From fae683f764f91f31ab45512e70cc8cc81d4d157b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Suresh Jayaraman Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 20:00:05 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] cifs: add comments explaining cifs_new_fileinfo behavior The comments make it clear the otherwise subtle behavior of cifs_new_fileinfo(). Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman Reviewed-by: Shirish Pargaonkar -- fs/cifs/dir.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Steve French --- fs/cifs/dir.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c index d791d0763a9c..bd363df19b3f 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/dir.c +++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c @@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ cifs_bp_rename_retry: return full_path; } +/* + * When called with struct file pointer set to NULL, there is no way we could + * update file->private_data, but getting it stuck on openFileList provides a + * way to access it from cifs_fill_filedata and thereby set file->private_data + * from cifs_open. + */ struct cifsFileInfo * cifs_new_fileinfo(struct inode *newinode, __u16 fileHandle, struct file *file, struct vfsmount *mnt, unsigned int oflags) @@ -251,6 +257,10 @@ int cifs_posix_open(char *full_path, struct inode **pinode, cifs_fattr_to_inode(*pinode, &fattr); } + /* + * cifs_fill_filedata() takes care of setting cifsFileInfo pointer to + * file->private_data. + */ if (mnt) cifs_new_fileinfo(*pinode, *pnetfid, NULL, mnt, oflags); @@ -466,8 +476,12 @@ cifs_create_set_dentry: /* mknod case - do not leave file open */ CIFSSMBClose(xid, tcon, fileHandle); } else if (!(posix_create) && (newinode)) { - cifs_new_fileinfo(newinode, fileHandle, NULL, - nd->path.mnt, oflags); + /* + * cifs_fill_filedata() takes care of setting cifsFileInfo + * pointer to file->private_data. + */ + cifs_new_fileinfo(newinode, fileHandle, NULL, nd->path.mnt, + oflags); } cifs_create_out: kfree(buf); -- 2.20.1