VFS: Provide empty name qstr

Provide an empty name (ie. "") qstr for general use.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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David Howells 2017-07-04 17:25:22 +01:00 committed by Al Viro
parent ee416bcdba
commit cdf01226b2
6 changed files with 15 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -739,13 +739,12 @@ int create_pipe_files(struct file **res, int flags)
struct inode *inode = get_pipe_inode();
struct file *f;
struct path path;
static struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
if (!inode)
return -ENFILE;
err = -ENOMEM;
path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb, &name);
path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb, &empty_name);
if (!path.dentry)
goto err_inode;
path.mnt = mntget(pipe_mnt);