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31.Dd July 24, 1996
32.Os FreeBSD
33.Dt VOP_LOOKUP 9
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm VOP_LOOKUP
36.Nd lookup a component of a pathname
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Fd #include <sys/vnode.h>
39.Fd #include <sys/namei.h>
40.Ft int
41.Fn VOP_LOOKUP "struct vnode *dvp" "struct vnode **vpp" "struct componentname *cnp"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43This VFS entry point looks up a single pathname component in a given directory.
44.Pp
45Its arguments are:
46.Bl -tag -width vpp
47.It Ar dvp
48the locked vnode of the directory to search
49.It Ar vpp
50the address of a variable where the resulting locked vnode should be stored
51.It Ar cnp
52the pathname component to be searched for
53.El
54.Pp
55.Fa Cnp
56is a pointer to a componentname structure defined as follows:
57.Bd -literal
58struct componentname {
59	/*
60	 * Arguments to lookup.
61	 */
62	u_long	cn_nameiop;	/* namei operation */
63	u_long	cn_flags;	/* flags to namei */
64	struct	proc *cn_proc;	/* process requesting lookup */
65	struct	ucred *cn_cred;	/* credentials */
66	/*
67	 * Shared between lookup and commit routines.
68	 */
69	char	*cn_pnbuf;	/* pathname buffer */
70	char	*cn_nameptr;	/* pointer to looked up name */
71	long	cn_namelen;	/* length of looked up component */
72	u_long	cn_hash;	/* hash value of looked up name */
73	long	cn_consume;	/* chars to consume in lookup() */
74};
75.Ed
76.Pp
77Convert a component of a pathname into a pointer to a locked vnode.
78This is a very central and rather complicated routine.
79If the file system is not maintained in a strict tree hierarchy,
80this can result in a deadlock situation.
81.Pp
82The
83.Fa cnp->cn_nameiop
84argument is
85.Dv LOOKUP ,
86.Dv CREATE ,
87.Dv RENAME ,
88or
89.Dv DELETE
90depending on the intended use of the object.
91When
92.Dv CREATE ,
93.Dv RENAME ,
94or
95.Dv DELETE
96is specified, information usable in
97creating, renaming, or deleting a directory entry may be calculated.
98.Pp
99Overall outline of VOP_LOOKUP:
100.Bd -filled -offset indent
101Check accessibility of directory.
102Look for name in cache, if found, then return name.
103Search for name in directory, goto to found or notfound as appropriate.
104.Ed
105.Pp
106notfound:
107.Bd -filled -offset indent
108If creating or renaming and at end of pathname,
109return
110.Dv EJUSTRETURN ,
111leaving info on available slots else return
112.Dv ENOENT .
113.Ed
114.Pp
115found:
116.Bd -filled -offset indent
117If at end of path and deleting, return information to allow delete.
118If at end of path and renaming, lock target
119inode and return info to allow rename.
120If not at end, add name to cache; if at end and neither creating
121nor deleting, add name to cache.
122.Ed
123.Sh LOCKS
124The directory,
125.Fa dvp
126should be locked on entry.
127If an error (note: the return value
128.Dv EJUSTRETURN
129is not considered an error)
130is detected, it will be returned locked.
131Otherwise, it will be unlocked unless both
132.Dv LOCKPARENT
133and
134.Dv ISLASTCN
135are specified in
136.Fa cnp->cn_flags .
137If an entry is found in the directory, it will be returned locked.
138.Sh RETURN VALUES
139Zero is returned with
140.Fa *vpp
141set to the locked vnode of the file if the component is found.
142If the component being searched for is ".", then the vnode just has
143an extra reference added to it with
144.Xr vref 9 .
145The caller must take care to release the locks appropriately in this
146case.
147.Pp
148If the component is not found and the operation is
149.Dv CREATE
150or
151.Dv RENAME ,
152the flag
153.Dv ISLASTCN
154is specified and the operation would succeed, the special return value
155.Dv EJUSTRETURN
156is returned.
157Otherwise, an appropriate error code is returned.
158.Sh PSEUDOCODE
159.Bd -literal
160int
161vop_lookup(struct vnode *dvp,
162	   struct vnode **vpp,
163	   struct componentname *cnp)
164{
165    int error;
166    int nameiop = cnp->cn_nameiop;
167    int flags = cnp->cn_flags;
168    int lockparent = flags & LOCKPARENT;
169    int islastcn = flags & ISLASTCN;
170    struct vnode *vp = NULL;
171
172    /*
173     * Check accessibility of directory.
174     */
175    if (dvp->v_type != VDIR)
176	return ENOTDIR;
177
178    error = VOP_ACCESS(dvp, VEXEC, cred, cnp->cn_proc);
179    if (error)
180	return (error);
181
182    if (islastcn && (dvp->v_mount->mnt_flag & MNT_RDONLY) &&
183	(cnp->cn_nameiop == DELETE || cnp->cn_nameiop == RENAME))
184	return (EROFS);
185
186    /*
187     * Check name cache for directory/name pair.  This returns ENOENT
188     * if the name is known not to exist, -1 if the name was found, or
189     * zero if not.
190     */
191    error = cache_lookup(dvp, vpp, cnp);
192    if (error) {
193	int vpid;
194
195	if (error = ENOENT)
196	    return error;
197
198	vp = *vpp;
199	if (dvp == vp) {	/* lookup on "." */
200	    VREF(vp);
201	    error = 0;
202	} else if (flags & ISDOTDOT) {
203            /*
204	     * We need to unlock the directory before getting
205	     * the locked vnode for ".." to avoid deadlocks.
206	     */
207	    VOP_UNLOCK(dvp);
208	    error = vget(vp, 1);
209	    if (!error) {
210		if (lockparent && islastcn)
211		    error = VOP_LOCK(dvp);
212	    }
213	} else {
214	    error = vget(vp, 1);
215	    if (error || !(lockparent && islastcn)) {
216		VOP_UNLOCK(dvp);
217	    }
218	}
219
220	/*
221	 * Check that the capability number did not change
222	 * while we were waiting for the lock.
223	 */
224	if (!error) {
225	    if (vpid == vp->v_id) {
226		/*
227		 * dvp is locked if lockparent && islastcn.
228		 * vp is locked.
229		 */
230		return (0);
231	    }
232	    vput(vp);
233
234	    if (dvp != vp && lockparent && islastcn)
235		VOP_UNLOCK(pdp);
236	}
237
238	/*
239	 * Re-lock dvp for the directory search below.
240	 */
241	error = VOP_LOCK(dvp);
242	if (error) {
243	    return (error);
244	}
245
246	*vpp = NULL;
247    }
248
249    /*
250     * Search dvp for the component cnp->cn_nameptr.
251     */
252    ...;
253
254    if (!found) {
255	if ((nameiop == CREATE || nameiop == RENAME)
256	    && islastcn
257	    && directory dvp has not been removed) {
258	    /*
259	     * Check for write access on directory.
260	     */
261
262	    /*
263	     * Possibly record the position of a slot in the directory
264	     * large enough for the new component name.  This can be
265	     * recorded in the vnode private data for dvp.
266	     * Set the SAVENAME flag to hold onto the pathname for use
267	     * later in VOP_CREATE or VOP_RENAME.
268	     */
269	    cnp->cn_flags |= SAVENAME;
270	    if (!lockparent)
271		/*
272		 * Note that the extra data recorded above is only
273		 * useful if lockparent is specified.
274		 */
275		VOP_UNLOCK(dvp);
276
277	    return EJUSTRETURN;
278	}
279
280	/*
281	 * Consider inserting name into cache.
282	 */
283	if ((cnp->cn_flags & MAKEENTRY) && nameiop != CREATE)
284	    cache_enter(dvp, NULL, cnp);
285
286	return ENOENT;
287    } else {
288	/*
289	 * If deleting, and at end of pathname, return parameters
290	 * which can be used to remove file.  If the wantparent flag
291	 * isn't set, we return only the directory, otherwise we go on
292	 * and lock the inode, being careful with ".".
293	 */
294	if (nameiop == DELETE && islastcn) {
295	    /*
296	     * Check for write access on directory.
297	     */
298	    error = VOP_ACCESS(dvp, VWRITE, cred, cnp->cn_proc);
299	    if (error)
300		return (error);
301
302	    if (found entry is same as dvp) {
303		VREF(dvp);
304		*vpp = dvp;
305		return 0;
306	    }
307
308	    error = VFS_VGET(dvp->v_mount, ..., &vp);
309	    if (error)
310		return error;
311
312	    if (directory is sticky
313		&& cred->cr_uid != 0
314		&& cred->cr_uid != owner of dvp
315		&& owner of vp != cred->cr_uid) {
316		vput(vp);
317		return EPERM;
318	    }
319	    *vpp = vp;
320	    if (!lockparent)
321		VOP_UNLOCK(dvp);
322
323	    return 0;
324	}
325
326	/*
327	 * If rewriting (RENAME), return the inode and the
328	 * information required to rewrite the present directory
329	 * Must get inode of directory entry to verify it's a
330	 * regular file, or empty directory.
331	 */
332	if (nameiop == RENAME && wantparent && islastcn) {
333	    error = VOP_ACCESS(dvp, VWRITE, cred, cnp->cn_proc);
334	    if (error)
335		return (error);
336
337	    /*
338	     * Check for "."
339	     */
340	    if (found entry is same as dvp)
341		return EISDIR;
342
343	    error = VFS_VGET(dvp->v_mount, ..., &vp);
344	    if (error)
345		return error;
346	    *vpp = vp;
347	    /*
348	     * Save the name for use in VOP_RENAME later.
349	     */
350	    cnp->cn_flags |= SAVENAME;
351	    if (!lockparent)
352		VOP_UNLOCK(dvp);
353
354	    return 0;
355	}
356
357	/*
358	 * Step through the translation in the name.  We do not `vput' the
359	 * directory because we may need it again if a symbolic link
360	 * is relative to the current directory.  Instead we save it
361	 * unlocked as "pdp".  We must get the target inode before unlocking
362	 * the directory to insure that the inode will not be removed
363	 * before we get it.  We prevent deadlock by always fetching
364	 * inodes from the root, moving down the directory tree. Thus
365	 * when following backward pointers ".." we must unlock the
366	 * parent directory before getting the requested directory.
367	 * There is a potential race condition here if both the current
368	 * and parent directories are removed before the VFS_VGET for the
369	 * inode associated with ".." returns.  We hope that this occurs
370	 * infrequently since we cannot avoid this race condition without
371	 * implementing a sophisticated deadlock detection algorithm.
372	 * Note also that this simple deadlock detection scheme will not
373	 * work if the file system has any hard links other than ".."
374	 * that point backwards in the directory structure.
375	 */
376	if (flags & ISDOTDOT) {
377	    VOP_UNLOCK(dvp);	/* race to get the inode */
378	    error = VFS_VGET(dvp->v_mount, ..., &vp);
379	    if (error) {
380		VOP_LOCK(dvp);
381		return (error);
382	    }
383	    if (lockparent && islastcn) {
384		error = VOP_LOCK(dvp);
385		if (error) {
386		    vput(vp);
387		    return error;
388		}
389	    }
390	    *vpp = vp;
391	} else if (found entry is same as dvp) {
392	    VREF(dvp);	/* we want ourself, ie "." */
393	    *vpp = dvp;
394	} else {
395	    error = VFS_VGET(dvp->v_mount, ..., &vp);
396	    if (error)
397		return (error);
398	    if (!lockparent || !islastcn)
399		VOP_UNLOCK(dvp);
400	    *vpp = vp;
401	}
402
403	/*
404	 * Insert name into cache if appropriate.
405	 */
406	if (cnp->cn_flags & MAKEENTRY)
407	    cache_enter(dvp, *vpp, cnp);
408	return (0);
409    }
410}
411.Ed
412.Sh ERRORS
413.Bl -tag -width Er
414.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
415The vnode
416.Fa dvp
417does not represent a directory.
418.It Bq Er ENOENT
419The component
420.Fa dvp
421was not found in this directory.
422.It Bq Er EACCESS
423access for the specified operation is denied.
424.It Bq Er EJUSTRETURN
425a
426.Dv CREATE
427or
428.Dv RENAME
429operation would be successful
430.El
431.Sh SEE ALSO
432.Xr VOP_ACCESS 9 ,
433.Xr VOP_CREATE 9 ,
434.Xr VOP_MKNOD 9 ,
435.Xr VOP_MKDIR 9 ,
436.Xr VOP_SYMLINK 9 ,
437.Xr VOP_RENAME 9 ,
438.Xr VOP_ABORTOP 9
439.Sh HISTORY
440The function
441.Nm
442appeared in
443.Bx 4.3 .
444.Sh SEE ALSO
445.Xr vnode 9
446.Sh AUTHORS
447This man page was written by Doug Rabson, with some text from
448comments in ufs_lookup.c.
449