Re: [nameidata 2/2] Pass no useless nameidata to the create, lookup, and permission IOPs

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:29:20 +0200 Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:

> Here is a patch with request for comment.
> 
> --- a/include/linux/namei.h
> +++ b/include/linux/namei.h
> @@ -14,21 +14,39 @@ struct open_intent {
>  
>  enum { MAX_NESTED_LINKS = 8 };
>  
> +/**

Please don't use the kernel-doc begin-marker "/**" when the comment block
isn't in kernel-doc format.

> + * Fields shared between nameidata and nameidata2 -- nameidata2 could
> + * be embedded in nameidata, but then the vfs code would become
> + * cluttered with dereferences.
> + */
> +#define __NAMEIDATA2				\
> +	struct dentry	*dentry;		\
> +	struct vfsmount *mnt;			\
> +	unsigned int	flags;			\
> +						\
> +	union {					\
> +		struct open_intent open;	\
> +	} intent;
> +

---
~Randy
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