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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/namei.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 33 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 6df1f61855d6..734cef54fdf8 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -537,12 +537,12 @@ static int __nd_alloc_stack(struct nameidata *nd) struct saved *p; if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) { - p= kmalloc(MAXSYMLINKS * sizeof(struct saved), + p= kmalloc_array(MAXSYMLINKS, sizeof(struct saved), GFP_ATOMIC); if (unlikely(!p)) return -ECHILD; } else { - p= kmalloc(MAXSYMLINKS * sizeof(struct saved), + p= kmalloc_array(MAXSYMLINKS, sizeof(struct saved), GFP_KERNEL); if (unlikely(!p)) return -ENOMEM; @@ -2464,6 +2464,35 @@ static int lookup_one_len_common(const char *name, struct dentry *base, } /** + * try_lookup_one_len - filesystem helper to lookup single pathname component + * @name: pathname component to lookup + * @base: base directory to lookup from + * @len: maximum length @len should be interpreted to + * + * Look up a dentry by name in the dcache, returning NULL if it does not + * currently exist. The function does not try to create a dentry. + * + * Note that this routine is purely a helper for filesystem usage and should + * not be called by generic code. + * + * The caller must hold base->i_mutex. + */ +struct dentry *try_lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct dentry *base, int len) +{ + struct qstr this; + int err; + + WARN_ON_ONCE(!inode_is_locked(base->d_inode)); + + err = lookup_one_len_common(name, base, len, &this); + if (err) + return ERR_PTR(err); + + return lookup_dcache(&this, base, 0); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_lookup_one_len); + +/** * lookup_one_len - filesystem helper to lookup single pathname component * @name: pathname component to lookup * @base: base directory to lookup from |