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 <linux/uaccess.h>
  24
  25static struct vfsmount *anon_inode_mnt __read_mostly;
  26static struct inode *anon_inode_inode;
  27
  28/*
  29 * anon_inodefs_dname() is called from d_path().
  30 */
  31static char *anon_inodefs_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
  32{
  33        return dynamic_dname(dentry, buffer, buflen, "anon_inode:%s",
  34                                dentry->d_name.name);
  35}
  36
  37static const struct dentry_operations anon_inodefs_dentry_operations = {
  38        .d_dname        = anon_inodefs_dname,
  39};
  40
  41static struct dentry *anon_inodefs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
  42                                int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
  43{
  44        return mount_pseudo(fs_type, "anon_inode:", NULL,
  45                        &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations, ANON_INODE_FS_MAGIC);
  46}
  47
  48static struct file_system_type anon_inode_fs_type = {
  49        .name           = "anon_inodefs",
  50        .mount          = anon_inodefs_mount,
  51        .kill_sb        = kill_anon_super,
  52};
  53
  54/**
  55 * anon_inode_getfile - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
  56 *                      anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
  57 *                      of the file
  58 *
  59 * @name:    [in]    name of the "class" of the new file
  60 * @fops:    [in]    file operations for the new file
  61 * @priv:    [in]    private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
  62 * @flags:   [in]    flags
  63 *
  64 * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
  65 * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
  66 * All the files created with anon_inode_getfile() will share a single inode,
  67 * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
  68 * setup.  Returns the newly created file* or an error pointer.
  69 */
  70struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
  71                                const struct file_operations *fops,
  72                                void *priv, int flags)
  73{
  74        struct qstr this;
  75        struct path path;
  76        struct file *file;
  77
  78        if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
  79                return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
  80
  81        if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner))
  82                return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
  83
  84        /*
  85         * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
  86         * using the inode sequence number.
  87         */
  88        file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
  89        this.name = name;
  90        this.len = strlen(name);
  91        this.hash = 0;
  92        path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb, &this);
  93        if (!path.dentry)
  94                goto err_module;
  95
  96        path.mnt = mntget(anon_inode_mnt);
  97        /*
  98         * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
  99         * so ihold() is safe.
 100         */
 101        ihold(anon_inode_inode);
 102
 103        d_instantiate(path.dentry, anon_inode_inode);
 104
 105        file = alloc_file(&path, OPEN_FMODE(flags), fops);
 106        if (IS_ERR(file))
 107                goto err_dput;
 108        file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
 109
 110        file->f_flags = flags & (O_ACCMODE | O_NONBLOCK);
 111        file->private_data = priv;
 112
 113        return file;
 114
 115err_dput:
 116        path_put(&path);
 117err_module:
 118        module_put(fops->owner);
 119        return file;
 120}
 121EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfile);
 122
 123/**
 124 * anon_inode_getfd - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
 125 *                    anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
 126 *                    of the file
 127 *
 128 * @name:    [in]    name of the "class" of the new file
 129 * @fops:    [in]    file operations for the new file
 130 * @priv:    [in]    private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
 131 * @flags:   [in]    flags
 132 *
 133 * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
 134 * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
 135 * All the files created with anon_inode_getfd() will share a single inode,
 136 * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
 137 * setup.  Returns new descriptor or an error code.
 138 */
 139int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
 140                     void *priv, int flags)
 141{
 142        int error, fd;
 143        struct file *file;
 144
 145        error = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
 146        if (error < 0)
 147                return error;
 148        fd = error;
 149
 150        file = anon_inode_getfile(name, fops, priv, flags);
 151        if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 152                error = PTR_ERR(file);
 153                goto err_put_unused_fd;
 154        }
 155        fd_install(fd, file);
 156
 157        return fd;
 158
 159err_put_unused_fd:
 160        put_unused_fd(fd);
 161        return error;
 162}
 163EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfd);
 164
 165static int __init anon_inode_init(void)
 166{
 167        anon_inode_mnt = kern_mount(&anon_inode_fs_type);
 168        if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_mnt))
 169                panic("anon_inode_init() kernel mount failed (%ld)\n", PTR_ERR(anon_inode_mnt));
 170
 171        anon_inode_inode = alloc_anon_inode(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
 172        if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
 173                panic("anon_inode_init() inode allocation failed (%ld)\n", PTR_ERR(anon_inode_inode));
 174
 175        return 0;
 176}
 177
 178fs_initcall(anon_inode_init);
 179
 180