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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2013-09-22 14:17:15 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2013-10-24 23:34:53 -0400
commite84f9e57b90ca89664d733a7cef19aa7ccd832f3 (patch)
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parent7b00ed6fe6321547b9d51f5bfb30e7b5932e6889 (diff)
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consolidate the reassignments of ->f_op in ->open() instances
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index d80c2437d624..b09e4e1d747a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1875,6 +1875,17 @@ extern struct dentry *mount_pseudo(struct file_system_type *, char *,
(((fops) && try_module_get((fops)->owner) ? (fops) : NULL))
#define fops_put(fops) \
do { if (fops) module_put((fops)->owner); } while(0)
+/*
+ * This one is to be used *ONLY* from ->open() instances.
+ * fops must be non-NULL, pinned down *and* module dependencies
+ * should be sufficient to pin the caller down as well.
+ */
+#define replace_fops(f, fops) \
+ do { \
+ struct file *__file = (f); \
+ fops_put(__file->f_op); \
+ BUG_ON(!(__file->f_op = (fops))); \
+ } while(0)
extern int register_filesystem(struct file_system_type *);
extern int unregister_filesystem(struct file_system_type *);