configfs: accessing item hierarchy during rmdir(2)
Add a notification callback, ops->disconnect_notify(). It has the same
prototype as ->drop_item(), but it will be called just before the item
linkage is broken. This way, configfs users who want to do work while
the object is still in the heirarchy have a chance.
Client drivers will still need to config_item_put() in their
->drop_item(), if they implement it. They need do nothing in
->disconnect_notify(). They don't have to provide it if they don't
care. But someone who wants to be notified before ci_parent is set to
NULL can now be notified.
Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index d3b1dbb..1259547 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -714,6 +714,28 @@
}
/*
+ * After the item has been detached from the filesystem view, we are
+ * ready to tear it out of the hierarchy. Notify the client before
+ * we do that so they can perform any cleanup that requires
+ * navigating the hierarchy. A client does not need to provide this
+ * callback. The subsystem semaphore MUST be held by the caller, and
+ * references must be valid for both items. It also assumes the
+ * caller has validated ci_type.
+ */
+static void client_disconnect_notify(struct config_item *parent_item,
+ struct config_item *item)
+{
+ struct config_item_type *type;
+
+ type = parent_item->ci_type;
+ BUG_ON(!type);
+
+ if (type->ct_group_ops && type->ct_group_ops->disconnect_notify)
+ type->ct_group_ops->disconnect_notify(to_config_group(parent_item),
+ item);
+}
+
+/*
* Drop the initial reference from make_item()/make_group()
* This function assumes that reference is held on item
* and that item holds a valid reference to the parent. Also, it
@@ -733,7 +755,7 @@
*/
if (type->ct_group_ops && type->ct_group_ops->drop_item)
type->ct_group_ops->drop_item(to_config_group(parent_item),
- item);
+ item);
else
config_item_put(item);
}
@@ -842,11 +864,14 @@
if (ret) {
/* Tear down everything we built up */
mutex_lock(&subsys->su_mutex);
+
+ client_disconnect_notify(parent_item, item);
if (group)
unlink_group(group);
else
unlink_obj(item);
client_drop_item(parent_item, item);
+
mutex_unlock(&subsys->su_mutex);
if (module_got)
@@ -911,11 +936,13 @@
configfs_detach_group(item);
mutex_lock(&subsys->su_mutex);
+ client_disconnect_notify(parent_item, item);
unlink_group(to_config_group(item));
} else {
configfs_detach_item(item);
mutex_lock(&subsys->su_mutex);
+ client_disconnect_notify(parent_item, item);
unlink_obj(item);
}