Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] fs/dcache: add d_compare() helper support

[Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>]

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 06:18:45PM +0800, Xiubo Li wrote:
> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <xiubli@redhat.com>
> ---
>  fs/dcache.c            | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/dcache.h |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
> index 93f4f5ee07bf..95a72f92a94b 100644
> --- a/fs/dcache.c
> +++ b/fs/dcache.c
> @@ -2262,6 +2262,21 @@ static inline bool d_same_name(const struct dentry *dentry,
>  				       name) == 0;
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * d_compare - compare dentry name with case-exact name
> + * @parent: parent dentry
> + * @dentry: the negative dentry that was passed to the parent's lookup func
> + * @name:   the case-exact name to be associated with the returned dentry
> + *
> + * Return: 0 if names are same, or 1
> + */
> +bool d_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
> +	       const struct qstr *name)
> +{
> +	return !d_same_name(dentry, parent, name);

What's wrong with d_same_name()? Why introduce a whole new operation
and export it when you the same prototype except first and second
argument moved with an even more confusing name?

> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_compare);

New symbols should go with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() instead.

  Luis