linux-toradex.git/fs/proc/thread_self.c, branch v4.4.93

don't pass nameidata to ->follow_link()

2015-05-11T02:20:15+00:00

its only use is getting passed to nd_jump_link(), which can obtain
it from current->nameidata

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

new ->follow_link() and ->put_link() calling conventions

2015-05-11T02:19:45+00:00

a) instead of storing the symlink body (via nd_set_link()) and returning
an opaque pointer later passed to ->put_link(), ->follow_link() _stores_
that opaque pointer (into void * passed by address by caller) and returns
the symlink body.  Returning ERR_PTR() on error, NULL on jump (procfs magic
symlinks) and pointer to symlink body for normal symlinks.  Stored pointer
is ignored in all cases except the last one.

Storing NULL for opaque pointer (or not storing it at all) means no call
of ->put_link().

b) the body used to be passed to ->put_link() implicitly (via nameidata).
Now only the opaque pointer is.  In the cases when we used the symlink body
to free stuff, ->follow_link() now should store it as opaque pointer in addition
to returning it.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

VFS: normal filesystems (and lustre): d_inode() annotations

2015-04-15T19:06:57+00:00

that's the bulk of filesystem drivers dealing with inodes of their own

Signed-off-by: David Howells 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

proc: Implement /proc/thread-self to point at the directory of the current thread

2014-08-04T17:07:11+00:00

/proc/thread-self is derived from /proc/self.  /proc/thread-self
points to the directory in proc containing information about the
current thread.

This funtionality has been missing for a long time, and is tricky to
implement in userspace as gettid() is not exported by glibc.  More
importantly this allows fixing defects in /proc/mounts and /proc/net
where in a threaded application today they wind up being empty files
when only the initial pthread has exited, causing problems for other
threads.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman"