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Linux 4.2 compat: follow_link() / put_link()

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Linux 4.2 compat: follow_link() / put_link()

As of Linux 4.2 the kernel has completely retired the nameidata
structure. One of the few remaining consumers of this interface
were the follow_link() and put_link() callbacks.

This patch adds the required checks to configure to detect the
interface change and updates the functions accordingly. Migrating
to the simple_follow_link() interface was considered but was decided
against ironically due to the increased complexity.

It also should be noted that the kernel follow_link() and put_link()
interfaces changes several times after 4.1 and but before 4.2. This
means there is a narrow range of kernel commits which never appear
in an official tag of the Linux kernel which ZoL will not build.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Richard Yao <ryao@gentoo.org>
Issue #3596

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Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>Authored on Jul 15 2015, 5:54 PM
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rG7eb333fbdde3: Linux 4.2 compat: remove bio->bi_cnt access
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Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov> committed rGbd29109f1ac5: Linux 4.2 compat: follow_link() / put_link() (authored by Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>).Jul 17 2015, 4:18 PM