eCryptfs: do not try to open device files on mknod
authorMichael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:30:07 +0000 (21:30 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:47:31 +0000 (10:47 -0700)
When creating device nodes, eCryptfs needs to delay actually opening the lower
persistent file until an application tries to open.  Device handles may not be
backed by anything when they first come into existence.

[Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu: build fix]
Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>
Cc: <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu}
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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