The patch titled
r/o bind mounts: write counts for link/symlink
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
r-o-bind-mounts-write-counts-for-link-symlink.patch
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Subject: r/o bind mounts: write counts for link/symlink
From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff -puN fs/namei.c~r-o-bind-mounts-write-counts-for-link-symlink fs/namei.c
--- a/fs/namei.c~r-o-bind-mounts-write-counts-for-link-symlink
+++ a/fs/namei.c
@@ -2366,7 +2366,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_symlinkat(const char
if (IS_ERR(dentry))
goto out_unlock;
+ error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
+ if (error)
+ goto out_dput;
error = vfs_symlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from, S_IALLUGO);
+ mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
+out_dput:
dput(dentry);
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
@@ -2461,7 +2466,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_linkat(int olddfd, c
error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
if (IS_ERR(new_dentry))
goto out_unlock;
+ error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
+ if (error)
+ goto out_dput;
error = vfs_link(old_nd.path.dentry, nd.path.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry);
+ mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
+out_dput:
dput(new_dentry);
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx are
enable-hotplug-memory-remove-for-ppc64.patch
reiserfs-eliminate-private-use-of-struct-file-in-xattr.patch
hppfs-pass-vfsmount-to-dentry_open.patch
check-for-null-vfsmount-in-dentry_open.patch
fix-up-new-filp-allocators.patch
do-namei_flags-calculation-inside-open_namei.patch
merge-open_namei-and-do_filp_open.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-stub-functions.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-create-helper-to-drop-file-write-access.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-drop-write-during-emergency-remount.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-vfs_rmdir.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-callers-of-vfs_mkdir.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-mnt_writers-for-unlink-callers.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-xattr_permission-callers.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-ncp_ioctl.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-write-counts-for-time-functions.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-do_utimes.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-write-count-for-file_update_time.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-write-counts-for-link-symlink.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-ioctls.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-opens.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-get-write-access-for-vfs_rename-callers.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-chmod-chown-callers.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-write-counts-for-truncate.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-count-for-xfs-timestamp-updates.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-make-access-use-new-r-o-helper.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-check-mnt-instead-of-superblock-directly.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-get-callers-of-vfs_mknod-create.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-track-numbers-of-writers-to-mounts.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-honor-mount-writer-counts-at-remount.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-debugging-for-missed-calls.patch
reiser4.patch
page-owner-tracking-leak-detector.patch
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