The patch update may_open to allow handle based open on symlinks.
The file handle based API use file descritor returned from open_by_handle_at
to do different file system operations. To find the link target name we
need to get a file descriptor on symlinks.
We should be able to read the link target using file handle. The exact
usecase is with respect to implementing READLINK operation on a
userspace NFS server. The request contain the file handle and the
response include target name.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 10 +++++++++-
fs/open.c | 9 ++++++++-
include/linux/fs.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 4d590a3..a6a8093 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1456,7 +1456,15 @@ int may_open(struct path *path, int acc_mode, int flag)
switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
case S_IFLNK:
- return -ELOOP;
+ /*
+ * Allow only if acc_mode contain
+ * open link request and read request.
+ */
+ if (acc_mode != (MAY_OPEN_LINK | MAY_READ))
+ return -ELOOP;
+ if (flag != O_RDONLY)
+ return -ELOOP;
+ break;
case S_IFDIR:
if (acc_mode & MAY_WRITE)
return -EISDIR;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index df5d21e..afb089e 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1268,8 +1268,15 @@ static long do_sys_open_by_handle(int mountdirfd,
*/
if (open_flag & __O_SYNC)
open_flag |= O_DSYNC;
+ /*
+ * Handle based API allow open on a symlink
+ */
+ if (S_ISLNK(path->dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+ acc_mode = MAY_OPEN_LINK;
+ else
+ acc_mode = MAY_OPEN;
- acc_mode = MAY_OPEN | ACC_MODE(open_flag);
+ acc_mode |= ACC_MODE(open_flag);
/* O_TRUNC implies we need access checks for write permissions */
if (open_flag & O_TRUNC)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index a458b4e..08afa72 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
#define MAY_APPEND 8
#define MAY_ACCESS 16
#define MAY_OPEN 32
+#define MAY_OPEN_LINK 64
/*
* flags in file.f_mode. Note that FMODE_READ and FMODE_WRITE must correspond
--
1.7.2.rc1
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