From 4ac9137858e08a19f29feac4e1f4df7c268b0ba5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Blunck Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:34:32 -0800 Subject: Embed a struct path into struct nameidata instead of nd->{dentry,mnt} This is the central patch of a cleanup series. In most cases there is no good reason why someone would want to use a dentry for itself. This series reflects that fact and embeds a struct path into nameidata. Together with the other patches of this series - it enforced the correct order of getting/releasing the reference count on pairs - it prepares the VFS for stacking support since it is essential to have a struct path in every place where the stack can be traversed - it reduces the overall code size: without patch series: text data bss dec hex filename 5321639 858418 715768 6895825 6938d1 vmlinux with patch series: text data bss dec hex filename 5320026 858418 715768 6894212 693284 vmlinux This patch: Switch from nd->{dentry,mnt} to nd->path.{dentry,mnt} everywhere. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix cifs] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix smack] Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Al Viro Cc: Casey Schaufler Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/namei.h | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h index 1cd15dad2469..52fa2f78bb71 100644 --- a/include/linux/namei.h +++ b/include/linux/namei.h @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ struct open_intent { enum { MAX_NESTED_LINKS = 8 }; struct nameidata { - struct dentry *dentry; - struct vfsmount *mnt; + struct path path; struct qstr last; unsigned int flags; int last_type; -- cgit v1.2.3