xref: /linux/fs/anon_inodes.c (revision 8fa5723aa7e053d498336b48448b292fc2e0458b)
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 struct dentry_operations anon_inodefs_dentry_operations = {
52 	.d_delete	= anon_inodefs_delete_dentry,
53 };
54 
55 /**
56  * anon_inode_getfd - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
57  *                    anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
58  *                    of the file
59  *
60  * @name:    [in]    name of the "class" of the new file
61  * @fops:    [in]    file operations for the new file
62  * @priv:    [in]    private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
63  * @flags:   [in]    flags
64  *
65  * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
66  * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
67  * All the files created with anon_inode_getfd() will share a single inode,
68  * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
69  * setup.  Returns new descriptor or -error.
70  */
71 int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
72 		     void *priv, int flags)
73 {
74 	struct qstr this;
75 	struct dentry *dentry;
76 	struct file *file;
77 	int error, fd;
78 
79 	if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
80 		return -ENODEV;
81 
82 	error = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
83 	if (error < 0)
84 		return error;
85 	fd = error;
86 
87 	/*
88 	 * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
89 	 * using the inode sequence number.
90 	 */
91 	error = -ENOMEM;
92 	this.name = name;
93 	this.len = strlen(name);
94 	this.hash = 0;
95 	dentry = d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
96 	if (!dentry)
97 		goto err_put_unused_fd;
98 
99 	/*
100 	 * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
101 	 * so we can avoid doing an igrab() and we can use an open-coded
102 	 * atomic_inc().
103 	 */
104 	atomic_inc(&anon_inode_inode->i_count);
105 
106 	dentry->d_op = &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations;
107 	/* Do not publish this dentry inside the global dentry hash table */
108 	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
109 	d_instantiate(dentry, anon_inode_inode);
110 
111 	error = -ENFILE;
112 	file = alloc_file(anon_inode_mnt, dentry,
113 			  FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, fops);
114 	if (!file)
115 		goto err_dput;
116 	file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
117 
118 	file->f_pos = 0;
119 	file->f_flags = O_RDWR | (flags & O_NONBLOCK);
120 	file->f_version = 0;
121 	file->private_data = priv;
122 
123 	fd_install(fd, file);
124 
125 	return fd;
126 
127 err_dput:
128 	dput(dentry);
129 err_put_unused_fd:
130 	put_unused_fd(fd);
131 	return error;
132 }
133 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfd);
134 
135 /*
136  * A single inode exists for all anon_inode files. Contrary to pipes,
137  * anon_inode inodes have no associated per-instance data, so we need
138  * only allocate one of them.
139  */
140 static struct inode *anon_inode_mkinode(void)
141 {
142 	struct inode *inode = new_inode(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
143 
144 	if (!inode)
145 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
146 
147 	inode->i_fop = &anon_inode_fops;
148 
149 	/*
150 	 * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
151 	 * that way it will never be moved to the dirty
152 	 * list because mark_inode_dirty() will think
153 	 * that it already _is_ on the dirty list.
154 	 */
155 	inode->i_state = I_DIRTY;
156 	inode->i_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
157 	inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
158 	inode->i_gid = current->fsgid;
159 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
160 	return inode;
161 }
162 
163 static int __init anon_inode_init(void)
164 {
165 	int error;
166 
167 	error = register_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
168 	if (error)
169 		goto err_exit;
170 	anon_inode_mnt = kern_mount(&anon_inode_fs_type);
171 	if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_mnt)) {
172 		error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_mnt);
173 		goto err_unregister_filesystem;
174 	}
175 	anon_inode_inode = anon_inode_mkinode();
176 	if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode)) {
177 		error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_inode);
178 		goto err_mntput;
179 	}
180 
181 	return 0;
182 
183 err_mntput:
184 	mntput(anon_inode_mnt);
185 err_unregister_filesystem:
186 	unregister_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
187 err_exit:
188 	panic(KERN_ERR "anon_inode_init() failed (%d)\n", error);
189 }
190 
191 fs_initcall(anon_inode_init);
192 
193