fs: add f_pipe

Only regular files with FMODE_ATOMIC_POS and directories need
f_pos_lock. Place a new f_pipe member in a union with f_pos_lock
that they can use and make them stop abusing f_version in follow-up
patches.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240830-vfs-file-f_version-v1-18-6d3e4816aa7b@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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Christian Brauner
2024-08-30 15:04:59 +02:00
parent 1146e5a69e
commit 5e9b50dea9
2 changed files with 14 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ static int init_file(struct file *f, int flags, const struct cred *cred)
}
spin_lock_init(&f->f_lock);
/*
* Note that f_pos_lock is only used for files raising
* FMODE_ATOMIC_POS and directories. Other files such as pipes
* don't need it and since f_pos_lock is in a union may reuse
* the space for other purposes. They are expected to initialize
* the respective member when opening the file.
*/
mutex_init(&f->f_pos_lock);
f->f_flags = flags;
f->f_mode = OPEN_FMODE(flags);