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Version: [ 2.6.11.8 ] [ 2.6.25 ] [ 2.6.25.8 ] [ 2.6.31.13 ] Architecture: [ i386 ]
  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/file.h>
 12 #include <linux/poll.h>
 13 #include <linux/slab.h>
 14 #include <linux/init.h>
 15 #include <linux/fs.h>
 16 #include <linux/mount.h>
 17 #include <linux/module.h>
 18 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 19 #include <linux/magic.h>
 20 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
 21 
 22 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 23 
 24 static struct vfsmount *anon_inode_mnt __read_mostly;
 25 static struct inode *anon_inode_inode;
 26 static const struct file_operations anon_inode_fops;
 27 
 28 static int anon_inodefs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 29                                const char *dev_name, void *data,
 30                                struct vfsmount *mnt)
 31 {
 32         return get_sb_pseudo(fs_type, "anon_inode:", NULL, ANON_INODE_FS_MAGIC,
 33                              mnt);
 34 }
 35 
 36 static int anon_inodefs_delete_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 37 {
 38         /*
 39          * We faked vfs to believe the dentry was hashed when we created it.
 40          * Now we restore the flag so that dput() will work correctly.
 41          */
 42         dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_UNHASHED;
 43         return 1;
 44 }
 45 
 46 static 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 };
 51 static const struct dentry_operations anon_inodefs_dentry_operations = {
 52         .d_delete       = anon_inodefs_delete_dentry,
 53 };
 54 
 55 /*
 56  * nop .set_page_dirty method so that people can use .page_mkwrite on
 57  * anon inodes.
 58  */
 59 static int anon_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
 60 {
 61         return 0;
 62 };
 63 
 64 static 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_getfd() will share a single inode,
 81  * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
 82  * setup.  Returns new descriptor or -error.
 83  */
 84 int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
 85                      void *priv, int flags)
 86 {
 87         struct qstr this;
 88         struct dentry *dentry;
 89         struct file *file;
 90         int error, fd;
 91 
 92         if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
 93                 return -ENODEV;
 94 
 95         if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner))
 96                 return -ENOENT;
 97 
 98         error = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
 99         if (error < 0)
100                 goto err_module;
101         fd = error;
102 
103         /*
104          * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
105          * using the inode sequence number.
106          */
107         error = -ENOMEM;
108         this.name = name;
109         this.len = strlen(name);
110         this.hash = 0;
111         dentry = d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
112         if (!dentry)
113                 goto err_put_unused_fd;
114 
115         /*
116          * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
117          * so we can avoid doing an igrab() and we can use an open-coded
118          * atomic_inc().
119          */
120         atomic_inc(&anon_inode_inode->i_count);
121 
122         dentry->d_op = &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations;
123         /* Do not publish this dentry inside the global dentry hash table */
124         dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
125         d_instantiate(dentry, anon_inode_inode);
126 
127         error = -ENFILE;
128         file = alloc_file(anon_inode_mnt, dentry,
129                           FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, fops);
130         if (!file)
131                 goto err_dput;
132         file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
133 
134         file->f_pos = 0;
135         file->f_flags = O_RDWR | (flags & O_NONBLOCK);
136         file->f_version = 0;
137         file->private_data = priv;
138 
139         fd_install(fd, file);
140 
141         return fd;
142 
143 err_dput:
144         dput(dentry);
145 err_put_unused_fd:
146         put_unused_fd(fd);
147 err_module:
148         module_put(fops->owner);
149         return error;
150 }
151 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfd);
152 
153 /*
154  * A single inode exists for all anon_inode files. Contrary to pipes,
155  * anon_inode inodes have no associated per-instance data, so we need
156  * only allocate one of them.
157  */
158 static struct inode *anon_inode_mkinode(void)
159 {
160         struct inode *inode = new_inode(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
161 
162         if (!inode)
163                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
164 
165         inode->i_fop = &anon_inode_fops;
166 
167         inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &anon_aops;
168 
169         /*
170          * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
171          * that way it will never be moved to the dirty
172          * list because mark_inode_dirty() will think
173          * that it already _is_ on the dirty list.
174          */
175         inode->i_state = I_DIRTY;
176         inode->i_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
177         inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
178         inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
179         inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
180         return inode;
181 }
182 
183 static int __init anon_inode_init(void)
184 {
185         int error;
186 
187         error = register_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
188         if (error)
189                 goto err_exit;
190         anon_inode_mnt = kern_mount(&anon_inode_fs_type);
191         if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_mnt)) {
192                 error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_mnt);
193                 goto err_unregister_filesystem;
194         }
195         anon_inode_inode = anon_inode_mkinode();
196         if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode)) {
197                 error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_inode);
198                 goto err_mntput;
199         }
200 
201         return 0;
202 
203 err_mntput:
204         mntput(anon_inode_mnt);
205 err_unregister_filesystem:
206         unregister_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
207 err_exit:
208         panic(KERN_ERR "anon_inode_init() failed (%d)\n", error);
209 }
210 
211 fs_initcall(anon_inode_init);
212 
213 
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