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authorMiklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>2024-05-02 20:35:57 +0200
committerMiklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>2024-05-02 20:35:57 +0200
commit9a87907de3597a339cc129229d1a20bc7365ea5f (patch)
treea3a6e2b3784ee2e895ceb5668ca5bb1de754b1fa /include/linux/backing-file.h
parentLinux 6.9-rc5 (diff)
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ovl: implement tmpfile
Combine inode creation with opening a file. There are six separate objects that are being set up: the backing inode, dentry and file, and the overlay inode, dentry and file. Cleanup in case of an error is a bit of a challenge and is difficult to test, so careful review is needed. All tmpfile testcases except generic/509 now run/pass, and no regressions are observed with full xfstests. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/backing-file.h')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-file.h b/include/linux/backing-file.h
index 3f1fe1774f1b..4b61b0e57720 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-file.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-file.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ struct backing_file_ctx {
struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
const struct path *real_path,
const struct cred *cred);
+struct file *backing_tmpfile_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
+ const struct path *real_parentpath,
+ umode_t mode, const struct cred *cred);
ssize_t backing_file_read_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
struct kiocb *iocb, int flags,
struct backing_file_ctx *ctx);