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