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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2013-03-01 19:48:30 -0500
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2013-03-01 19:48:30 -0500
commitdd37978c50bc8b354e5c4633f69387f16572fdac (patch)
treed233c7027f26869485f96556cc9cddacbb3a8f2d
parent5e608671dfbfd6a9556c31df65a4f147439eed59 (diff)
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cache the value of file_inode() in struct file
Note that this thing does *not* contribute to inode refcount; it's pinned down by dentry. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
-rw-r--r--fs/file_table.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/open.c3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h3
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index aa07d3684a2e..cd4d87a82951 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ struct file *alloc_file(struct path *path, fmode_t mode,
return file;
file->f_path = *path;
+ file->f_inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
file->f_mapping = path->dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
file->f_mode = mode;
file->f_op = fop;
@@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file)
drop_file_write_access(file);
file->f_path.dentry = NULL;
file->f_path.mnt = NULL;
+ file->f_inode = NULL;
file_free(file);
dput(dentry);
mntput(mnt);
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 62f907e3bc36..806d4589559f 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
f->f_mode = FMODE_PATH;
path_get(&f->f_path);
- inode = file_inode(f);
+ inode = f->f_inode = f->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
if (f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
error = __get_file_write_access(inode, f->f_path.mnt);
if (error)
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ cleanup_file:
path_put(&f->f_path);
f->f_path.mnt = NULL;
f->f_path.dentry = NULL;
+ f->f_inode = NULL;
return error;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4e686a099465..74a907b8b950 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ struct file {
} f_u;
struct path f_path;
#define f_dentry f_path.dentry
+ struct inode *f_inode; /* cached value */
const struct file_operations *f_op;
/*
@@ -2217,7 +2218,7 @@ static inline bool execute_ok(struct inode *inode)
static inline struct inode *file_inode(struct file *f)
{
- return f->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+ return f->f_inode;
}
/*