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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-02-20 16:13:58 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-02-20 16:13:58 -0800
commit8ebbfb49574818f07a25bc119b1bbdf1c2853a39 (patch)
treee7b1ea6c6a3ea522654c685f2f0c9f41466fdcf9 /fs/super.c
parent39e255dab5a993cbebb35598015da1d4a0eb3727 (diff)
parent847c9db5cb50841589b8ebd3da0769b1b02fb3b2 (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Assorted fixes, sat in -next for a week or so... * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: ocfs2: deal with wraparounds of i_nlink in ocfs2_rename() vfs: fix compat_sys_stat() handling of overflows in st_nlink quota: Fix deadlock with suspend and quotas vfs: Provide function to get superblock and wait for it to thaw vfs: fix panic in __d_lookup() with high dentry hashtable counts autofs4 - fix lockdep splat in autofs vfs: fix d_inode_lookup() dentry ref leak
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diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 6015c02296b7..6277ec6cb60a 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -634,6 +634,28 @@ rescan:
EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_super);
/**
+ * get_super_thawed - get thawed superblock of a device
+ * @bdev: device to get the superblock for
+ *
+ * Scans the superblock list and finds the superblock of the file system
+ * mounted on the device. The superblock is returned once it is thawed
+ * (or immediately if it was not frozen). %NULL is returned if no match
+ * is found.
+ */
+struct super_block *get_super_thawed(struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+ while (1) {
+ struct super_block *s = get_super(bdev);
+ if (!s || s->s_frozen == SB_UNFROZEN)
+ return s;
+ up_read(&s->s_umount);
+ vfs_check_frozen(s, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+ put_super(s);
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_super_thawed);
+
+/**
* get_active_super - get an active reference to the superblock of a device
* @bdev: device to get the superblock for
*