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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:50:51 -0400
From: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
To: Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
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,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/38] whiteout: Add vfs_whiteout() and whiteout inode operation
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:52:19AM +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
>
> Couple of comments below.
Thank you very much for the review!
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:39:36AM -0700, Valerie Aurora wrote:
> > From: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
> >
> > Whiteout a given directory entry. File systems that support whiteouts
> > must implement the new ->whiteout() directory inode operation.
> >
> > XXX - Only whiteout when there is a matching entry in a lower layer.
> >
> > XXX - MS_WHITEOUT only indicates whiteouts, but we also use it for
> > fallthrus. Can we just check root->i_op->whiteout and ->fallthru? Or
> > do we need an MS_FALLTHRU?
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
> > Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
> > ---
> > Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 10 +++++-
> > fs/dcache.c | 4 ++-
> > fs/namei.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > include/linux/dcache.h | 6 +++
> > include/linux/fs.h | 2 +
> > 5 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
> > index 3de2f32..8846b4f 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
> > @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ struct inode_operations
> > -----------------------
> >
> > This describes how the VFS can manipulate an inode in your
> > -filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined:
> > +filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.33, the following members are defined:
> >
> > struct inode_operations {
> > int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int, struct nameidata *);
> > @@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
> > int (*mkdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int);
> > int (*rmdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
> > int (*mknod) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int,dev_t);
> > + int (*whiteout) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
> > int (*rename) (struct inode *, struct dentry *,
> > struct inode *, struct dentry *);
> > int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
> > @@ -382,6 +383,13 @@ otherwise noted.
> > will probably need to call d_instantiate() just as you would
> > in the create() method
> >
> > + whiteout: called by the rmdir(2) and unlink(2) system calls on a
> > + layered file system. Only required if you want to support
> > + whiteouts. The first dentry passed in is that for the old
> > + dentry if it exists, and a negative dentry otherwise. The
> > + second is the dentry for the whiteout itself. This method
> > + must unlink() or rmdir() the original entry if it exists.
> > +
> > rename: called by the rename(2) system call to rename the object to
> > have the parent and name given by the second inode and dentry.
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
> > index f1358e5..265015d 100644
> > --- a/fs/dcache.c
> > +++ b/fs/dcache.c
> > @@ -992,8 +992,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc_name);
> > /* the caller must hold dcache_lock */
> > static void __d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
> > {
> > - if (inode)
> > + if (inode) {
> > + dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_WHITEOUT;
> > list_add(&dentry->d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);
> > + }
> > dentry->d_inode = inode;
> > fsnotify_d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
> > }
> > diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> > index f731108..2c723e2 100644
> > --- a/fs/namei.c
> > +++ b/fs/namei.c
> > @@ -1356,7 +1356,6 @@ static int may_delete(struct inode *dir,struct dentry *victim,int isdir)
> > if (!victim->d_inode)
> > return -ENOENT;
> >
> > - BUG_ON(victim->d_parent->d_inode != dir);
> > audit_inode_child(victim, dir);
> >
> > error = inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
> > @@ -2168,6 +2167,78 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(mkdir, const char __user *, pathname, int, mode)
> > return sys_mkdirat(AT_FDCWD, pathname, mode);
> > }
> >
> > +/**
> > + * vfs_whiteout: create a whiteout for the given directory entry
> > + * @dir: parent inode
> > + * @dentry: directory entry to whiteout
> > + *
> > + * Create a whiteout for the given directory entry. A whiteout
> > + * prevents lookup from dropping down to a lower layer of a union
> > + * mounted file system.
> > + *
> > + * There are two important cases: (a) The directory entry to be
> > + * whited-out may already exist, in which case it must first be
> > + * deleted before we create the whiteout, and (b) no such directory
> > + * entry exists and we only have to create the whiteout itself.
> > + *
> > + * The caller must pass in a dentry for the directory entry to be
> > + * whited-out - a positive one if it exists, and a negative if not.
> > + * When this function returns, the caller should dput() the old, now
> > + * defunct dentry it passed in. The dentry for the whiteout itself is
> > + * created inside this function.
> > + */
> > +static int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, int isdir)
> > +{
> > + int err;
> > + struct inode *old_inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
> > + struct dentry *parent, *whiteout;
> > +
> > + BUG_ON(old_dentry->d_parent->d_inode != dir);
> > +
> > + if (!dir->i_op || !dir->i_op->whiteout)
> > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * If the old dentry is positive, then we have to delete this
> > + * entry before we create the whiteout. The file system
> > + * ->whiteout() op does the actual delete, but we do all the
> > + * VFS-level checks and changes here.
> > + */
> > + if (old_inode) {
> > + mutex_lock(&old_inode->i_mutex);
> > + if (d_mountpoint(old_dentry)) {
> > + mutex_unlock(&old_inode->i_mutex);
> > + return -EBUSY;
> > + }
> > + if (isdir) {
> > + dentry_unhash(old_dentry);
> > + err = security_inode_rmdir(dir, old_dentry);
> > + } else {
> > + err = security_inode_unlink(dir, old_dentry);
>
> One to many tabs.
Thanks, fixed.
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > + parent = dget_parent(old_dentry);
> > + whiteout = d_alloc_name(parent, old_dentry->d_name.name);
> > +
> > + if (!err)
> > + err = dir->i_op->whiteout(dir, old_dentry, whiteout);
>
> err may be used unitialized.
Thanks, fixed.
> > +
> > + if (old_inode) {
> > + mutex_unlock(&old_inode->i_mutex);
> > + if (!err) {
> > + fsnotify_link_count(old_inode);
> > + d_delete(old_dentry);
> > + }
> > + if (isdir)
> > + dput(old_dentry);
> > + }
> > +
> > + dput(whiteout);
> > + dput(parent);
> > + return err;
> > +}
> > +
> > /*
> > * We try to drop the dentry early: we should have
> > * a usage count of 2 if we're the only user of this
> > diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
> > index eebb617..630baef 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/dcache.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
> > @@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ d_iput: no no no yes
> > #define DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED 0x0020 /* Parent inode is watched by inotify */
> >
> > #define DCACHE_COOKIE 0x0040 /* For use by dcookie subsystem */
> > +#define DCACHE_WHITEOUT 0x0080 /* This negative dentry is a whiteout */
> >
> > #define DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED 0x0080 /* Parent inode is watched by some fsnotify listener */
>
> DCACHE_WHITEOUT == DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED, is that intended?
That's a merge error, thanks!
-VAL
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