linux/fs/anon_inodes.c
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   1/*
   2 *  fs/anon_inodes.c
   3 *
   4 *  Copyright (C) 2007  Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
   5 *
   6 *  Thanks to Arnd Bergmann for code review and suggestions.
   7 *  More changes for Thomas Gleixner suggestions.
   8 *
   9 */
  10
  11#include <linux/cred.h>
  12#include <linux/file.h>
  13#include <linux/poll.h>
  14#include <linux/sched.h>
  15#include <linux/init.h>
  16#include <linux/fs.h>
  17#include <linux/mount.h>
  18#include <linux/module.h>
  19#include <linux/kernel.h>
  20#include <linux/magic.h>
  21#include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
  22
  23#include <asm/uaccess.h>
  24
  25static struct vfsmount *anon_inode_mnt __read_mostly;
  26static struct inode *anon_inode_inode;
  27static const struct file_operations anon_inode_fops;
  28
  29static int anon_inodefs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
  30                               const char *dev_name, void *data,
  31                               struct vfsmount *mnt)
  32{
  33        return get_sb_pseudo(fs_type, "anon_inode:", NULL, ANON_INODE_FS_MAGIC,
  34                             mnt);
  35}
  36
  37/*
  38 * anon_inodefs_dname() is called from d_path().
  39 */
  40static char *anon_inodefs_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
  41{
  42        return dynamic_dname(dentry, buffer, buflen, "anon_inode:%s",
  43                                dentry->d_name.name);
  44}
  45
  46static struct file_system_type anon_inode_fs_type = {
  47        .name           = "anon_inodefs",
  48        .get_sb         = anon_inodefs_get_sb,
  49        .kill_sb        = kill_anon_super,
  50};
  51static const struct dentry_operations anon_inodefs_dentry_operations = {
  52        .d_dname        = anon_inodefs_dname,
  53};
  54
  55/*
  56 * nop .set_page_dirty method so that people can use .page_mkwrite on
  57 * anon inodes.
  58 */
  59static int anon_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
  60{
  61        return 0;
  62};
  63
  64static const struct address_space_operations anon_aops = {
  65        .set_page_dirty = anon_set_page_dirty,
  66};
  67
  68/**
  69 * anon_inode_getfd - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
  70 *                    anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
  71 *                    of the file
  72 *
  73 * @name:    [in]    name of the "class" of the new file
  74 * @fops:    [in]    file operations for the new file
  75 * @priv:    [in]    private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
  76 * @flags:   [in]    flags
  77 *
  78 * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
  79 * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
  80 * All the files created with anon_inode_getfile() will share a single inode,
  81 * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
  82 * setup.  Returns the newly created file* or an error pointer.
  83 */
  84struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
  85                                const struct file_operations *fops,
  86                                void *priv, int flags)
  87{
  88        struct qstr this;
  89        struct path path;
  90        struct file *file;
  91        int error;
  92
  93        if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
  94                return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
  95
  96        if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner))
  97                return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
  98
  99        /*
 100         * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
 101         * using the inode sequence number.
 102         */
 103        error = -ENOMEM;
 104        this.name = name;
 105        this.len = strlen(name);
 106        this.hash = 0;
 107        path.dentry = d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
 108        if (!path.dentry)
 109                goto err_module;
 110
 111        path.mnt = mntget(anon_inode_mnt);
 112        /*
 113         * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
 114         * so we can avoid doing an igrab() and we can use an open-coded
 115         * atomic_inc().
 116         */
 117        atomic_inc(&anon_inode_inode->i_count);
 118
 119        path.dentry->d_op = &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations;
 120        d_instantiate(path.dentry, anon_inode_inode);
 121
 122        error = -ENFILE;
 123        file = alloc_file(&path, OPEN_FMODE(flags), fops);
 124        if (!file)
 125                goto err_dput;
 126        file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
 127
 128        file->f_pos = 0;
 129        file->f_flags = flags & (O_ACCMODE | O_NONBLOCK);
 130        file->f_version = 0;
 131        file->private_data = priv;
 132
 133        return file;
 134
 135err_dput:
 136        path_put(&path);
 137err_module:
 138        module_put(fops->owner);
 139        return ERR_PTR(error);
 140}
 141EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfile);
 142
 143/**
 144 * anon_inode_getfd - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
 145 *                    anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
 146 *                    of the file
 147 *
 148 * @name:    [in]    name of the "class" of the new file
 149 * @fops:    [in]    file operations for the new file
 150 * @priv:    [in]    private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
 151 * @flags:   [in]    flags
 152 *
 153 * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
 154 * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
 155 * All the files created with anon_inode_getfd() will share a single inode,
 156 * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
 157 * setup.  Returns new descriptor or an error code.
 158 */
 159int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
 160                     void *priv, int flags)
 161{
 162        int error, fd;
 163        struct file *file;
 164
 165        error = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
 166        if (error < 0)
 167                return error;
 168        fd = error;
 169
 170        file = anon_inode_getfile(name, fops, priv, flags);
 171        if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 172                error = PTR_ERR(file);
 173                goto err_put_unused_fd;
 174        }
 175        fd_install(fd, file);
 176
 177        return fd;
 178
 179err_put_unused_fd:
 180        put_unused_fd(fd);
 181        return error;
 182}
 183EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfd);
 184
 185/*
 186 * A single inode exists for all anon_inode files. Contrary to pipes,
 187 * anon_inode inodes have no associated per-instance data, so we need
 188 * only allocate one of them.
 189 */
 190static struct inode *anon_inode_mkinode(void)
 191{
 192        struct inode *inode = new_inode(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
 193
 194        if (!inode)
 195                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 196
 197        inode->i_fop = &anon_inode_fops;
 198
 199        inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &anon_aops;
 200
 201        /*
 202         * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
 203         * that way it will never be moved to the dirty
 204         * list because mark_inode_dirty() will think
 205         * that it already _is_ on the dirty list.
 206         */
 207        inode->i_state = I_DIRTY;
 208        inode->i_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
 209        inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
 210        inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
 211        inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE;
 212        inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 213        return inode;
 214}
 215
 216static int __init anon_inode_init(void)
 217{
 218        int error;
 219
 220        error = register_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
 221        if (error)
 222                goto err_exit;
 223        anon_inode_mnt = kern_mount(&anon_inode_fs_type);
 224        if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_mnt)) {
 225                error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_mnt);
 226                goto err_unregister_filesystem;
 227        }
 228        anon_inode_inode = anon_inode_mkinode();
 229        if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode)) {
 230                error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_inode);
 231                goto err_mntput;
 232        }
 233
 234        return 0;
 235
 236err_mntput:
 237        mntput(anon_inode_mnt);
 238err_unregister_filesystem:
 239        unregister_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
 240err_exit:
 241        panic(KERN_ERR "anon_inode_init() failed (%d)\n", error);
 242}
 243
 244fs_initcall(anon_inode_init);
 245
 246
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