linux-kernel - [PATCH 64/73] union-mount: Implement union-aware truncate() [ver #2]

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Message-ID: <20120221180531.25235.60819.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:05:31 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
	valerie.aurora@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> (Further development)
Subject: [PATCH 64/73] union-mount: Implement union-aware truncate() [ver #2]

Original-author: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> (Further development)
---

 fs/open.c |   44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index bce645b..f61183b 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -65,14 +65,17 @@ int do_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t length, unsigned int time_attrs,
 static long do_sys_truncate(const char __user *pathname, loff_t length)
 {
 	struct path path;
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct vfsmount *mnt;
 	struct inode *inode;
+	char *tmp;
 	int error;
 
 	error = -EINVAL;
 	if (length < 0)	/* sorry, but loff_t says... */
 		goto out;
 
-	error = user_path(pathname, &path);
+	error = user_path_nd(AT_FDCWD, pathname, 0, &nd, &path, &tmp);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 	inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
@@ -86,18 +89,45 @@ static long do_sys_truncate(const char __user *pathname, loff_t length)
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		goto dput_and_out;
 
-	error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
+	/* If we're looking at the lower layer of a union mount, then we need
+	 * to create the file on the upperfs and truncate that.
+	 */
+	if (IS_MNT_LOWER(path.mnt))
+		mnt = nd.path.mnt;
+	else
+		mnt = path.mnt;
+
+	error = mnt_want_write(mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto dput_and_out;
 
-	error = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
-	if (error)
-		goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
+	if (unlikely(IS_MNT_UNION(mnt))) {
+		/* We have to be able to write to the upperfs. */
+		error = -EROFS;
+		if (mnt->mnt_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
+			goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
+
+		/* But the lowerfs inode must offer write permission - if the
+		 * lowerfs was mounted writably. */
+		error = __inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
+		if (error)
+			goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
+	} else {
+		error = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
+		if (error)
+			goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
+	}
 
 	error = -EPERM;
 	if (IS_APPEND(inode))
 		goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
 
+	error = union_copyup_len(&nd, &path, length);
+	if (error)
+		goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
+
+	/* path may have changed after copyup */
+	inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
 	error = get_write_access(inode);
 	if (error)
 		goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
@@ -119,9 +149,11 @@ static long do_sys_truncate(const char __user *pathname, loff_t length)
 put_write_and_out:
 	put_write_access(inode);
 mnt_drop_write_and_out:
-	mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
+	mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 dput_and_out:
 	path_put(&path);
+	path_put(&nd.path);
+	putname(tmp);
 out:
 	return error;
 }

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