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    VFS: Introduce inode-getting helpers for layered/unioned fs environments · 155e35d4
    David Howells authored
    
    
    Introduce some function for getting the inode (and also the dentry) in an
    environment where layered/unioned filesystems are in operation.
    
    The problem is that we have places where we need *both* the union dentry and
    the lower source or workspace inode or dentry available, but we can only have
    a handle on one of them.  Therefore we need to derive the handle to the other
    from that.
    
    The idea is to introduce an extra field in struct dentry that allows the union
    dentry to refer to and pin the lower dentry.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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