linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] IMA: define readcount functions

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Date:	Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:29:55 -0500
From:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, eparis@...hat.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	David Safford <safford@...son.ibm.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] IMA: define readcount functions

Define i_readcount_inc/dec() functions to be called from the VFS layer.

Changelog:
- renamed iget/iput_readcount to i_readcount_inc/dec (Dave Chinner's suggestion)
- removed i_lock in iput_readcount() (based on comments:Dave Chinner,Eric Paris)

Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>
Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/fs.h |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index ef85322..a3e8f02 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2186,6 +2186,26 @@ static inline void allow_write_access(struct file *file)
 	if (file)
 		atomic_inc(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_writecount);
 }
+#ifdef CONFIG_IMA
+static inline void i_readcount_dec(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&inode->i_readcount));
+	atomic_dec(&inode->i_readcount);
+}
+static inline void i_readcount_inc(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&inode->i_readcount);
+}
+#else
+static inline void i_readcount_dec(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return;
+}
+static inline void i_readcount_inc(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return;
+}
+#endif
 extern int do_pipe_flags(int *, int);
 extern struct file *create_read_pipe(struct file *f, int flags);
 extern struct file *create_write_pipe(int flags);
-- 
1.7.3.4

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