[PATCH v2 10/13] fs: stat_print: get cdevname from stat

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Mon Dec 15 03:26:37 PST 2025



On 12/9/25 1:51 PM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> In stat_print() we have to take the filename component of the input path
> and retrieve the cdev from that name. Now that we have the cdevname in
> struct stat we can simplify this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>

> ---
>  fs/fs.c | 25 ++++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/fs.c b/fs/fs.c
> index 9022287dff2f4959f64eac76c544634b3978d238..30fe5db4d2800ebfdc0c44603caea15bdff807aa 100644
> --- a/fs/fs.c
> +++ b/fs/fs.c
> @@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ void stat_print(int dirfd, const char *filename, const struct stat *st)
>  	struct fs_device *fdev;
>  	struct cdev *cdev = NULL;
>  	const char *type = NULL, *typeprefix = "";
> -	bool is_cdev_link = false;
>  	char modestr[11];
>  
>  	mkmodestr(st->st_mode, modestr);
> @@ -152,23 +151,10 @@ void stat_print(int dirfd, const char *filename, const struct stat *st)
>  		case S_IFREG:    type = "regular file"; break;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (st->st_mode & S_IFCHR) {
> -		char *path;
> -
> -		path = canonicalize_path(dirfd, filename);
> -		if (path) {
> -			const char *devicefile = devpath_to_name(path);
> -			struct cdev *lcdev;
> -
> -			lcdev = lcdev_by_name(devicefile);
> -			cdev = cdev_readlink(lcdev);
> -			if (cdev != lcdev)
> -				is_cdev_link = true;
> -			if (cdev)
> -				bdev = cdev_get_block_device(cdev);
> -
> -			free(path);
> -		}
> +	if ((st->st_mode & S_IFCHR) && st->st_cdevname) {
> +		cdev = cdev_by_name(st->st_cdevname);
> +		if (cdev)
> +			bdev = cdev_get_block_device(cdev);
>  	}
>  
>  	printf("  File: %s", filename);
> @@ -182,9 +168,6 @@ void stat_print(int dirfd, const char *filename, const struct stat *st)
>  			printf(" -> <readlink error %pe>", ERR_PTR(ret));
>  		else
>  			printf(" -> %s", realname);
> -	} else if (is_cdev_link) {
> -		printf(" ~> %s", cdev->name);
> -		typeprefix = "cdev link to ";
>  	}
>  
>  	printf("\nSize: ");
> 

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