From cdf01226b26e98c79c13b335fbe0cbbbe850cf44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 17:25:22 +0100 Subject: VFS: Provide empty name qstr Provide an empty name (ie. "") qstr for general use. Signed-off-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/pipe.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/pipe.c') diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c index 73b84baf58f8..97e5be897753 100644 --- a/fs/pipe.c +++ b/fs/pipe.c @@ -739,13 +739,12 @@ int create_pipe_files(struct file **res, int flags) struct inode *inode = get_pipe_inode(); struct file *f; struct path path; - static struct qstr name = { .name = "" }; if (!inode) return -ENFILE; err = -ENOMEM; - path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb, &name); + path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb, &empty_name); if (!path.dentry) goto err_inode; path.mnt = mntget(pipe_mnt); -- cgit v1.2.3