From: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx>
Whiteout a given directory entry. File systems that support whiteouts
must implement the new ->whiteout() directory inode operation.
Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 10 +++-
fs/dcache.c | 4 +-
fs/namei.c | 133 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/dcache.h | 6 ++
include/linux/fs.h | 2 +
5 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 3de2f32..8846b4f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ struct inode_operations
-----------------------
This describes how the VFS can manipulate an inode in your
-filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined:
+filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.33, the following members are defined:
struct inode_operations {
int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int, struct nameidata *);
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
int (*mkdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int);
int (*rmdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
int (*mknod) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int,dev_t);
+ int (*whiteout) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
int (*rename) (struct inode *, struct dentry *,
struct inode *, struct dentry *);
int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
@@ -382,6 +383,13 @@ otherwise noted.
will probably need to call d_instantiate() just as you would
in the create() method
+ whiteout: called by the rmdir(2) and unlink(2) system calls on a
+ layered file system. Only required if you want to support
+ whiteouts. The first dentry passed in is that for the old
+ dentry if it exists, and a negative dentry otherwise. The
+ second is the dentry for the whiteout itself. This method
+ must unlink() or rmdir() the original entry if it exists.
+
rename: called by the rename(2) system call to rename the object to
have the parent and name given by the second inode and dentry.
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index f1358e5..265015d 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -992,8 +992,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc_name);
/* the caller must hold dcache_lock */
static void __d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
{
- if (inode)
+ if (inode) {
+ dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_WHITEOUT;
list_add(&dentry->d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);
+ }
dentry->d_inode = inode;
fsnotify_d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
}
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 304aa05..2c0681f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2167,6 +2167,139 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(mkdir, const char __user *, pathname, int, mode)
}
/*
+ * Checks on the victim for whiteout. We must both be able to delete
+ * the victim directory entry (if it exists) and create a new
+ * directory entry, so this function is a combination of the checks
+ * from may_create() and may_delete().
+ */
+static inline int may_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *victim,
+ int isdir)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ /*
+ * From may_create(). We don't have to do this check for a
+ * simple delete because the directory must exist if we are
+ * trying to delete something from it. For a whiteout, the
+ * dir may be empty and thus potentially unlinked by this point.
+ */
+ if (IS_DEADDIR(dir))
+ return -ENOENT;
+ err = inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ /* From may_delete(). */
+ if (IS_APPEND(dir))
+ return -EPERM;
+ if (!victim->d_inode)
+ return 0;
+ if (check_sticky(dir, victim->d_inode) ||
+ IS_APPEND(victim->d_inode) ||
+ IS_IMMUTABLE(victim->d_inode))
+ return -EPERM;
+ if (isdir) {
+ if (!S_ISDIR(victim->d_inode->i_mode))
+ return -ENOTDIR;
+ if (IS_ROOT(victim))
+ return -EBUSY;
+ } else if (S_ISDIR(victim->d_inode->i_mode))
+ return -EISDIR;
+ if (victim->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)
+ return -EBUSY;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * vfs_whiteout: create a whiteout for the given directory entry
+ * @dir: parent inode
+ * @dentry: directory entry to whiteout
+ *
+ * Create a whiteout for the given directory entry. A whiteout
+ * prevents lookup from dropping down to a lower layer of a union
+ * mounted file system.
+ *
+ * There are two important cases: (a) The directory entry to be
+ * whited-out may already exist, in which case it must first be
+ * deleted before we create the whiteout, and (b) no such directory
+ * entry exists and we only have to create the whiteout itself.
+ *
+ * The caller must pass in a dentry for the directory entry to be
+ * whited-out - a positive one if it exists, and a negative if not.
+ * When this function returns, the caller should dput() the old, now
+ * defunct dentry it passed in. The dentry for the whiteout itself is
+ * created inside this function.
+ */
+static int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, int isdir)
+{
+ int err;
+ struct inode *old_inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
+ struct dentry *parent, *whiteout;
+
+ err = may_whiteout(dir, old_dentry, isdir);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ BUG_ON(old_dentry->d_parent->d_inode != dir);
+
+ if (!dir->i_op || !dir->i_op->whiteout)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ /*
+ * If the old dentry is positive, then we have to delete this
+ * entry before we create the whiteout. The file system
+ * ->whiteout() op does the actual delete, but we do all the
+ * VFS-level checks and changes here.
+ */
+ if (old_inode) {
+ mutex_lock(&old_inode->i_mutex);
+ if (isdir)
+ dentry_unhash(old_dentry);
+ if (d_mountpoint(old_dentry))
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ else {
+ if (isdir)
+ err = security_inode_rmdir(dir, old_dentry);
+ else
+ err = security_inode_unlink(dir, old_dentry);
+ }
+ }
+
+ parent = dget_parent(old_dentry);
+ whiteout = d_alloc_name(parent, old_dentry->d_name.name);
+
+ if (!err)
+ err = dir->i_op->whiteout(dir, old_dentry, whiteout);
+
+ if (old_inode) {
+ mutex_unlock(&old_inode->i_mutex);
+ if (!err) {
+ fsnotify_link_count(old_inode);
+ d_delete(old_dentry);
+ }
+ if (isdir)
+ dput(old_dentry);
+ }
+
+ dput(whiteout);
+ dput(parent);
+ return err;
+}
+
+int path_whiteout(struct path *dir_path, struct dentry *dentry, int isdir)
+{
+ int error = mnt_want_write(dir_path->mnt);
+
+ if (!error) {
+ error = vfs_whiteout(dir_path->dentry->d_inode, dentry, isdir);
+ mnt_drop_write(dir_path->mnt);
+ }
+
+ return error;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_whiteout);
+
+/*
* We try to drop the dentry early: we should have
* a usage count of 2 if we're the only user of this
* dentry, and if that is true (possibly after pruning
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 30b93b2..7648b49 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ d_iput: no no no yes
#define DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED 0x0020 /* Parent inode is watched by inotify */
#define DCACHE_COOKIE 0x0040 /* For use by dcookie subsystem */
+#define DCACHE_WHITEOUT 0x0080 /* This negative dentry is a whiteout */
#define DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED 0x0080 /* Parent inode is watched by some fsnotify listener */
@@ -358,6 +359,11 @@ static inline int d_unlinked(struct dentry *dentry)
return d_unhashed(dentry) && !IS_ROOT(dentry);
}
+static inline int d_is_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+ return (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_WHITEOUT);
+}
+
static inline struct dentry *dget_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
{
struct dentry *ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index d7ef72a..7afdbd4 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
#define MS_KERNMOUNT (1<<22) /* this is a kern_mount call */
#define MS_I_VERSION (1<<23) /* Update inode I_version field */
#define MS_STRICTATIME (1<<24) /* Always perform atime updates */
+#define MS_WHITEOUT (1<<25) /* FS supports whiteout filetype */
#define MS_ACTIVE (1<<30)
#define MS_NOUSER (1<<31)
@@ -1527,6 +1528,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
int (*mkdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int);
int (*rmdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
int (*mknod) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int,dev_t);
+ int (*whiteout) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
int (*rename) (struct inode *, struct dentry *,
struct inode *, struct dentry *);
int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
--
1.6.3.3
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