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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index b3ae77cccbb..6a41f4cab14 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1211,6 +1211,14 @@ static inline void mark_inode_dirty_sync(struct inode *inode) __mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC); } +/** + * inc_nlink - directly increment an inode's link count + * @inode: inode + * + * This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any + * direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink. Currently, + * it is only here for parity with dec_nlink(). + */ static inline void inc_nlink(struct inode *inode) { inode->i_nlink++; @@ -1222,11 +1230,30 @@ static inline void inode_inc_link_count(struct inode *inode) mark_inode_dirty(inode); } +/** + * drop_nlink - directly drop an inode's link count + * @inode: inode + * + * This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any + * direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink. In cases + * where we are attempting to track writes to the + * filesystem, a decrement to zero means an imminent + * write when the file is truncated and actually unlinked + * on the filesystem. + */ static inline void drop_nlink(struct inode *inode) { inode->i_nlink--; } +/** + * clear_nlink - directly zero an inode's link count + * @inode: inode + * + * This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any + * direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink. See + * drop_nlink() for why we care about i_nlink hitting zero. + */ static inline void clear_nlink(struct inode *inode) { inode->i_nlink = 0; |