linux-kernel - [PATCH 07/41] VFS: Add read-only users count to superblock

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Date:	Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:19:05 -0700
From:	Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
To:	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>,
	Sandu Popa Marius <sandupopamarius@...il.com>,
	Jan Rekorajski <baggins@...h.mimuw.edu.pl>,
	"J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Vladimir Dronnikov <dronnikov@...il.com>,
	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 07/41] VFS: Add read-only users count to superblock

While we can check if a file system is currently read-only, we can't
guarantee that it will stay read-only.  The file system can be
remounted read-write at any time; it's also conceivable that a file
system can be mounted a second time and converted to read-write if the
underlying fs allows it.  This is a problem for union mounts, which
require the underlying file system be read-only.  Add a read-only
users count and don't allow remounts to change the file system to
read-write or read-write mounts if there are any read-only users.

Signed-off-by: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
---
 fs/super.c         |   14 ++++++++++++++
 include/linux/fs.h |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 2761d3e..c8140ac 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -553,6 +553,15 @@ int do_remount_sb(struct super_block *sb, int flags, void *data, int force)
 	}
 	remount_rw = !(flags & MS_RDONLY) && (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY);
 
+	/* If we are remounting read/write, make sure that none of the
+	   users require read-only for correct operation (such as
+	   union mounts). */
+	if (remount_rw && sb->s_readonly_users) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: In use by %d read-only user(s)\n",
+		       sb->s_id, sb->s_readonly_users);
+		return -EROFS;
+	}
+
 	if (sb->s_op->remount_fs) {
 		retval = sb->s_op->remount_fs(sb, &flags, data);
 		if (retval)
@@ -889,6 +898,11 @@ vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, const char *name, void
  	if (error)
  		goto out_sb;
 
+	error = -EROFS;
+	if (!(flags & MS_RDONLY) &&
+	    (mnt->mnt_sb->s_readonly_users))
+		goto out_sb;
+
 	mnt->mnt_mountpoint = mnt->mnt_root;
 	mnt->mnt_parent = mnt;
 	up_write(&mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 73e9b64..5fb7343 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1379,6 +1379,11 @@ struct super_block {
 	 * generic_show_options()
 	 */
 	char *s_options;
+
+	/*
+	 * Users who require read-only access - e.g., union mounts
+	 */
+	int s_readonly_users;
 };
 
 extern struct timespec current_fs_time(struct super_block *sb);
-- 
1.6.3.3

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