[PATCH RFCv4 0/4] make '%pD' print full path for file

From: Jia He
Date: Tue Jun 15 2021 - 11:53:08 EST


Background
==========
Linus suggested printing full path for file instead of printing
the components as '%pd'.

Typically, there is no need for printk specifiers to take any real locks
(ie mount_lock or rename_lock). So I introduce a new helper d_path_fast
which is similar to d_path except it doesn't take any seqlock/spinlock.

This series is based on Al Viro's d_path cleanup patches [1] which
lifted the inner lockless loop into a new helper.

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/5/18/1260

Test
====
The cases I tested:
1. print '%pD' with full path of ext4 file
2. mount a ext4 filesystem upon a ext4 filesystem, and print the file
with '%pD'
3. all test_print selftests, including the new '%14pD' '%-14pD'
4. kasnprintf

Changelog
=========
v4:
- don't support spec.precision anymore for '%pD'
- add Rasmus's patch into this series

v3:
- implement new d_path_unsafe to use [buf, end] instead of stack space for
filling bytes (by Matthew)
- add new test cases for '%pD'
- drop patch "hmcdrv: remove the redundant directory path" before removing rfc.

v2:
- implement new d_path_fast based on Al Viro's patches
- add check_pointer check (by Petr)
- change the max full path size to 256 in stack space
v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/5/8/122

Jia He (4):
fs: introduce helper d_path_unsafe()
lib/vsprintf.c: make '%pD' print full path for file
lib/test_printf.c: split write-beyond-buffer check in two
lib/test_printf.c: add test cases for '%pD'

Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst | 5 +-
fs/d_path.c | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
include/linux/dcache.h | 1 +
lib/test_printf.c | 31 ++++++++-
lib/vsprintf.c | 37 ++++++++--
5 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

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