done_path_create(): constify path argument

Al Viro · Al Viro · commit 63dbfb077cda · 2025-09-15T21:17:08.000-04:00
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4170,7 +4170,7 @@ struct dentry *kern_path_create(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path_create);
 
-void done_path_create(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry)
+void done_path_create(const struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry))
 		dput(dentry);
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *);
 
 extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);
 extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, unsigned int);
-extern void done_path_create(struct path *, struct dentry *);
+extern void done_path_create(const struct path *, struct dentry *);
 extern struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *, struct path *);
 extern struct dentry *kern_path_locked_negative(const char *, struct path *);
 extern struct dentry *user_path_locked_at(int , const char __user *, struct path *);

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -4170,7 +4170,7 @@ struct dentry kern_path_create(int dfd, const char pathname,`
`4170`	`4170`	`}`
`4171`	`4171`	`EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path_create);`
`4172`	`4172`
`4173`		`-void done_path_create(struct path path, struct dentry dentry)`
	`4173`	`+void done_path_create(const struct path path, struct dentry dentry)`
`4174`	`4174`	`{`
`4175`	`4175`	`if (!IS_ERR(dentry))`
`4176`	`4176`	`dput(dentry);`