kernfs: introduce kernfs_node_id
inode number and generation can identify a kernfs node. We are going to
export the identification by exportfs operations, so put ino and
generation into a separate structure. It's convenient when later patches
use the identification.
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index 8c00d28..06a0c59 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ struct kernfs_elem_attr {
struct kernfs_node *notify_next; /* for kernfs_notify() */
};
+/* represent a kernfs node */
+union kernfs_node_id {
+ struct {
+ u32 ino;
+ u32 generation;
+ };
+ u64 id;
+};
+
/*
* kernfs_node - the building block of kernfs hierarchy. Each and every
* kernfs node is represented by single kernfs_node. Most fields are
@@ -131,11 +140,10 @@ struct kernfs_node {
void *priv;
+ union kernfs_node_id id;
unsigned short flags;
umode_t mode;
- unsigned int ino;
struct kernfs_iattrs *iattr;
- u32 generation;
};
/*