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-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h18
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f171505940ff..a3a48a5d8728 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2523,20 +2523,28 @@ struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
struct path *backing_file_user_path(struct file *f);
/*
- * file_user_path - get the path to display for memory mapped file
- *
* When mmapping a file on a stackable filesystem (e.g., overlayfs), the file
* stored in ->vm_file is a backing file whose f_inode is on the underlying
- * filesystem. When the mapped file path is displayed to user (e.g. via
- * /proc/<pid>/maps), this helper should be used to get the path to display
- * to the user, which is the path of the fd that user has requested to map.
+ * filesystem. When the mapped file path and inode number are displayed to
+ * user (e.g. via /proc/<pid>/maps), these helpers should be used to get the
+ * path and inode number to display to the user, which is the path of the fd
+ * that user has requested to map and the inode number that would be returned
+ * by fstat() on that same fd.
*/
+/* Get the path to display in /proc/<pid>/maps */
static inline const struct path *file_user_path(struct file *f)
{
if (unlikely(f->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING))
return backing_file_user_path(f);
return &f->f_path;
}
+/* Get the inode whose inode number to display in /proc/<pid>/maps */
+static inline const struct inode *file_user_inode(struct file *f)
+{
+ if (unlikely(f->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING))
+ return d_inode(backing_file_user_path(f)->dentry);
+ return file_inode(f);
+}
static inline struct file *file_clone_open(struct file *file)
{