow(&this, base, 0);
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len_unlocked);