linux-kernel - [PATCH 29/38] union-mount: Implement union-aware link()

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Message-Id: <1276627208-17242-30-git-send-email-vaurora@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:39:59 -0700
From:	Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
To:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 29/38] union-mount: Implement union-aware link()

---
 fs/namei.c |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 505b51d..d2f2618 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2938,16 +2938,18 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
 {
 	struct dentry *new_dentry;
 	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct nameidata old_nd;
 	struct path old_path;
 	int error;
 	char *to;
+	char *from;
 
 	if ((flags & ~AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	error = user_path_at(olddfd, oldname,
+	error = user_path_nd(olddfd, oldname,
 			     flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW ? LOOKUP_FOLLOW : 0,
-			     &old_path);
+			     &old_nd, &old_path, &from);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -2955,8 +2957,20 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 	error = -EXDEV;
-	if (old_path.mnt != nd.path.mnt)
-		goto out_release;
+	if (old_path.mnt != nd.path.mnt) {
+		if (IS_DIR_UNIONED(old_nd.path.dentry) &&
+		    (old_nd.path.mnt == nd.path.mnt)) {
+			error = mnt_want_write(old_nd.path.mnt);
+			if (error)
+				goto out_release;
+			error = union_copyup(&old_nd, &old_path);
+			mnt_drop_write(old_nd.path.mnt);
+			if (error)
+				goto out_release;
+		} else {
+			goto out_release;
+		}
+	}
 	new_dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
 	error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(new_dentry))
@@ -2979,6 +2993,8 @@ out_release:
 	putname(to);
 out:
 	path_put(&old_path);
+	path_put(&old_nd.path);
+	putname(from);
 
 	return error;
 }
-- 
1.6.3.3

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