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authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2014-07-22 09:17:18 -0700
committerOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2014-07-22 09:17:18 -0700
commite9a86d96be0dff611156ea89fbb6eb91478bddab (patch)
treead38c21c76e1c275264cb20482a7f2bdd54618ba /fs/kernfs/mount.c
parentfc3791f3a95df5b76ecbda6952c13ff67251fd10 (diff)
parentad8adbf2c7d6269d0100f7f460f4837ece060977 (diff)
Merge tag 'sti-defconfig-for-v3.17-1' of git://git.stlinux.com/devel/kernel/linux-sti into next/defconfig
Merge "ARM: STi: defconfig changes for v3.17" from Maxime Coquelin: STi defconfig updates for v3.17 - Enable ST's Thermal controller driver - Enable ST's Keyscan driver - Enable ST's MiPHY365 Phy driver for STiH416 SATA & PCIe - Enable ST's AHCI driver. * tag 'sti-defconfig-for-v3.17-1' of git://git.stlinux.com/devel/kernel/linux-sti: ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Enable MiPHY365x - ST's Generic (SATA & PCIe) PHY ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Enable ST's (S)ATA driver ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: add ST Keyscan driver ARM: update multi_v7_defconfig for STI ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Configure in ST's Thermal Controller + Linux 3.16-rc6 Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
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diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
index d171b98a6cdd..f973ae9b05f1 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
@@ -211,6 +211,36 @@ void kernfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
kernfs_put(root_kn);
}
+/**
+ * kernfs_pin_sb: try to pin the superblock associated with a kernfs_root
+ * @kernfs_root: the kernfs_root in question
+ * @ns: the namespace tag
+ *
+ * Pin the superblock so the superblock won't be destroyed in subsequent
+ * operations. This can be used to block ->kill_sb() which may be useful
+ * for kernfs users which dynamically manage superblocks.
+ *
+ * Returns NULL if there's no superblock associated to this kernfs_root, or
+ * -EINVAL if the superblock is being freed.
+ */
+struct super_block *kernfs_pin_sb(struct kernfs_root *root, const void *ns)
+{
+ struct kernfs_super_info *info;
+ struct super_block *sb = NULL;
+
+ mutex_lock(&kernfs_mutex);
+ list_for_each_entry(info, &root->supers, node) {
+ if (info->ns == ns) {
+ sb = info->sb;
+ if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&info->sb->s_active))
+ sb = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
+ return sb;
+}
+
void __init kernfs_init(void)
{
kernfs_node_cache = kmem_cache_create("kernfs_node_cache",