merge nfs bugfixes into nfsd for-3.19 branch

In addition to nfsd bugfixes, there are some fixes in -rc5 for client
bugs that can interfere with my testing.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index c94449b2e582..192c429f1fbc 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -824,8 +824,7 @@ struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
 	f = get_empty_filp();
 	if (!IS_ERR(f)) {
 		f->f_flags = flags;
-		f->f_path = *path;
-		error = do_dentry_open(f, NULL, cred);
+		error = vfs_open(path, f, cred);
 		if (!error) {
 			/* from now on we need fput() to dispose of f */
 			error = open_check_o_direct(f);
@@ -842,6 +841,26 @@ struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_open);
 
+/**
+ * vfs_open - open the file at the given path
+ * @path: path to open
+ * @filp: newly allocated file with f_flag initialized
+ * @cred: credentials to use
+ */
+int vfs_open(const struct path *path, struct file *filp,
+	     const struct cred *cred)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
+
+	if (inode->i_op->dentry_open)
+		return inode->i_op->dentry_open(path->dentry, filp, cred);
+	else {
+		filp->f_path = *path;
+		return do_dentry_open(filp, NULL, cred);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_open);
+
 static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, umode_t mode, struct open_flags *op)
 {
 	int lookup_flags = 0;