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[v5,1/2] fs/dcache: add d_compare() helper support

Message ID 20220519101847.87907-2-xiubli@redhat.com
State Superseded
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Series ceph: wait async unlink to finish | expand

Commit Message

Xiubo Li May 19, 2022, 10:18 a.m. UTC
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <xiubli@redhat.com>
---
 fs/dcache.c            | 15 +++++++++++++++
 include/linux/dcache.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

Comments

Luis Chamberlain May 23, 2022, 5:57 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 06:18:45PM +0800, Xiubo Li wrote:
> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <xiubli@redhat.com>
> ---
>  fs/dcache.c            | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/dcache.h |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
> index 93f4f5ee07bf..95a72f92a94b 100644
> --- a/fs/dcache.c
> +++ b/fs/dcache.c
> @@ -2262,6 +2262,21 @@ static inline bool d_same_name(const struct dentry *dentry,
>  				       name) == 0;
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * d_compare - compare dentry name with case-exact name
> + * @parent: parent dentry
> + * @dentry: the negative dentry that was passed to the parent's lookup func
> + * @name:   the case-exact name to be associated with the returned dentry
> + *
> + * Return: 0 if names are same, or 1
> + */
> +bool d_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
> +	       const struct qstr *name)
> +{
> +	return !d_same_name(dentry, parent, name);

What's wrong with d_same_name()? Why introduce a whole new operation
and export it when you the same prototype except first and second
argument moved with an even more confusing name?

> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_compare);

New symbols should go with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() instead.

  Luis
Jeff Layton May 23, 2022, 6:09 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 2022-05-23 at 10:57 -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 06:18:45PM +0800, Xiubo Li wrote:
> > Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <xiubli@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  fs/dcache.c            | 15 +++++++++++++++
> >  include/linux/dcache.h |  2 ++
> >  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
> > index 93f4f5ee07bf..95a72f92a94b 100644
> > --- a/fs/dcache.c
> > +++ b/fs/dcache.c
> > @@ -2262,6 +2262,21 @@ static inline bool d_same_name(const struct dentry *dentry,
> >  				       name) == 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > +/**
> > + * d_compare - compare dentry name with case-exact name
> > + * @parent: parent dentry
> > + * @dentry: the negative dentry that was passed to the parent's lookup func
> > + * @name:   the case-exact name to be associated with the returned dentry
> > + *
> > + * Return: 0 if names are same, or 1
> > + */
> > +bool d_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
> > +	       const struct qstr *name)
> > +{
> > +	return !d_same_name(dentry, parent, name);
> 
> What's wrong with d_same_name()? Why introduce a whole new operation
> and export it when you the same prototype except first and second
> argument moved with an even more confusing name?
> 

Agreed. That would be better.

> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_compare);
> 
> New symbols should go with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() instead.
> 
>   Luis

In the past, Al has pushed back against that since EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL has
no clear legal meaning. He may have changed his opinion since, but I
haven't heard that that was the case.
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diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 93f4f5ee07bf..95a72f92a94b 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -2262,6 +2262,21 @@  static inline bool d_same_name(const struct dentry *dentry,
 				       name) == 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * d_compare - compare dentry name with case-exact name
+ * @parent: parent dentry
+ * @dentry: the negative dentry that was passed to the parent's lookup func
+ * @name:   the case-exact name to be associated with the returned dentry
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if names are same, or 1
+ */
+bool d_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+	       const struct qstr *name)
+{
+	return !d_same_name(dentry, parent, name);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_compare);
+
 /**
  * __d_lookup_rcu - search for a dentry (racy, store-free)
  * @parent: parent dentry
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index f5bba51480b2..444b2230e5c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@  extern struct dentry * d_alloc_parallel(struct dentry *, const struct qstr *,
 					wait_queue_head_t *);
 extern struct dentry * d_splice_alias(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern struct dentry * d_add_ci(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct qstr *);
+extern bool d_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+		      const struct qstr *name);
 extern struct dentry * d_exact_alias(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 extern struct dentry *d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode);
 extern struct dentry * d_obtain_alias(struct inode *);