Re: [PATCH 14/17] fs/namespace: use __getname() to allocate mntpath buffer

[Jan Kara]

On Sat 23-05-26 20:54:26, Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) wrote:
> mnt_warn_timestamp_expiry() allocates memory for a path with
> __get_free_page() although there is a dedicated helper for allocation of
> file paths: __getname().
> 
> Replace __get_free_page() for allocation of a path buffer with __getname().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/namespace.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
> index fe919abd2f01..2ed9cd846a81 100644
> --- a/fs/namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/namespace.c
> @@ -3303,7 +3303,7 @@ static void mnt_warn_timestamp_expiry(const struct path *mountpoint,
>  	   (ktime_get_real_seconds() + TIME_UPTIME_SEC_MAX > sb->s_time_max)) {
>  		char *buf, *mntpath;
>  
> -		buf = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> +		buf = __getname();

Fair but d_path() below should then get PATH_MAX and not PAGE_SIZE.

>  		if (buf)
>  			mntpath = d_path(mountpoint, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
>  		else
> @@ -3319,7 +3319,7 @@ static void mnt_warn_timestamp_expiry(const struct path *mountpoint,
>  
>  		sb->s_iflags |= SB_I_TS_EXPIRY_WARNED;
>  		if (buf)
> -			free_page((unsigned long)buf);
> +			__putname(buf);

And __putname() is fine with NULL so no need for the if (buf) check here.

								Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR