vfs: turn is_dir argument to kern_path_create into a lookup_flags arg
Where we can pass in LOOKUP_DIRECTORY or LOOKUP_REVAL. Any other flags
passed in here are currently ignored.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
index 5b7d8ff..baee994 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
struct dentry *dentry;
int ret;
- dentry = user_path_create(AT_FDCWD, pathname, &path, 1);
+ dentry = user_path_create(AT_FDCWD, pathname, &path, LOOKUP_DIRECTORY);
ret = PTR_ERR(dentry);
if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
ret = spufs_create(&path, dentry, flags, mode, neighbor);
diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index 147d1a4..17cf7ca 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
struct path path;
int err;
- dentry = kern_path_create(AT_FDCWD, name, &path, 1);
+ dentry = kern_path_create(AT_FDCWD, name, &path, LOOKUP_DIRECTORY);
if (IS_ERR(dentry))
return PTR_ERR(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 25a41e0..8f8e41f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3030,12 +3030,22 @@
return file;
}
-struct dentry *kern_path_create(int dfd, const char *pathname, struct path *path, int is_dir)
+struct dentry *kern_path_create(int dfd, const char *pathname,
+ struct path *path, unsigned int lookup_flags)
{
struct dentry *dentry = ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
struct nameidata nd;
int err2;
- int error = do_path_lookup(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+ int error;
+ bool is_dir = (lookup_flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY);
+
+ /*
+ * Note that only LOOKUP_REVAL and LOOKUP_DIRECTORY matter here. Any
+ * other flags passed in are ignored!
+ */
+ lookup_flags &= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+
+ error = do_path_lookup(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_PARENT|lookup_flags, &nd);
if (error)
return ERR_PTR(error);
@@ -3099,13 +3109,14 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(done_path_create);
-struct dentry *user_path_create(int dfd, const char __user *pathname, struct path *path, int is_dir)
+struct dentry *user_path_create(int dfd, const char __user *pathname,
+ struct path *path, unsigned int lookup_flags)
{
struct filename *tmp = getname(pathname);
struct dentry *res;
if (IS_ERR(tmp))
return ERR_CAST(tmp);
- res = kern_path_create(dfd, tmp->name, path, is_dir);
+ res = kern_path_create(dfd, tmp->name, path, lookup_flags);
putname(tmp);
return res;
}
@@ -3228,7 +3239,7 @@
struct path path;
int error;
- dentry = user_path_create(dfd, pathname, &path, 1);
+ dentry = user_path_create(dfd, pathname, &path, LOOKUP_DIRECTORY);
if (IS_ERR(dentry))
return PTR_ERR(dentry);
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 66542b6..e998c03 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *);
-extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, int);
-extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, int);
+extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);
+extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, unsigned int);
extern void done_path_create(struct path *, struct dentry *);
extern struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *, struct path *);
extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,