4 * Copyright (C) 2007 Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
6 * Thanks to Arnd Bergmann for code review and suggestions.
7 * More changes for Thomas Gleixner suggestions.
11 #include <linux/file.h>
12 #include <linux/poll.h>
13 #include <linux/slab.h>
14 #include <linux/init.h>
16 #include <linux/mount.h>
17 #include <linux/module.h>
18 #include <linux/kernel.h>
19 #include <linux/magic.h>
20 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
22 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
24 static struct vfsmount
*anon_inode_mnt __read_mostly
;
25 static struct inode
*anon_inode_inode
;
26 static const struct file_operations anon_inode_fops
;
28 static int anon_inodefs_get_sb(struct file_system_type
*fs_type
, int flags
,
29 const char *dev_name
, void *data
,
32 return get_sb_pseudo(fs_type
, "anon_inode:", NULL
, ANON_INODE_FS_MAGIC
,
36 static int anon_inodefs_delete_dentry(struct dentry
*dentry
)
39 * We faked vfs to believe the dentry was hashed when we created it.
40 * Now we restore the flag so that dput() will work correctly.
42 dentry
->d_flags
|= DCACHE_UNHASHED
;
46 static struct file_system_type anon_inode_fs_type
= {
47 .name
= "anon_inodefs",
48 .get_sb
= anon_inodefs_get_sb
,
49 .kill_sb
= kill_anon_super
,
51 static struct dentry_operations anon_inodefs_dentry_operations
= {
52 .d_delete
= anon_inodefs_delete_dentry
,
56 * anon_inode_getfd - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
57 * anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
60 * @pfd: [out] pointer to the file descriptor
61 * @dpinode: [out] pointer to the inode
62 * @pfile: [out] pointer to the file struct
63 * @name: [in] name of the "class" of the new file
64 * @fops [in] file operations for the new file
65 * @priv [in] private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
67 * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
68 * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
69 * All the files created with anon_inode_getfd() will share a single inode,
70 * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
73 int anon_inode_getfd(int *pfd
, struct inode
**pinode
, struct file
**pfile
,
74 const char *name
, const struct file_operations
*fops
,
78 struct dentry
*dentry
;
82 if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode
))
84 file
= get_empty_filp();
88 error
= get_unused_fd();
94 * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
95 * using the inode sequence number.
99 this.len
= strlen(name
);
101 dentry
= d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt
->mnt_sb
->s_root
, &this);
103 goto err_put_unused_fd
;
106 * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
107 * so we can avoid doing an igrab() and we can use an open-coded
110 atomic_inc(&anon_inode_inode
->i_count
);
112 dentry
->d_op
= &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations
;
113 /* Do not publish this dentry inside the global dentry hash table */
114 dentry
->d_flags
&= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED
;
115 d_instantiate(dentry
, anon_inode_inode
);
117 file
->f_path
.mnt
= mntget(anon_inode_mnt
);
118 file
->f_path
.dentry
= dentry
;
119 file
->f_mapping
= anon_inode_inode
->i_mapping
;
122 file
->f_flags
= O_RDWR
;
124 file
->f_mode
= FMODE_READ
| FMODE_WRITE
;
126 file
->private_data
= priv
;
128 fd_install(fd
, file
);
131 *pinode
= anon_inode_inode
;
141 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfd
);
144 * A single inode exists for all anon_inode files. Contrary to pipes,
145 * anon_inode inodes have no associated per-instance data, so we need
146 * only allocate one of them.
148 static struct inode
*anon_inode_mkinode(void)
150 struct inode
*inode
= new_inode(anon_inode_mnt
->mnt_sb
);
153 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM
);
155 inode
->i_fop
= &anon_inode_fops
;
158 * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
159 * that way it will never be moved to the dirty
160 * list because mark_inode_dirty() will think
161 * that it already _is_ on the dirty list.
163 inode
->i_state
= I_DIRTY
;
164 inode
->i_mode
= S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
;
165 inode
->i_uid
= current
->fsuid
;
166 inode
->i_gid
= current
->fsgid
;
167 inode
->i_atime
= inode
->i_mtime
= inode
->i_ctime
= CURRENT_TIME
;
171 static int __init
anon_inode_init(void)
175 error
= register_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type
);
178 anon_inode_mnt
= kern_mount(&anon_inode_fs_type
);
179 if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_mnt
)) {
180 error
= PTR_ERR(anon_inode_mnt
);
181 goto err_unregister_filesystem
;
183 anon_inode_inode
= anon_inode_mkinode();
184 if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode
)) {
185 error
= PTR_ERR(anon_inode_inode
);
192 mntput(anon_inode_mnt
);
193 err_unregister_filesystem
:
194 unregister_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type
);
196 panic(KERN_ERR
"anon_inode_init() failed (%d)\n", error
);
199 fs_initcall(anon_inode_init
);