fs: make file_dentry() a simple accessor

file_dentry() is a relic from the days that overlayfs was using files with
a "fake" path, meaning, f_path on overlayfs and f_inode on underlying fs.

In those days, file_dentry() was needed to get the underlying fs dentry
that matches f_inode.

Files with "fake" path should not exist nowadays, so make file_dentry() a
simple accessor and use an assertion to make sure that file_dentry() was
not papering over filesystem bugs.

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240202110132.1584111-2-amir73il@gmail.com
Tested-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 9efd6220b7c6..2e07cbbf92e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1084,9 +1084,20 @@ static inline struct inode *file_inode(const struct file *f)
 	return f->f_inode;
 }
 
+/*
+ * file_dentry() is a relic from the days that overlayfs was using files with a
+ * "fake" path, meaning, f_path on overlayfs and f_inode on underlying fs.
+ * In those days, file_dentry() was needed to get the underlying fs dentry that
+ * matches f_inode.
+ * Files with "fake" path should not exist nowadays, so use an assertion to make
+ * sure that file_dentry() was not papering over filesystem bugs.
+ */
 static inline struct dentry *file_dentry(const struct file *file)
 {
-	return d_real(file->f_path.dentry, file_inode(file));
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(d_inode(dentry) != file_inode(file));
+	return dentry;
 }
 
 struct fasync_struct {