[PATCH 3.16 045/366] vfs: add the sb_start_intwrite_trylock() helper

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sun Nov 11 2018 - 15:16:44 EST


3.16.61-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 0c8e3fe35db9b66ae0030849545030ec7c0fc45c upstream.

Needed by ext4 to test frozen fs before updating s_last_mounted.

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/fs.h | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1389,6 +1389,11 @@ static inline void sb_start_intwrite(str
__sb_start_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_FS, true);
}

+static inline int sb_start_intwrite_trylock(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+ return __sb_start_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_FS, false);
+}
+

extern bool inode_owner_or_capable(const struct inode *inode);