[PATCH 4/7] vfs: introduce clone_private_mount()

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From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>

Overlayfs needs a private clone of the mount, so create a function for
this and export to modules.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
---
 fs/namespace.c        |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/mount.h |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index d99bcf5..4bcc60e9 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1494,6 +1494,23 @@ void drop_collected_mounts(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	release_mounts(&umount_list);
 }
 
+struct vfsmount *clone_private_mount(struct path *path)
+{
+	struct vfsmount *mnt;
+
+	if (IS_MNT_UNBINDABLE(path->mnt))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	down_read(&namespace_sem);
+	mnt = clone_mnt(path->mnt, path->dentry, CL_PRIVATE);
+	up_read(&namespace_sem);
+	if (!mnt)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	return mnt;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clone_private_mount);
+
 int iterate_mounts(int (*f)(struct vfsmount *, void *), void *arg,
 		   struct vfsmount *root)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
index 604f122..44e9bf4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/mount.h
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ extern void mnt_pin(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern void mnt_unpin(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern int __mnt_is_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 
+struct path;
+extern struct vfsmount *clone_private_mount(struct path *path);
+
 extern struct vfsmount *do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int flags,
 				      const char *name, void *data);
 
-- 
1.7.3.4

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