In readdir(), client file systems need to lookup the target of a
fallthru in a lower layer for three reasons: (1) fill in d_ino, (2)
fill in d_type, (2) make sure there is something to fall through to
(and if not, don't return this dentry). Create a generic helper
function.
Signed-off-by: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/union.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/fs.h | 2 +
2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/union.c b/fs/union.c
index 917248d..a91e8fc 100644
--- a/fs/union.c
+++ b/fs/union.c
@@ -373,3 +373,57 @@ out_fput:
mnt_drop_write(topmost_path->mnt);
return res;
}
+
+/* Relationship between i_mode and the DT_xxx types */
+static inline unsigned char dt_type(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ return (inode->i_mode >> 12) & 15;
+}
+
+/**
+ * generic_readdir_fallthru - Helper to lookup target of a fallthru
+ *
+ * In readdir(), client file systems need to lookup the target of a
+ * fallthru in a lower layer for three reasons: (1) fill in d_ino, (2)
+ * fill in d_type, (2) make sure there is something to fall through to
+ * (and if not, don't return this dentry). Upon detecting a fallthru
+ * dentry in readdir(), the client file system should call this function.
+ *
+ * @topmost_dentry: dentry for the topmost dentry of the dir being read
+ * @name: name of fallthru dirent
+ * @namelen: length of @name
+ * @ino: return inode number of target, if found
+ * @d_type: return directory type of target, if found
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success and -ENOENT if no matching directory entry was
+ * found (which happens when a file system will fallthrus is mounted
+ * somewhere other than where the fallthrus were created). Any other
+ * errors are unexpected.
+ */
+
+int
+generic_readdir_fallthru(struct dentry *topmost_dentry, const char *name,
+ int namlen, ino_t *ino, unsigned char *d_type)
+{
+ struct dentry *dentry, *parent;
+ struct union_dir *ud = topmost_dentry->d_union_dir;
+
+ BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&topmost_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex));
+
+ for (ud = topmost_dentry->d_union_dir; ud != NULL; ud = ud->u_lower) {
+ parent = ud->u_this.dentry;
+ mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, namlen);
+ mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+ return PTR_ERR(dentry);
+ if (dentry->d_inode) {
+ *ino = dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+ *d_type = dt_type(dentry->d_inode);
+ dput(dentry);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ dput(dentry);
+ }
+ return -ENOENT;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index b88d088..3675501 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2140,6 +2140,8 @@ extern int notify_change(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
extern int inode_permission(struct inode *, int);
extern int generic_permission(struct inode *, int,
int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int));
+extern int generic_readdir_fallthru(struct dentry *topmost_dentry, const char *name,
+ int namlen, ino_t *ino, unsigned char *d_type);
static inline bool execute_ok(struct inode *inode)
{
--
1.6.3.3
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