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@@ -622,3 +622,14 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
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alloc_file_clone(file, flags, ops) does not affect any caller's references.
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On success you get a new struct file sharing the mount/dentry with the
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original, on failure - ERR_PTR().
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+--
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+[recommended]
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+ ->lookup() instances doing an equivalent of
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+ if (IS_ERR(inode))
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+ return ERR_CAST(inode);
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+ return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
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+ don't need to bother with the check - d_splice_alias() will do the
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+ right thing when given ERR_PTR(...) as inode. Moreover, passing NULL
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+ inode to d_splice_alias() will also do the right thing (equivalent of
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+ d_add(dentry, NULL); return NULL;), so that kind of special cases
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+ also doesn't need a separate treatment.
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