xref: /linux/fs/anon_inodes.c (revision 27258e448eb301cf89e351df87aa8cb916653bf2)
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 
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