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author: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> 2008-02-15 14:37:31 -0800 committer: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> 2008-04-19 00:25:32 -0400 commit: aceaf78da92a53f5e1b105649a1b8c0afdb2135c parent: 8366025eb80dfa0d8d94b286d53027081c280ef1
Commit Summary:
[PATCH] r/o bind mounts: create helper to drop file write access
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 986ff4ed0a7c..3f73eb1f195a 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -211,6 +211,23 @@ void fput(struct file *file)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fput);
 
+/**
+ * drop_file_write_access - give up ability to write to a file
+ * @file: the file to which we will stop writing
+ *
+ * This is a central place which will give up the ability
+ * to write to @file, along with access to write through
+ * its vfsmount.
+ */
+void drop_file_write_access(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+
+	put_write_access(inode);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drop_file_write_access);
+
 /* __fput is called from task context when aio completion releases the last
  * last use of a struct file *.  Do not use otherwise.
  */
@@ -236,10 +253,10 @@ void __fput(struct file *file)
 	if (unlikely(S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_cdev != NULL))
 		cdev_put(inode->i_cdev);
 	fops_put(file->f_op);
-	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
-		put_write_access(inode);
 	put_pid(file->f_owner.pid);
 	file_kill(file);
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+		drop_file_write_access(file);
 	file->f_path.dentry = NULL;
 	file->f_path.mnt = NULL;
 	file_free(file);