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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/dcache.h | 38 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h index d8358799c594..e83768ee38fc 100644 --- a/include/linux/dcache.h +++ b/include/linux/dcache.h @@ -482,6 +482,44 @@ static inline bool d_is_positive(const struct dentry *dentry) return !d_is_negative(dentry); } +/** + * d_really_is_negative - Determine if a dentry is really negative (ignoring fallthroughs) + * @dentry: The dentry in question + * + * Returns true if the dentry represents either an absent name or a name that + * doesn't map to an inode (ie. ->d_inode is NULL). The dentry could represent + * a true miss, a whiteout that isn't represented by a 0,0 chardev or a + * fallthrough marker in an opaque directory. + * + * Note! (1) This should be used *only* by a filesystem to examine its own + * dentries. It should not be used to look at some other filesystem's + * dentries. (2) It should also be used in combination with d_inode() to get + * the inode. (3) The dentry may have something attached to ->d_lower and the + * type field of the flags may be set to something other than miss or whiteout. + */ +static inline bool d_really_is_negative(const struct dentry *dentry) +{ + return dentry->d_inode == NULL; +} + +/** + * d_really_is_positive - Determine if a dentry is really positive (ignoring fallthroughs) + * @dentry: The dentry in question + * + * Returns true if the dentry represents a name that maps to an inode + * (ie. ->d_inode is not NULL). The dentry might still represent a whiteout if + * that is represented on medium as a 0,0 chardev. + * + * Note! (1) This should be used *only* by a filesystem to examine its own + * dentries. It should not be used to look at some other filesystem's + * dentries. (2) It should also be used in combination with d_inode() to get + * the inode. + */ +static inline bool d_really_is_positive(const struct dentry *dentry) +{ + return dentry->d_inode != NULL; +} + extern void d_set_fallthru(struct dentry *dentry); static inline bool d_is_fallthru(const struct dentry *dentry) |