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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-17 03:09:57 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-17 03:09:57 +0100
commit054cfaacf88865bff1dd58d305443d5d6c068a08 (patch)
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parentMerge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gee... (diff)
parentvfs: bury ->get_sb() (diff)
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Merge branch 'mnt_devname' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6
* 'mnt_devname' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: vfs: bury ->get_sb() nfs: switch NFS from ->get_sb() to ->mount() nfs: stop mangling ->mnt_devname on NFS vfs: new superblock methods to override /proc/*/mount{s,info} nfs: nfs_do_{ref,sub}mount() superblock argument is redundant nfs: make nfs_path() work without vfsmount nfs: store devname at disconnected NFS roots nfs: propagate devname to nfs{,4}_get_root()
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@@ -394,3 +394,10 @@ file) you must return -EOPNOTSUPP if FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE is set in mode.
Currently you can only have FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE with FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE set,
so the i_size should not change when hole punching, even when puching the end of
a file off.
+
+--
+[mandatory]
+ ->get_sb() is gone. Switch to use of ->mount(). Typically it's just
+a matter of switching from calling get_sb_... to mount_... and changing the
+function type. If you were doing it manually, just switch from setting ->mnt_root
+to some pointer to returning that pointer. On errors return ERR_PTR(...).