SUNRPC: pipefs per-net operations helper introduced

During per-net pipes creation and destruction we have to make sure, that pipefs
sb exists for the whole creation/destruction cycle. This is done by using
special mutex which controls pipefs sb reference on network namespace context.
Helper consists of two parts: first of them (rpc_get_dentry_net) searches for
dentry with specified name and returns with mutex taken on success. When pipe
creation or destructions is completed, caller should release this mutex by
rpc_put_dentry_net call.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@parallels.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
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Stanislav Kinsbursky 2011-12-26 15:39:39 +03:00 committed by Trond Myklebust
parent 90c4e82999
commit c21a588f35
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@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ enum {
extern struct dentry *rpc_d_lookup_sb(const struct super_block *sb,
const unsigned char *dir_name);
extern void rpc_pipefs_init_net(struct net *net);
extern struct super_block *rpc_get_sb_net(const struct net *net);
extern void rpc_put_sb_net(const struct net *net);
extern ssize_t rpc_pipe_generic_upcall(struct file *, struct rpc_pipe_msg *,
char __user *, size_t);