summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/fs/pnode.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/pnode.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/pnode.c28
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/fs/pnode.c b/fs/pnode.c
index 8d5f392ec3d3..5cc564a83149 100644
--- a/fs/pnode.c
+++ b/fs/pnode.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int do_make_slave(struct vfsmount *mnt)
/*
* slave 'mnt' to a peer mount that has the
- * same root dentry. If none is available than
+ * same root dentry. If none is available then
* slave it to anything that is available.
*/
while ((peer_mnt = next_peer(peer_mnt)) != mnt &&
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ void change_mnt_propagation(struct vfsmount *mnt, int type)
* get the next mount in the propagation tree.
* @m: the mount seen last
* @origin: the original mount from where the tree walk initiated
+ *
+ * Note that peer groups form contiguous segments of slave lists.
+ * We rely on that in get_source() to be able to find out if
+ * vfsmount found while iterating with propagation_next() is
+ * a peer of one we'd found earlier.
*/
static struct vfsmount *propagation_next(struct vfsmount *m,
struct vfsmount *origin)
@@ -186,10 +191,6 @@ static struct vfsmount *get_source(struct vfsmount *dest,
{
struct vfsmount *p_last_src = NULL;
struct vfsmount *p_last_dest = NULL;
- *type = CL_PROPAGATION;
-
- if (IS_MNT_SHARED(dest))
- *type |= CL_MAKE_SHARED;
while (last_dest != dest->mnt_master) {
p_last_dest = last_dest;
@@ -202,13 +203,18 @@ static struct vfsmount *get_source(struct vfsmount *dest,
do {
p_last_dest = next_peer(p_last_dest);
} while (IS_MNT_NEW(p_last_dest));
+ /* is that a peer of the earlier? */
+ if (dest == p_last_dest) {
+ *type = CL_MAKE_SHARED;
+ return p_last_src;
+ }
}
-
- if (dest != p_last_dest) {
- *type |= CL_SLAVE;
- return last_src;
- } else
- return p_last_src;
+ /* slave of the earlier, then */
+ *type = CL_SLAVE;
+ /* beginning of peer group among the slaves? */
+ if (IS_MNT_SHARED(dest))
+ *type |= CL_MAKE_SHARED;
+ return last_src;
}
/*