fs: use a helper for opening kernel internal files

cachefiles uses kernel_open_tmpfile() to open kernel internal tmpfile
without accounting for nr_files.

cachefiles uses open_with_fake_path() for the same reason without the
need for a fake path.

Fork open_with_fake_path() to kernel_file_open() which only does the
noaccount part and use it in cachefiles.

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <[email protected]>

Author: amir73il

fs/cachefiles/namei.c

@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ static bool cachefiles_open_file(struct cachefiles_object *object,
 	 */
 	path.mnt = cache->mnt;
 	path.dentry = dentry;
-	file = open_with_fake_path(&path, O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE | O_DIRECT,
-				   d_backing_inode(dentry), cache->cache_cred);
+	file = kernel_file_open(&path, O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE | O_DIRECT,
+				d_backing_inode(dentry), cache->cache_cred);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 		trace_cachefiles_vfs_error(object, d_backing_inode(dentry),
 					   PTR_ERR(file),

fs/open.c

@@ -1116,6 +1116,39 @@ struct file *dentry_create(const struct path *path, int flags, umode_t mode,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_create);
 
+/**
+ * kernel_file_open - open a file for kernel internal use
+ * @path:	path of the file to open
+ * @flags:	open flags
+ * @inode:	the inode
+ * @cred:	credentials for open
+ *
+ * Open a file for use by in-kernel consumers. The file is not accounted
+ * against nr_files and must not be installed into the file descriptor
+ * table.
+ *
+ * Return: Opened file on success, an error pointer on failure.
+ */
+struct file *kernel_file_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
+				struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred)
+{
+	struct file *f;
+	int error;
+
+	f = alloc_empty_file_noaccount(flags, cred);
+	if (IS_ERR(f))
+		return f;
+
+	f->f_path = *path;
+	error = do_dentry_open(f, inode, NULL);
+	if (error) {
+		fput(f);
+		f = ERR_PTR(error);
+	}
+	return f;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_file_open);
+
 struct file *open_with_fake_path(const struct path *path, int flags,
 				struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred)
 {

include/linux/fs.h

@@ -1676,6 +1676,8 @@ struct file *kernel_tmpfile_open(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 				 const struct path *parentpath,
 				 umode_t mode, int open_flag,
 				 const struct cred *cred);
+struct file *kernel_file_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
+			      struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred);
 
 int vfs_mkobj(struct dentry *, umode_t,
 		int (*f)(struct dentry *, umode_t, void *),