The last remaining instances of ->get_sb() can be converted ->mount()
now - nothing in them uses new vfsmount anymore.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
a) ->show_devname(m, mnt) - what to put into devname columns in mounts,
mountinfo and mountstats
b) ->show_path(m, mnt) - what to put into relative path column in mountinfo
Leaving those NULL gives old behaviour. NFS switched to using those.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
part 3: now we have everything to get nfs_path() just by dentry -
just follow to (disconnected) root and pick the rest of the thing
there.
Start killing propagation of struct vfsmount * on the paths that
used to bring it to nfs_path().
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
part 2: make sure that disconnected roots have corresponding mnt_devname
values stashed into them.
Have nfs*_get_root() stuff a copy of devname into ->d_fsdata of the
found root, provided that it is disconnected.
Have ->d_release() free it when dentry goes away.
Have the places where NFS uses ->d_fsdata for sillyrename (and that
can *never* happen to a disconnected root - dentry will be attached
to its parent) free old devname copies if they find those.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
iprune_sem is continously giving us lockdep warnings because we do take it in
read mode in the reclaim path, but we're also doing non-NOFS allocations under
it taken in write mode.
Taking a bit deeper look at it I think it's fixable quite trivially:
- for invalidate_inodes we do not need iprune_sem at all. We have an active
reference on the superblock, so the filesystem is not going away until it
has finished.
- for evict_inodes we do need it, to make sure prune_icache has done it's
work before we tear down the superblock. But there is no reason to
hold it over the actual reclaim operation - it's enough to cycle through
it after the actual reclaim to make sure we wait for any pending
prune_icache to complete. We just have to remove the WARN_ON for
otherwise busy inodes as they can actually happen now.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
[AV: on architectures where default conflicts with existing
flags, that is]
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
* 'x86-platform-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (27 commits)
x86: Clean up apic.c and apic.h
x86: Remove superflous goal definition of tsc_sync
x86: dt: Correct local apic documentation in device tree bindings
x86: dt: Cleanup local apic setup
x86: dt: Fix OLPC=y/INTEL_CE=n build
rtc: cmos: Add OF bindings
x86: ce4100: Use OF to setup devices
x86: ioapic: Add OF bindings for IO_APIC
x86: dtb: Add generic bus probe
x86: dtb: Add support for PCI devices backed by dtb nodes
x86: dtb: Add device tree support for HPET
x86: dtb: Add early parsing of IO_APIC
x86: dtb: Add irq domain abstraction
x86: dtb: Add a device tree for CE4100
x86: Add device tree support
x86: e820: Remove conditional early mapping in parse_e820_ext
x86: OLPC: Make OLPC=n build again
x86: OLPC: Remove extra OLPC_OPENFIRMWARE_DT indirection
x86: OLPC: Cleanup config maze completely
x86: OLPC: Hide OLPC_OPENFIRMWARE config switch
...
Fix up conflicts in arch/x86/platform/ce4100/ce4100.c
* 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (93 commits)
x86, tlb, UV: Do small micro-optimization for native_flush_tlb_others()
x86-64, NUMA: Don't call numa_set_distanc() for all possible node combinations during emulation
x86-64, NUMA: Don't assume phys node 0 is always online in numa_emulation()
x86-64, NUMA: Clean up initmem_init()
x86-64, NUMA: Fix numa_emulation code with node0 without RAM
x86-64, NUMA: Revert NUMA affine page table allocation
x86: Work around old gas bug
x86-64, NUMA: Better explain numa_distance handling
x86-64, NUMA: Fix distance table handling
mm: Move early_node_map[] reverse scan helpers under HAVE_MEMBLOCK
x86-64, NUMA: Fix size of numa_distance array
x86: Rename e820_table_* to pgt_buf_*
bootmem: Move __alloc_memory_core_early() to nobootmem.c
bootmem: Move contig_page_data definition to bootmem.c/nobootmem.c
bootmem: Separate out CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM code into nobootmem.c
x86-64, NUMA: Seperate out numa_alloc_distance() from numa_set_distance()
x86-64, NUMA: Add proper function comments to global functions
x86-64, NUMA: Move NUMA emulation into numa_emulation.c
x86-64, NUMA: Prepare numa_emulation() for moving NUMA emulation into a separate file
x86-64, NUMA: Do not scan two times for setup_node_bootmem()
...
Fix up conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
* 'x86-mem-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86-64, mem: Convert memmove() to assembly file and fix return value bug
* 'um-irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
um: Select GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO_DEPRECATED
um: Use proper accessors in show_interrupts()
um: Convert irq_chips to new functions
um: Remove stale irq_chip.end
* 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (116 commits)
x86: Enable forced interrupt threading support
x86: Mark low level interrupts IRQF_NO_THREAD
x86: Use generic show_interrupts
x86: ioapic: Avoid redundant lookup of irq_cfg
x86: ioapic: Use new move_irq functions
x86: Use the proper accessors in fixup_irqs()
x86: ioapic: Use irq_data->state
x86: ioapic: Simplify irq chip and handler setup
x86: Cleanup the genirq name space
genirq: Add chip flag to force mask on suspend
genirq: Add desc->irq_data accessor
genirq: Add comments to Kconfig switches
genirq: Fixup fasteoi handler for oneshot mode
genirq: Provide forced interrupt threading
sched: Switch wait_task_inactive to schedule_hrtimeout()
genirq: Add IRQF_NO_THREAD
genirq: Allow shared oneshot interrupts
genirq: Prepare the handling of shared oneshot interrupts
genirq: Make warning in handle_percpu_event useful
x86: ioapic: Move trigger defines to io_apic.h
...
Fix up trivial(?) conflicts in arch/x86/pci/xen.c due to genirq name
space changes clashing with the Xen cleanups. The set_irq_msi() had
moved to xen_bind_pirq_msi_to_irq().
* 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86: Combine printk()s in show_regs_common()
x86: Don't call dump_stack() from arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace_handler()
* 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86: Fix and clean up generic_processor_info()
x86: Don't copy per_cpu cpuinfo for BSP two times
x86: Move llc_shared_map out of cpu_info
* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86, binutils, xen: Fix another wrong size directive
x86: Remove dead config option X86_CPU
x86: Really print supported CPUs if PROCESSOR_SELECT=y
x86: Fix a bogus unwind annotation in lib/semaphore_32.S
um, x86-64: Fix UML build after adding CFI annotations to lib/rwsem_64.S
x86: Remove unused bits from lib/thunk_*.S
x86: Use {push,pop}_cfi in more places
x86-64: Add CFI annotations to lib/rwsem_64.S
x86, asm: Cleanup unnecssary macros in asm-offsets.c
x86, system.h: Drop unused __SAVE/__RESTORE macros
x86: Use bitmap library functions
x86: Partly unify asm-offsets_{32,64}.c
x86: Reduce back the alignment of the per-CPU data section
* 'timers-rtc-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
RTC: Fix up rtc.txt documentation to reflect changes to generic rtc layer
RTC: sa1100: Update the sa1100 RTC driver.
RTC: Fix the cross interrupt issue on rtc-test.
RTC: Remove UIE and PIE information from the sa1100 driver proc.
RTC: Include information about UIE and PIE in RTC driver proc.
RTC: Clean out UIE icotl implementations
RTC: Cleanup rtc_class_ops->update_irq_enable()
RTC: Cleanup rtc_class_ops->irq_set_freq()
RTC: Cleanup rtc_class_ops->irq_set_state
RTC: Initialize kernel state from RTC
* 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (62 commits)
posix-clocks: Check write permissions in posix syscalls
hrtimer: Remove empty hrtimer_init_hres_timer()
hrtimer: Update hrtimer->state documentation
hrtimer: Update base[CLOCK_BOOTTIME].offset correctly
timers: Export CLOCK_BOOTTIME via the posix timers interface
timers: Add CLOCK_BOOTTIME hrtimer base
time: Extend get_xtime_and_monotonic_offset() to also return sleep
time: Introduce get_monotonic_boottime and ktime_get_boottime
hrtimers: extend hrtimer base code to handle more then 2 clockids
ntp: Remove redundant and incorrect parameter check
mn10300: Switch do_timer() to xtimer_update()
posix clocks: Introduce dynamic clocks
posix-timers: Cleanup namespace
posix-timers: Add support for fd based clocks
x86: Add clock_adjtime for x86
posix-timers: Introduce a syscall for clock tuning.
time: Splitout compat timex accessors
ntp: Add ADJ_SETOFFSET mode bit
time: Introduce timekeeping_inject_offset
posix-timer: Update comment
...
Fix up new system-call-related conflicts in
arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
(name_to_handle_at()/open_by_handle_at() vs clock_adjtime()), and some
due to movement of get_jiffies_64() in:
kernel/time.c
* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (26 commits)
sched: Resched proper CPU on yield_to()
sched: Allow users with sufficient RLIMIT_NICE to change from SCHED_IDLE policy
sched: Allow SCHED_BATCH to preempt SCHED_IDLE tasks
sched: Clean up the IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING code
sched: Add #ifdef around irq time accounting functions
sched, autogroup: Stop claiming ownership of the root task group
sched, autogroup: Stop going ahead if autogroup is disabled
sched, autogroup, sysctl: Use proc_dointvec_minmax() instead
sched: Fix the group_imb logic
sched: Clean up some f_b_g() comments
sched: Clean up remnants of sd_idle
sched: Wholesale removal of sd_idle logic
sched: Add yield_to(task, preempt) functionality
sched: Use a buddy to implement yield_task_fair()
sched: Limit the scope of clear_buddies
sched: Check the right ->nr_running in yield_task_fair()
sched: Avoid expensive initial update_cfs_load(), on UP too
sched: Fix switch_from_fair()
sched: Simplify the idle scheduling class
softirqs: Account ksoftirqd time as cpustat softirq
...
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (184 commits)
perf probe: Clean up probe_point_lazy_walker() return value
tracing: Fix irqoff selftest expanding max buffer
tracing: Align 4 byte ints together in struct tracer
tracing: Export trace_set_clr_event()
tracing: Explain about unstable clock on resume with ring buffer warning
ftrace/graph: Trace function entry before updating index
ftrace: Add .ref.text as one of the safe areas to trace
tracing: Adjust conditional expression latency formatting.
tracing: Fix event alignment: skb:kfree_skb
tracing: Fix event alignment: mce:mce_record
tracing: Fix event alignment: kvm:kvm_hv_hypercall
tracing: Fix event alignment: module:module_request
tracing: Fix event alignment: ftrace:context_switch and ftrace:wakeup
tracing: Remove lock_depth from event entry
perf header: Stop using 'self'
perf session: Use evlist/evsel for managing perf.data attributes
perf top: Don't let events to eat up whole header line
perf top: Fix events overflow in top command
ring-buffer: Remove unused #include <linux/trace_irq.h>
tracing: Add an 'overwrite' trace_option.
...
* 'core-futexes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
arm: Remove bogus comment in futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic()
futex: Deobfuscate handle_futex_death()
plist: Add priority list test
plist: Shrink struct plist_head
futex,plist: Remove debug lock assignment from plist_node
futex,plist: Pass the real head of the priority list to plist_del()
futex: Sanitize futex ops argument types
futex: Sanitize cmpxchg_futex_value_locked API
futex: Remove redundant pagefault_disable in futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic()
futex: Avoid redudant evaluation of task_pid_vnr()
futex: Update futex_wait_setup comments about locking
* 'core-debugobjects-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
debugobjects: Add hint for better object identification
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (57 commits)
tidy the trailing symlinks traversal up
Turn resolution of trailing symlinks iterative everywhere
simplify link_path_walk() tail
Make trailing symlink resolution in path_lookupat() iterative
update nd->inode in __do_follow_link() instead of after do_follow_link()
pull handling of one pathname component into a helper
fs: allow AT_EMPTY_PATH in linkat(), limit that to CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
Allow passing O_PATH descriptors via SCM_RIGHTS datagrams
readlinkat(), fchownat() and fstatat() with empty relative pathnames
Allow O_PATH for symlinks
New kind of open files - "location only".
ext4: Copy fs UUID to superblock
ext3: Copy fs UUID to superblock.
vfs: Export file system uuid via /proc/<pid>/mountinfo
unistd.h: Add new syscalls numbers to asm-generic
x86: Add new syscalls for x86_64
x86: Add new syscalls for x86_32
fs: Remove i_nlink check from file system link callback
fs: Don't allow to create hardlink for deleted file
vfs: Add open by file handle support
...
The new vfs locking scheme introduced in 2.6.38 breaks NFS sillyrename
because the latter relies on being able to determine the parent
directory of the dentry in the ->iput() callback in order to send the
appropriate unlink rpc call.
Looking at the code that cares about races with dput(), there doesn't
seem to be anything that specifically uses d_parent as a test for
whether or not there is a race:
- __d_lookup_rcu(), __d_lookup() all test for d_hashed() after d_parent
- shrink_dcache_for_umount() is safe since nothing else can rearrange
the dentries in that super block.
- have_submount(), select_parent() and d_genocide() can test for a
deletion if we set the DCACHE_DISCONNECTED flag when the dentry
is removed from the parent's d_subdirs list.
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org (2.6.38, needs commit c826cb7dfc "dcache.c:
create helper function for duplicated functionality" )
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This creates a helper function for he "try to ascend into the parent
directory" case, which was written out in triplicate before. With all
the locking and subtle sequence number stuff, we really don't want to
duplicate that kind of code.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* pull the handling of current->total_link_count into
__do_follow_link()
* put the common "do ->put_link() if needed and path_put() the link"
stuff into a helper (put_link(nd, link, cookie))
* rename __do_follow_link() to follow_link(), while we are at it
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
The last remaining place (resolution of nested symlink) converted
to the loop of the same kind we have in path_lookupat() and
path_openat().
Note that we still *do* have a recursion in pathname resolution;
can't avoid it, really. However, it's strictly for nested symlinks
now - i.e. ones in the middle of a pathname.
link_path_walk() has lost the tail now - it always walks everything
except the last component.
do_follow_link() renamed to nested_symlink() and moved down.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Now that link_path_walk() is called without LOOKUP_PARENT
only from do_follow_link(), we can simplify the checks in
last component handling. First of all, checking if we'd
arrived to a directory is not needed - the caller will check
it anyway. And LOOKUP_FOLLOW is guaranteed to be there,
since we only get to that place with nd->depth > 0.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
new helper: walk_component(). Handles everything except symlinks;
returns negative on error, 0 on success and 1 on symlinks we decided
to follow. Drops out of RCU mode on such symlinks.
link_path_walk() and do_last() switched to using that.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
We don't want to allow creation of private hardlinks by different application
using the fd passed to them via SCM_RIGHTS. So limit the null relative name
usage in linkat syscall to CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Newer compilers (gcc 4.6) complains about:
return ret < 0 ?: 0;
For the following reason:
util/probe-finder.c: In function ‘probe_point_lazy_walker’:
util/probe-finder.c:1331:18: error: the omitted middle operand in ?: will always be ‘true’, suggest explicit middle operand [-Werror=parentheses]
And indeed the return value is a somewhat obscure (but correct) value
of 'true', so return 'ret' instead - this is cleaner and unconfuses
GCC as well.
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* 'for-linus' of git://xenbits.xen.org/people/sstabellini/linux-pvhvm:
xen: suspend: remove xen_hvm_suspend
xen: suspend: pull pre/post suspend hooks out into suspend_info
xen: suspend: move arch specific pre/post suspend hooks into generic hooks
xen: suspend: refactor non-arch specific pre/post suspend hooks
xen: suspend: add "arch" to pre/post suspend hooks
xen: suspend: pass extra hypercall argument via suspend_info struct
xen: suspend: refactor cancellation flag into a structure
xen: suspend: use HYPERVISOR_suspend for PVHVM case instead of open coding
xen: switch to new schedop hypercall by default.
xen: use new schedop interface for suspend
xen: do not respond to unknown xenstore control requests
xen: fix compile issue if XEN is enabled but XEN_PVHVM is disabled
xen: PV on HVM: support PV spinlocks and IPIs
xen: make the ballon driver work for hvm domains
xen-blkfront: handle Xen major numbers other than XENVBD
xen: do not use xen_info on HVM, set pv_info name to "Xen HVM"
xen: no need to delay xen_setup_shutdown_event for hvm guests anymore
* 'stable/ia64' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen:
xen: ia64 build broken due to "xen: switch to new schedop hypercall by default."
* 'stable/blkfront-cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen:
xen: Union the blkif_request request specific fields
* 'stable/cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen:
xen: annotate functions which only call into __init at start of day
xen p2m: annotate variable which appears unused
xen: events: mark cpu_evtchn_mask_p as __refdata
* 'stable/irq.cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen:
xen: events: remove dom0 specific xen_create_msi_irq
xen: events: use xen_bind_pirq_msi_to_irq from xen_create_msi_irq
xen: events: push set_irq_msi down into xen_create_msi_irq
xen: events: update pirq_to_irq in xen_create_msi_irq
xen: events: refactor xen_create_msi_irq slightly
xen: events: separate MSI PIRQ allocation from PIRQ binding to IRQ
xen: events: assume PHYSDEVOP_get_free_pirq exists
xen: pci: collapse apic_register_gsi_xen_hvm and xen_hvm_register_pirq
xen: events: return irq from xen_allocate_pirq_msi
xen: events: drop XEN_ALLOC_IRQ flag to xen_allocate_pirq_msi
xen: events: do not leak IRQ from xen_allocate_pirq_msi when no pirq available.
xen: pci: only define xen_initdom_setup_msi_irqs if CONFIG_XEN_DOM0
* 'stable/irq.rework' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen:
xen/irq: Cleanup up the pirq_to_irq for DomU PV PCI passthrough guests as well.
xen: Use IRQF_FORCE_RESUME
xen/timer: Missing IRQF_NO_SUSPEND in timer code broke suspend.
xen: Fix compile error introduced by "switch to new irq_chip functions"
xen: Switch to new irq_chip functions
xen: Remove stale irq_chip.end
xen: events: do not free legacy IRQs
xen: events: allocate GSIs and dynamic IRQs from separate IRQ ranges.
xen: events: add xen_allocate_irq_{dynamic, gsi} and xen_free_irq
xen:events: move find_unbound_irq inside CONFIG_PCI_MSI
xen: handled remapped IRQs when enabling a pcifront PCI device.
genirq: Add IRQF_FORCE_RESUME
* 'stable/pcifront-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen:
pci/xen: When free-ing MSI-X/MSI irq->desc also use generic code.
pci/xen: Cleanup: convert int** to int[]
pci/xen: Use xen_allocate_pirq_msi instead of xen_allocate_pirq
xen-pcifront: Sanity check the MSI/MSI-X values
xen-pcifront: don't use flush_scheduled_work()
* 'stable/p2m-identity.v4.9.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen:
xen/m2p: Check whether the MFN has IDENTITY_FRAME bit set..
xen/m2p: No need to catch exceptions when we know that there is no RAM
xen/debug: WARN_ON when identity PFN has no _PAGE_IOMAP flag set.
xen/debugfs: Add 'p2m' file for printing out the P2M layout.
xen/setup: Set identity mapping for non-RAM E820 and E820 gaps.
xen/mmu: WARN_ON when racing to swap middle leaf.
xen/mmu: Set _PAGE_IOMAP if PFN is an identity PFN.
xen/mmu: Add the notion of identity (1-1) mapping.
xen: Mark all initial reserved pages for the balloon as INVALID_P2M_ENTRY.
* 'stable/e820' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen:
xen/e820: Don't mark balloon memory as E820_UNUSABLE when running as guest and fix overflow.
xen/setup: Inhibit resource API from using System RAM E820 gaps as PCI mem gaps.
native_flush_tlb_others() is called from:
flush_tlb_current_task()
flush_tlb_mm()
flush_tlb_page()
All these functions disable preemption explicitly, so we can use
smp_processor_id() instead of get_cpu() and put_cpu().
Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com>
LKML-Reference: <4D7EC791.4040003@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Just need to make sure that AF_UNIX garbage collector won't
confuse O_PATHed socket on filesystem for real AF_UNIX opened
socket.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
For readlinkat() we simply allow empty pathname; it will fail unless
we have dfd equal to O_PATH-opened symlink, so we are outside of
POSIX scope here. For fchownat() and fstatat() we allow AT_EMPTY_PATH;
let the caller explicitly ask for such behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
At that point we can't do almost nothing with them. They can be opened
with O_PATH, we can manipulate such descriptors with dup(), etc. and
we can see them in /proc/*/{fd,fdinfo}/*.
We can't (and won't be able to) follow /proc/*/fd/* symlinks for those;
there's simply not enough information for pathname resolution to go on
from such point - to resolve a symlink we need to know which directory
does it live in.
We will be able to do useful things with them after the next commit, though -
readlinkat() and fchownat() will be possible to use with dfd being an
O_PATH-opened symlink and empty relative pathname. Combined with
open_by_handle() it'll give us a way to do realink-by-handle and
lchown-by-handle without messing with more redundant syscalls.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
New flag for open(2) - O_PATH. Semantics:
* pathname is resolved, but the file itself is _NOT_ opened
as far as filesystem is concerned.
* almost all operations on the resulting descriptors shall
fail with -EBADF. Exceptions are:
1) operations on descriptors themselves (i.e.
close(), dup(), dup2(), dup3(), fcntl(fd, F_DUPFD),
fcntl(fd, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, ...), fcntl(fd, F_GETFD),
fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, ...))
2) fcntl(fd, F_GETFL), for a common non-destructive way to
check if descriptor is open
3) "dfd" arguments of ...at(2) syscalls, i.e. the starting
points of pathname resolution
* closing such descriptor does *NOT* affect dnotify or
posix locks.
* permissions are checked as usual along the way to file;
no permission checks are applied to the file itself. Of course,
giving such thing to syscall will result in permission checks (at
the moment it means checking that starting point of ....at() is
a directory and caller has exec permissions on it).
fget() and fget_light() return NULL on such descriptors; use of
fget_raw() and fget_raw_light() is needed to get them. That protects
existing code from dealing with those things.
There are two things still missing (they come in the next commits):
one is handling of symlinks (right now we refuse to open them that
way; see the next commit for semantics related to those) and another
is descriptor passing via SCM_RIGHTS datagrams.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
