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vfs: make vfs_mknod break delegations on parent directory
authorJeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:12:52 +0000 (09:12 -0500)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:38:36 +0000 (09:38 +0100)
commite8960c1b2ee9ba75d65492b8e90e851d11e5f215
tree8c81470d1c608653d68138c6f11e025d5450f8f7
parentc826229c6a82fe1fe7b7752692f87a881eb4b545
vfs: make vfs_mknod break delegations on parent directory

In order to add directory delegation support, we need to break
delegations on the parent whenever there is going to be a change in the
directory.

Add a new delegated_inode pointer to vfs_mknod() and have the
appropriate callers wait when there is an outstanding delegation. All
other callers just set the pointer to NULL.

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111-dir-deleg-ro-v6-11-52f3feebb2f2@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
fs/init.c
fs/namei.c
fs/nfsd/vfs.c
fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
include/linux/fs.h
net/unix/af_unix.c