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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/namespace.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namespace.c | 30 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index 40b994a29e90..de6fae84f1a1 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -469,6 +469,24 @@ void mnt_drop_write_file(struct file *file) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(mnt_drop_write_file); +/** + * mnt_hold_writers - prevent write access to the given mount + * @mnt: mnt to prevent write access to + * + * Prevents write access to @mnt if there are no active writers for @mnt. + * This function needs to be called and return successfully before changing + * properties of @mnt that need to remain stable for callers with write access + * to @mnt. + * + * After this functions has been called successfully callers must pair it with + * a call to mnt_unhold_writers() in order to stop preventing write access to + * @mnt. + * + * Context: This function expects lock_mount_hash() to be held serializing + * setting MNT_WRITE_HOLD. + * Return: On success 0 is returned. + * On error, -EBUSY is returned. + */ static inline int mnt_hold_writers(struct mount *mnt) { mnt->mnt.mnt_flags |= MNT_WRITE_HOLD; @@ -500,6 +518,18 @@ static inline int mnt_hold_writers(struct mount *mnt) return 0; } +/** + * mnt_unhold_writers - stop preventing write access to the given mount + * @mnt: mnt to stop preventing write access to + * + * Stop preventing write access to @mnt allowing callers to gain write access + * to @mnt again. + * + * This function can only be called after a successful call to + * mnt_hold_writers(). + * + * Context: This function expects lock_mount_hash() to be held. + */ static inline void mnt_unhold_writers(struct mount *mnt) { /* |