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/slab.h>
  16#include <linux/init.h>
  17#include <linux/fs.h>
  18#include <linux/mount.h>
  19#include <linux/module.h>
  20#include <linux/kernel.h>
  21#include <linux/magic.h>
  22#include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
  23
  24#include <asm/uaccess.h>
  25
  26static struct vfsmount *anon_inode_mnt __read_mostly;
  27static struct inode *anon_inode_inode;
  28static const struct file_operations anon_inode_fops;
  29
  30static int anon_inodefs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
  31                               const char *dev_name, void *data,
  32                               struct vfsmount *mnt)
  33{
  34        return get_sb_pseudo(fs_type, "anon_inode:", NULL, ANON_INODE_FS_MAGIC,
  35                             mnt);
  36}
  37
  38static int anon_inodefs_delete_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
  39{
  40        /*
  41         * We faked vfs to believe the dentry was hashed when we created it.
  42         * Now we restore the flag so that dput() will work correctly.
  43         */
  44        dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_UNHASHED;
  45        return 1;
  46}
  47
  48static struct file_system_type anon_inode_fs_type = {
  49        .name           = "anon_inodefs",
  50        .get_sb         = anon_inodefs_get_sb,
  51        .kill_sb        = kill_anon_super,
  52};
  53static const struct dentry_operations anon_inodefs_dentry_operations = {
  54        .d_delete       = anon_inodefs_delete_dentry,
  55};
  56
  57/*
  58 * nop .set_page_dirty method so that people can use .page_mkwrite on
  59 * anon inodes.
  60 */
  61static int anon_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
  62{
  63        return 0;
  64};
  65
  66static const struct address_space_operations anon_aops = {
  67        .set_page_dirty = anon_set_page_dirty,
  68};
  69
  70/**
  71 * anon_inode_getfd - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
  72 *                    anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
  73 *                    of the file
  74 *
  75 * @name:    [in]    name of the "class" of the new file
  76 * @fops:    [in]    file operations for the new file
  77 * @priv:    [in]    private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
  78 * @flags:   [in]    flags
  79 *
  80 * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
  81 * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
  82 * All the files created with anon_inode_getfile() will share a single inode,
  83 * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
  84 * setup.  Returns the newly created file* or an error pointer.
  85 */
  86struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
  87                                const struct file_operations *fops,
  88                                void *priv, int flags)
  89{
  90        struct qstr this;
  91        struct dentry *dentry;
  92        struct file *file;
  93        int error;
  94
  95        if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
  96                return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
  97
  98        if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner))
  99                return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 100
 101        /*
 102         * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
 103         * using the inode sequence number.
 104         */
 105        error = -ENOMEM;
 106        this.name = name;
 107        this.len = strlen(name);
 108        this.hash = 0;
 109        dentry = d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
 110        if (!dentry)
 111                goto err_module;
 112
 113        /*
 114         * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
 115         * so we can avoid doing an igrab() and we can use an open-coded
 116         * atomic_inc().
 117         */
 118        atomic_inc(&anon_inode_inode->i_count);
 119
 120        dentry->d_op = &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations;
 121        /* Do not publish this dentry inside the global dentry hash table */
 122        dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
 123        d_instantiate(dentry, anon_inode_inode);
 124
 125        error = -ENFILE;
 126        file = alloc_file(anon_inode_mnt, dentry,
 127                          FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, fops);
 128        if (!file)
 129                goto err_dput;
 130        file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
 131
 132        file->f_pos = 0;
 133        file->f_flags = O_RDWR | (flags & O_NONBLOCK);
 134        file->f_version = 0;
 135        file->private_data = priv;
 136
 137        return file;
 138
 139err_dput:
 140        dput(dentry);
 141err_module:
 142        module_put(fops->owner);
 143        return ERR_PTR(error);
 144}
 145EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfile);
 146
 147/**
 148 * anon_inode_getfd - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
 149 *                    anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
 150 *                    of the file
 151 *
 152 * @name:    [in]    name of the "class" of the new file
 153 * @fops:    [in]    file operations for the new file
 154 * @priv:    [in]    private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
 155 * @flags:   [in]    flags
 156 *
 157 * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
 158 * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
 159 * All the files created with anon_inode_getfd() will share a single inode,
 160 * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
 161 * setup.  Returns new descriptor or an error code.
 162 */
 163int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
 164                     void *priv, int flags)
 165{
 166        int error, fd;
 167        struct file *file;
 168
 169        error = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
 170        if (error < 0)
 171                return error;
 172        fd = error;
 173
 174        file = anon_inode_getfile(name, fops, priv, flags);
 175        if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 176                error = PTR_ERR(file);
 177                goto err_put_unused_fd;
 178        }
 179        fd_install(fd, file);
 180
 181        return fd;
 182
 183err_put_unused_fd:
 184        put_unused_fd(fd);
 185        return error;
 186}
 187EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfd);
 188
 189/*
 190 * A single inode exists for all anon_inode files. Contrary to pipes,
 191 * anon_inode inodes have no associated per-instance data, so we need
 192 * only allocate one of them.
 193 */
 194static struct inode *anon_inode_mkinode(void)
 195{
 196        struct inode *inode = new_inode(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
 197
 198        if (!inode)
 199                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 200
 201        inode->i_fop = &anon_inode_fops;
 202
 203        inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &anon_aops;
 204
 205        /*
 206         * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
 207         * that way it will never be moved to the dirty
 208         * list because mark_inode_dirty() will think
 209         * that it already _is_ on the dirty list.
 210         */
 211        inode->i_state = I_DIRTY;
 212        inode->i_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
 213        inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
 214        inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
 215        inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 216        return inode;
 217}
 218
 219static int __init anon_inode_init(void)
 220{
 221        int error;
 222
 223        error = register_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
 224        if (error)
 225                goto err_exit;
 226        anon_inode_mnt = kern_mount(&anon_inode_fs_type);
 227        if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_mnt)) {
 228                error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_mnt);
 229                goto err_unregister_filesystem;
 230        }
 231        anon_inode_inode = anon_inode_mkinode();
 232        if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode)) {
 233                error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_inode);
 234                goto err_mntput;
 235        }
 236
 237        return 0;
 238
 239err_mntput:
 240        mntput(anon_inode_mnt);
 241err_unregister_filesystem:
 242        unregister_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
 243err_exit:
 244        panic(KERN_ERR "anon_inode_init() failed (%d)\n", error);
 245}
 246
 247fs_initcall(anon_inode_init);
 248
 249