file_dentry() is a relic from the days that overlayfs was using files with
a "fake" path, meaning, f_path on overlayfs and f_inode on underlying fs.
In those days, file_dentry() was needed to get the underlying fs dentry
that matches f_inode.
Files with "fake" path should not exist nowadays, so make file_dentry() a
simple accessor and use an assertion to make sure that file_dentry() was
not papering over filesystem bugs.
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240202110132.1584111-2-amir73il@gmail.com
Tested-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
return f->f_inode;
}
+/*
+ * file_dentry() is a relic from the days that overlayfs was using files with a
+ * "fake" path, meaning, f_path on overlayfs and f_inode on underlying fs.
+ * In those days, file_dentry() was needed to get the underlying fs dentry that
+ * matches f_inode.
+ * Files with "fake" path should not exist nowadays, so use an assertion to make
+ * sure that file_dentry() was not papering over filesystem bugs.
+ */
static inline struct dentry *file_dentry(const struct file *file)
{
- return d_real(file->f_path.dentry, file_inode(file));
+ struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(d_inode(dentry) != file_inode(file));
+ return dentry;
}
struct fasync_struct {