[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 08/11] ocfs2: Handle struct f_path in struct file

Joel Becker Joel.Becker at oracle.com
Wed Nov 11 15:04:31 PST 2009


On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:44:57PM -0800, Sunil Mushran wrote:
> Mainline commit 0f7fc9e4d03987fe29f6dd4aa67e4c56eb7ecb05 added
> struct path into struct file.

	Again, let's describe how we did it in the commit message.  "We
wrap access with the functions filp_dentry() and filp_mnt()".  Something
like that.  It makes it clear what to look for and that filp_dentry()
isn't a kernel API, it's our wrapper.

Joel

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