Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

Pull vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "overlayfs merge + leak fix for d_splice_alias() failure exits"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  overlayfs: embed middle into overlay_readdir_data
  overlayfs: embed root into overlay_readdir_data
  overlayfs: make ovl_cache_entry->name an array instead of pointer
  overlayfs: don't hold ->i_mutex over opening the real directory
  fix inode leaks on d_splice_alias() failure exits
  fs: limit filesystem stacking depth
  overlay: overlay filesystem documentation
  overlayfs: implement show_options
  overlayfs: add statfs support
  overlay filesystem
  shmem: support RENAME_WHITEOUT
  ext4: support RENAME_WHITEOUT
  vfs: add RENAME_WHITEOUT
  vfs: add whiteout support
  vfs: export check_sticky()
  vfs: introduce clone_private_mount()
  vfs: export __inode_permission() to modules
  vfs: export do_splice_direct() to modules
  vfs: add i_op->dentry_open()

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index d6fd3ac..de92c13 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -823,8 +823,7 @@ struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
 	f = get_empty_filp();
 	if (!IS_ERR(f)) {
 		f->f_flags = flags;
-		f->f_path = *path;
-		error = do_dentry_open(f, NULL, cred);
+		error = vfs_open(path, f, cred);
 		if (!error) {
 			/* from now on we need fput() to dispose of f */
 			error = open_check_o_direct(f);
@@ -841,6 +840,26 @@ struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_open);
 
+/**
+ * vfs_open - open the file at the given path
+ * @path: path to open
+ * @filp: newly allocated file with f_flag initialized
+ * @cred: credentials to use
+ */
+int vfs_open(const struct path *path, struct file *filp,
+	     const struct cred *cred)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
+
+	if (inode->i_op->dentry_open)
+		return inode->i_op->dentry_open(path->dentry, filp, cred);
+	else {
+		filp->f_path = *path;
+		return do_dentry_open(filp, NULL, cred);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_open);
+
 static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, umode_t mode, struct open_flags *op)
 {
 	int lookup_flags = 0;