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fs: make file_dentry() a simple accessor
authorAmir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Fri, 2 Feb 2024 11:01:31 +0000 (13:01 +0200)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Tue, 6 Feb 2024 15:54:45 +0000 (16:54 +0100)
commit3058fca1ed7955c904584a6d86108d664a927177
tree3e741d5c49f03bbe25d3b76ffdccb01464e1cdf8
parente6f7958042a7b1dc9a4dfc19fca74217bc0c4865
fs: make file_dentry() a simple accessor

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>
include/linux/fs.h