ufs: use dir_pages instead of ufs_dir_pages()
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1da177e4
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1#ifndef __LINUX_DCACHE_H
2#define __LINUX_DCACHE_H
3
60063497 4#include <linux/atomic.h>
1da177e4 5#include <linux/list.h>
82524746 6#include <linux/rculist.h>
ceb5bdc2 7#include <linux/rculist_bl.h>
1da177e4 8#include <linux/spinlock.h>
31e6b01f 9#include <linux/seqlock.h>
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10#include <linux/cache.h>
11#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
98474236 12#include <linux/lockref.h>
1da177e4 13
cf28b486 14struct path;
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15struct vfsmount;
16
17/*
18 * linux/include/linux/dcache.h
19 *
20 * Dirent cache data structures
21 *
22 * (C) Copyright 1997 Thomas Schoebel-Theuer,
23 * with heavy changes by Linus Torvalds
24 */
25
26#define IS_ROOT(x) ((x) == (x)->d_parent)
27
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28/* The hash is always the low bits of hash_len */
29#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
30 #define HASH_LEN_DECLARE u32 hash; u32 len;
a5c21dce 31 #define bytemask_from_count(cnt) (~(~0ul << (cnt)*8))
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32#else
33 #define HASH_LEN_DECLARE u32 len; u32 hash;
a5c21dce 34 #define bytemask_from_count(cnt) (~(~0ul >> (cnt)*8))
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35#endif
36
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37/*
38 * "quick string" -- eases parameter passing, but more importantly
39 * saves "metadata" about the string (ie length and the hash).
40 *
41 * hash comes first so it snuggles against d_parent in the
42 * dentry.
43 */
44struct qstr {
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45 union {
46 struct {
47 HASH_LEN_DECLARE;
48 };
49 u64 hash_len;
50 };
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51 const unsigned char *name;
52};
53
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54#define QSTR_INIT(n,l) { { { .len = l } }, .name = n }
55#define hashlen_hash(hashlen) ((u32) (hashlen))
56#define hashlen_len(hashlen) ((u32)((hashlen) >> 32))
9226b5b4 57#define hashlen_create(hash,len) (((u64)(len)<<32)|(u32)(hash))
26fe5750 58
1da177e4 59struct dentry_stat_t {
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60 long nr_dentry;
61 long nr_unused;
62 long age_limit; /* age in seconds */
63 long want_pages; /* pages requested by system */
64 long dummy[2];
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65};
66extern struct dentry_stat_t dentry_stat;
67
68/* Name hashing routines. Initial hash value */
69/* Hash courtesy of the R5 hash in reiserfs modulo sign bits */
70#define init_name_hash() 0
71
72/* partial hash update function. Assume roughly 4 bits per character */
73static inline unsigned long
74partial_name_hash(unsigned long c, unsigned long prevhash)
75{
76 return (prevhash + (c << 4) + (c >> 4)) * 11;
77}
78
79/*
80 * Finally: cut down the number of bits to a int value (and try to avoid
81 * losing bits)
82 */
83static inline unsigned long end_name_hash(unsigned long hash)
84{
85 return (unsigned int) hash;
86}
87
88/* Compute the hash for a name string. */
0145acc2 89extern unsigned int full_name_hash(const unsigned char *, unsigned int);
1da177e4 90
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91/*
92 * Try to keep struct dentry aligned on 64 byte cachelines (this will
93 * give reasonable cacheline footprint with larger lines without the
94 * large memory footprint increase).
95 */
96#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
44a7d7a8 97# define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 32 /* 192 bytes */
c2452f32 98#else
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99# ifdef CONFIG_SMP
100# define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 36 /* 128 bytes */
101# else
102# define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 40 /* 128 bytes */
103# endif
c2452f32 104#endif
1da177e4 105
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106#define d_lock d_lockref.lock
107
1da177e4 108struct dentry {
44a7d7a8 109 /* RCU lookup touched fields */
1da177e4 110 unsigned int d_flags; /* protected by d_lock */
31e6b01f 111 seqcount_t d_seq; /* per dentry seqlock */
ceb5bdc2 112 struct hlist_bl_node d_hash; /* lookup hash list */
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113 struct dentry *d_parent; /* parent directory */
114 struct qstr d_name;
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115 struct inode *d_inode; /* Where the name belongs to - NULL is
116 * negative */
117 unsigned char d_iname[DNAME_INLINE_LEN]; /* small names */
118
119 /* Ref lookup also touches following */
98474236 120 struct lockref d_lockref; /* per-dentry lock and refcount */
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121 const struct dentry_operations *d_op;
122 struct super_block *d_sb; /* The root of the dentry tree */
123 unsigned long d_time; /* used by d_revalidate */
124 void *d_fsdata; /* fs-specific data */
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125
126 struct list_head d_lru; /* LRU list */
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127 struct list_head d_child; /* child of parent list */
128 struct list_head d_subdirs; /* our children */
5160ee6f 129 /*
946e51f2 130 * d_alias and d_rcu can share memory
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131 */
132 union {
946e51f2 133 struct hlist_node d_alias; /* inode alias list */
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134 struct rcu_head d_rcu;
135 } d_u;
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136};
137
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138/*
139 * dentry->d_lock spinlock nesting subclasses:
140 *
141 * 0: normal
142 * 1: nested
143 */
144enum dentry_d_lock_class
145{
146 DENTRY_D_LOCK_NORMAL, /* implicitly used by plain spin_lock() APIs. */
147 DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED
148};
149
1da177e4 150struct dentry_operations {
0b728e19 151 int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
ecf3d1f1 152 int (*d_weak_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
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153 int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
154 int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *,
621e155a 155 unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
fe15ce44 156 int (*d_delete)(const struct dentry *);
1da177e4 157 void (*d_release)(struct dentry *);
f0023bc6 158 void (*d_prune)(struct dentry *);
1da177e4 159 void (*d_iput)(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
c23fbb6b 160 char *(*d_dname)(struct dentry *, char *, int);
9875cf80 161 struct vfsmount *(*d_automount)(struct path *);
1aed3e42 162 int (*d_manage)(struct dentry *, bool);
4bacc9c9 163 struct inode *(*d_select_inode)(struct dentry *, unsigned);
44a7d7a8 164} ____cacheline_aligned;
1da177e4 165
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166/*
167 * Locking rules for dentry_operations callbacks are to be found in
168 * Documentation/filesystems/Locking. Keep it updated!
169 *
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170 * FUrther descriptions are found in Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt.
171 * Keep it updated too!
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172 */
173
174/* d_flags entries */
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175#define DCACHE_OP_HASH 0x00000001
176#define DCACHE_OP_COMPARE 0x00000002
177#define DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE 0x00000004
178#define DCACHE_OP_DELETE 0x00000008
179#define DCACHE_OP_PRUNE 0x00000010
5f57cbcc 180
b18825a7 181#define DCACHE_DISCONNECTED 0x00000020
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182 /* This dentry is possibly not currently connected to the dcache tree, in
183 * which case its parent will either be itself, or will have this flag as
184 * well. nfsd will not use a dentry with this bit set, but will first
185 * endeavour to clear the bit either by discovering that it is connected,
186 * or by performing lookup operations. Any filesystem which supports
187 * nfsd_operations MUST have a lookup function which, if it finds a
188 * directory inode with a DCACHE_DISCONNECTED dentry, will d_move that
189 * dentry into place and return that dentry rather than the passed one,
190 * typically using d_splice_alias. */
1da177e4 191
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192#define DCACHE_REFERENCED 0x00000040 /* Recently used, don't discard. */
193#define DCACHE_RCUACCESS 0x00000080 /* Entry has ever been RCU-visible */
c28f7e56 194
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195#define DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT 0x00000100
196#define DCACHE_GENOCIDE 0x00000200
197#define DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST 0x00000400
5f57cbcc 198
b18825a7 199#define DCACHE_OP_WEAK_REVALIDATE 0x00000800
ecf3d1f1 200
b18825a7 201#define DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED 0x00001000
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202 /* this dentry has been "silly renamed" and has to be deleted on the last
203 * dput() */
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204#define DCACHE_COOKIE 0x00002000 /* For use by dcookie subsystem */
205#define DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED 0x00004000
830c0f0e 206 /* Parent inode is watched by some fsnotify listener */
fb045adb 207
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208#define DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED 0x00008000
209
210#define DCACHE_MOUNTED 0x00010000 /* is a mountpoint */
211#define DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT 0x00020000 /* handle automount on this dir */
212#define DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT 0x00040000 /* manage transit from this dirent */
9875cf80 213#define DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY \
cc53ce53 214 (DCACHE_MOUNTED|DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT|DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT)
9875cf80 215
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216#define DCACHE_LRU_LIST 0x00080000
217
218#define DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE 0x00700000
e7f7d225
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219#define DCACHE_MISS_TYPE 0x00000000 /* Negative dentry (maybe fallthru to nowhere) */
220#define DCACHE_WHITEOUT_TYPE 0x00100000 /* Whiteout dentry (stop pathwalk) */
221#define DCACHE_DIRECTORY_TYPE 0x00200000 /* Normal directory */
222#define DCACHE_AUTODIR_TYPE 0x00300000 /* Lookupless directory (presumed automount) */
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223#define DCACHE_REGULAR_TYPE 0x00400000 /* Regular file type (or fallthru to such) */
224#define DCACHE_SPECIAL_TYPE 0x00500000 /* Other file type (or fallthru to such) */
225#define DCACHE_SYMLINK_TYPE 0x00600000 /* Symlink (or fallthru to such) */
b161dfa6 226
41edf278 227#define DCACHE_MAY_FREE 0x00800000
df1a085a 228#define DCACHE_FALLTHRU 0x01000000 /* Fall through to lower layer */
4bacc9c9 229#define DCACHE_OP_SELECT_INODE 0x02000000 /* Unioned entry: dcache op selects inode */
41edf278 230
74c3cbe3 231extern seqlock_t rename_lock;
1da177e4 232
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233/*
234 * These are the low-level FS interfaces to the dcache..
235 */
236extern void d_instantiate(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
237extern struct dentry * d_instantiate_unique(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
b70a80e7 238extern int d_instantiate_no_diralias(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
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239extern void __d_drop(struct dentry *dentry);
240extern void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry);
1da177e4 241extern void d_delete(struct dentry *);
fb045adb 242extern void d_set_d_op(struct dentry *dentry, const struct dentry_operations *op);
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243
244/* allocate/de-allocate */
245extern struct dentry * d_alloc(struct dentry *, const struct qstr *);
4b936885 246extern struct dentry * d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block *, const struct qstr *);
1da177e4 247extern struct dentry * d_splice_alias(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
e45b590b 248extern struct dentry * d_add_ci(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct qstr *);
46f72b34 249extern struct dentry *d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode);
4ea3ada2 250extern struct dentry * d_obtain_alias(struct inode *);
1a0a397e 251extern struct dentry * d_obtain_root(struct inode *);
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252extern void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *);
253extern void shrink_dcache_parent(struct dentry *);
c636ebdb 254extern void shrink_dcache_for_umount(struct super_block *);
5542aa2f 255extern void d_invalidate(struct dentry *);
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256
257/* only used at mount-time */
adc0e91a 258extern struct dentry * d_make_root(struct inode *);
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259
260/* <clickety>-<click> the ramfs-type tree */
261extern void d_genocide(struct dentry *);
262
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263extern void d_tmpfile(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
264
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265extern struct dentry *d_find_alias(struct inode *);
266extern void d_prune_aliases(struct inode *);
267
268/* test whether we have any submounts in a subdir tree */
269extern int have_submounts(struct dentry *);
270
271/*
272 * This adds the entry to the hash queues.
273 */
274extern void d_rehash(struct dentry *);
275
276/**
277 * d_add - add dentry to hash queues
278 * @entry: dentry to add
279 * @inode: The inode to attach to this dentry
280 *
281 * This adds the entry to the hash queues and initializes @inode.
282 * The entry was actually filled in earlier during d_alloc().
283 */
284
285static inline void d_add(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
286{
287 d_instantiate(entry, inode);
288 d_rehash(entry);
289}
290
291/**
292 * d_add_unique - add dentry to hash queues without aliasing
293 * @entry: dentry to add
294 * @inode: The inode to attach to this dentry
295 *
296 * This adds the entry to the hash queues and initializes @inode.
297 * The entry was actually filled in earlier during d_alloc().
298 */
299static inline struct dentry *d_add_unique(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
300{
301 struct dentry *res;
302
303 res = d_instantiate_unique(entry, inode);
304 d_rehash(res != NULL ? res : entry);
305 return res;
306}
307
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308extern void dentry_update_name_case(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
309
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310/* used for rename() and baskets */
311extern void d_move(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
da1ce067 312extern void d_exchange(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
e2761a11 313extern struct dentry *d_ancestor(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
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314
315/* appendix may either be NULL or be used for transname suffixes */
da2d8455 316extern struct dentry *d_lookup(const struct dentry *, const struct qstr *);
31e6b01f 317extern struct dentry *d_hash_and_lookup(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
a713ca2a 318extern struct dentry *__d_lookup(const struct dentry *, const struct qstr *);
8966be90 319extern struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(const struct dentry *parent,
da53be12 320 const struct qstr *name, unsigned *seq);
31e6b01f 321
24924a20 322static inline unsigned d_count(const struct dentry *dentry)
84d08fa8 323{
98474236 324 return dentry->d_lockref.count;
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325}
326
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327/*
328 * helper function for dentry_operations.d_dname() members
329 */
330extern char *dynamic_dname(struct dentry *, char *, int, const char *, ...);
118b2302 331extern char *simple_dname(struct dentry *, char *, int);
c23fbb6b 332
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333extern char *__d_path(const struct path *, const struct path *, char *, int);
334extern char *d_absolute_path(const struct path *, char *, int);
20d4fdc1 335extern char *d_path(const struct path *, char *, int);
ec2447c2 336extern char *dentry_path_raw(struct dentry *, char *, int);
6092d048 337extern char *dentry_path(struct dentry *, char *, int);
cf28b486 338
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339/* Allocation counts.. */
340
341/**
dc0474be 342 * dget, dget_dlock - get a reference to a dentry
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343 * @dentry: dentry to get a reference to
344 *
345 * Given a dentry or %NULL pointer increment the reference count
346 * if appropriate and return the dentry. A dentry will not be
dc0474be 347 * destroyed when it has references.
1da177e4 348 */
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349static inline struct dentry *dget_dlock(struct dentry *dentry)
350{
dc0474be 351 if (dentry)
98474236 352 dentry->d_lockref.count++;
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353 return dentry;
354}
2fd6b7f5 355
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356static inline struct dentry *dget(struct dentry *dentry)
357{
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358 if (dentry)
359 lockref_get(&dentry->d_lockref);
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360 return dentry;
361}
362
b7ab39f6 363extern struct dentry *dget_parent(struct dentry *dentry);
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364
365/**
366 * d_unhashed - is dentry hashed
367 * @dentry: entry to check
368 *
369 * Returns true if the dentry passed is not currently hashed.
370 */
371
f0d3b3de 372static inline int d_unhashed(const struct dentry *dentry)
1da177e4 373{
dea3667b 374 return hlist_bl_unhashed(&dentry->d_hash);
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375}
376
f0d3b3de 377static inline int d_unlinked(const struct dentry *dentry)
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378{
379 return d_unhashed(dentry) && !IS_ROOT(dentry);
380}
381
f0d3b3de 382static inline int cant_mount(const struct dentry *dentry)
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383{
384 return (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT);
385}
386
387static inline void dont_mount(struct dentry *dentry)
388{
389 spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
390 dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT;
391 spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
392}
393
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394extern void dput(struct dentry *);
395
f0d3b3de 396static inline bool d_managed(const struct dentry *dentry)
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397{
398 return dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY;
399}
400
f0d3b3de 401static inline bool d_mountpoint(const struct dentry *dentry)
1da177e4 402{
5f57cbcc 403 return dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_MOUNTED;
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404}
405
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406/*
407 * Directory cache entry type accessor functions.
408 */
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409static inline unsigned __d_entry_type(const struct dentry *dentry)
410{
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411 unsigned type = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_flags);
412 smp_rmb();
413 return type & DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE;
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414}
415
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416static inline bool d_is_miss(const struct dentry *dentry)
417{
418 return __d_entry_type(dentry) == DCACHE_MISS_TYPE;
419}
420
421static inline bool d_is_whiteout(const struct dentry *dentry)
422{
423 return __d_entry_type(dentry) == DCACHE_WHITEOUT_TYPE;
424}
425
44b1d530 426static inline bool d_can_lookup(const struct dentry *dentry)
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427{
428 return __d_entry_type(dentry) == DCACHE_DIRECTORY_TYPE;
429}
430
431static inline bool d_is_autodir(const struct dentry *dentry)
432{
433 return __d_entry_type(dentry) == DCACHE_AUTODIR_TYPE;
434}
435
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436static inline bool d_is_dir(const struct dentry *dentry)
437{
438 return d_can_lookup(dentry) || d_is_autodir(dentry);
439}
440
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441static inline bool d_is_symlink(const struct dentry *dentry)
442{
443 return __d_entry_type(dentry) == DCACHE_SYMLINK_TYPE;
444}
445
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446static inline bool d_is_reg(const struct dentry *dentry)
447{
448 return __d_entry_type(dentry) == DCACHE_REGULAR_TYPE;
449}
450
451static inline bool d_is_special(const struct dentry *dentry)
452{
453 return __d_entry_type(dentry) == DCACHE_SPECIAL_TYPE;
454}
455
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456static inline bool d_is_file(const struct dentry *dentry)
457{
44bdb5e5 458 return d_is_reg(dentry) || d_is_special(dentry);
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459}
460
461static inline bool d_is_negative(const struct dentry *dentry)
462{
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463 // TODO: check d_is_whiteout(dentry) also.
464 return d_is_miss(dentry);
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465}
466
467static inline bool d_is_positive(const struct dentry *dentry)
468{
469 return !d_is_negative(dentry);
470}
471
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472/**
473 * d_really_is_negative - Determine if a dentry is really negative (ignoring fallthroughs)
474 * @dentry: The dentry in question
475 *
476 * Returns true if the dentry represents either an absent name or a name that
477 * doesn't map to an inode (ie. ->d_inode is NULL). The dentry could represent
478 * a true miss, a whiteout that isn't represented by a 0,0 chardev or a
479 * fallthrough marker in an opaque directory.
480 *
481 * Note! (1) This should be used *only* by a filesystem to examine its own
482 * dentries. It should not be used to look at some other filesystem's
483 * dentries. (2) It should also be used in combination with d_inode() to get
484 * the inode. (3) The dentry may have something attached to ->d_lower and the
485 * type field of the flags may be set to something other than miss or whiteout.
486 */
487static inline bool d_really_is_negative(const struct dentry *dentry)
488{
489 return dentry->d_inode == NULL;
490}
491
492/**
493 * d_really_is_positive - Determine if a dentry is really positive (ignoring fallthroughs)
494 * @dentry: The dentry in question
495 *
496 * Returns true if the dentry represents a name that maps to an inode
497 * (ie. ->d_inode is not NULL). The dentry might still represent a whiteout if
498 * that is represented on medium as a 0,0 chardev.
499 *
500 * Note! (1) This should be used *only* by a filesystem to examine its own
501 * dentries. It should not be used to look at some other filesystem's
502 * dentries. (2) It should also be used in combination with d_inode() to get
503 * the inode.
504 */
505static inline bool d_really_is_positive(const struct dentry *dentry)
506{
507 return dentry->d_inode != NULL;
508}
509
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510extern void d_set_fallthru(struct dentry *dentry);
511
512static inline bool d_is_fallthru(const struct dentry *dentry)
513{
514 return dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_FALLTHRU;
515}
516
517
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518extern int sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;
519
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520static inline unsigned long vfs_pressure_ratio(unsigned long val)
521{
522 return mult_frac(val, sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure, 100);
523}
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524
525/**
526 * d_inode - Get the actual inode of this dentry
527 * @dentry: The dentry to query
528 *
529 * This is the helper normal filesystems should use to get at their own inodes
530 * in their own dentries and ignore the layering superimposed upon them.
531 */
532static inline struct inode *d_inode(const struct dentry *dentry)
533{
534 return dentry->d_inode;
535}
536
537/**
538 * d_inode_rcu - Get the actual inode of this dentry with ACCESS_ONCE()
539 * @dentry: The dentry to query
540 *
541 * This is the helper normal filesystems should use to get at their own inodes
542 * in their own dentries and ignore the layering superimposed upon them.
543 */
544static inline struct inode *d_inode_rcu(const struct dentry *dentry)
545{
546 return ACCESS_ONCE(dentry->d_inode);
547}
548
549/**
550 * d_backing_inode - Get upper or lower inode we should be using
551 * @upper: The upper layer
552 *
553 * This is the helper that should be used to get at the inode that will be used
554 * if this dentry were to be opened as a file. The inode may be on the upper
555 * dentry or it may be on a lower dentry pinned by the upper.
556 *
557 * Normal filesystems should not use this to access their own inodes.
558 */
559static inline struct inode *d_backing_inode(const struct dentry *upper)
560{
561 struct inode *inode = upper->d_inode;
562
563 return inode;
564}
565
566/**
567 * d_backing_dentry - Get upper or lower dentry we should be using
568 * @upper: The upper layer
569 *
570 * This is the helper that should be used to get the dentry of the inode that
571 * will be used if this dentry were opened as a file. It may be the upper
572 * dentry or it may be a lower dentry pinned by the upper.
573 *
574 * Normal filesystems should not use this to access their own dentries.
575 */
576static inline struct dentry *d_backing_dentry(struct dentry *upper)
577{
578 return upper;
579}
580
1da177e4 581#endif /* __LINUX_DCACHE_H */