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    vfs: define struct filename and have getname() return it · 91a27b2a
    Jeff Layton authored
    getname() is intended to copy pathname strings from userspace into a
    kernel buffer. The result is just a string in kernel space. It would
    however be quite helpful to be able to attach some ancillary info to
    the string.
    
    For instance, we could attach some audit-related info to reduce the
    amount of audit-related processing needed. When auditing is enabled,
    we could also call getname() on the string more than once and not
    need to recopy it from userspace.
    
    This patchset converts the getname()/putname() interfaces to return
    a struct instead of a string. For now, the struct just tracks the
    string in kernel space and the original userland pointer for it.
    
    Later, we'll add other information to the struct as it becomes
    convenient.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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