2 * fs/inotify_user.c - inotify support for userspace
5 * John McCutchan <ttb@tentacle.dhs.org>
6 * Robert Love <rml@novell.com>
8 * Copyright (C) 2005 John McCutchan
9 * Copyright 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
11 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
12 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
13 * Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
16 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
17 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
19 * General Public License for more details.
22 #include <linux/kernel.h>
23 #include <linux/sched.h>
24 #include <linux/slab.h>
26 #include <linux/file.h>
27 #include <linux/mount.h>
28 #include <linux/namei.h>
29 #include <linux/poll.h>
30 #include <linux/init.h>
31 #include <linux/list.h>
32 #include <linux/inotify.h>
33 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
35 #include <asm/ioctls.h>
37 static kmem_cache_t
*watch_cachep __read_mostly
;
38 static kmem_cache_t
*event_cachep __read_mostly
;
40 static struct vfsmount
*inotify_mnt __read_mostly
;
42 /* these are configurable via /proc/sys/fs/inotify/ */
43 int inotify_max_user_instances __read_mostly
;
44 int inotify_max_user_watches __read_mostly
;
45 int inotify_max_queued_events __read_mostly
;
50 * inotify_dev->up_mutex (ensures we don't re-add the same watch)
51 * inode->inotify_mutex (protects inode's watch list)
52 * inotify_handle->mutex (protects inotify_handle's watch list)
53 * inotify_dev->ev_mutex (protects device's event queue)
57 * Lifetimes of the main data structures:
59 * inotify_device: Lifetime is managed by reference count, from
60 * sys_inotify_init() until release. Additional references can bump the count
61 * via get_inotify_dev() and drop the count via put_inotify_dev().
63 * inotify_user_watch: Lifetime is from create_watch() to the receipt of an
64 * IN_IGNORED event from inotify, or when using IN_ONESHOT, to receipt of the
65 * first event, or to inotify_destroy().
69 * struct inotify_device - represents an inotify instance
71 * This structure is protected by the mutex 'mutex'.
73 struct inotify_device
{
74 wait_queue_head_t wq
; /* wait queue for i/o */
75 struct mutex ev_mutex
; /* protects event queue */
76 struct mutex up_mutex
; /* synchronizes watch updates */
77 struct list_head events
; /* list of queued events */
78 atomic_t count
; /* reference count */
79 struct user_struct
*user
; /* user who opened this dev */
80 struct inotify_handle
*ih
; /* inotify handle */
81 unsigned int queue_size
; /* size of the queue (bytes) */
82 unsigned int event_count
; /* number of pending events */
83 unsigned int max_events
; /* maximum number of events */
87 * struct inotify_kernel_event - An inotify event, originating from a watch and
88 * queued for user-space. A list of these is attached to each instance of the
89 * device. In read(), this list is walked and all events that can fit in the
90 * buffer are returned.
92 * Protected by dev->ev_mutex of the device in which we are queued.
94 struct inotify_kernel_event
{
95 struct inotify_event event
; /* the user-space event */
96 struct list_head list
; /* entry in inotify_device's list */
97 char *name
; /* filename, if any */
101 * struct inotify_user_watch - our version of an inotify_watch, we add
102 * a reference to the associated inotify_device.
104 struct inotify_user_watch
{
105 struct inotify_device
*dev
; /* associated device */
106 struct inotify_watch wdata
; /* inotify watch data */
111 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
115 ctl_table inotify_table
[] = {
117 .ctl_name
= INOTIFY_MAX_USER_INSTANCES
,
118 .procname
= "max_user_instances",
119 .data
= &inotify_max_user_instances
,
120 .maxlen
= sizeof(int),
122 .proc_handler
= &proc_dointvec_minmax
,
123 .strategy
= &sysctl_intvec
,
127 .ctl_name
= INOTIFY_MAX_USER_WATCHES
,
128 .procname
= "max_user_watches",
129 .data
= &inotify_max_user_watches
,
130 .maxlen
= sizeof(int),
132 .proc_handler
= &proc_dointvec_minmax
,
133 .strategy
= &sysctl_intvec
,
137 .ctl_name
= INOTIFY_MAX_QUEUED_EVENTS
,
138 .procname
= "max_queued_events",
139 .data
= &inotify_max_queued_events
,
140 .maxlen
= sizeof(int),
142 .proc_handler
= &proc_dointvec_minmax
,
143 .strategy
= &sysctl_intvec
,
148 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
150 static inline void get_inotify_dev(struct inotify_device
*dev
)
152 atomic_inc(&dev
->count
);
155 static inline void put_inotify_dev(struct inotify_device
*dev
)
157 if (atomic_dec_and_test(&dev
->count
)) {
158 atomic_dec(&dev
->user
->inotify_devs
);
165 * free_inotify_user_watch - cleans up the watch and its references
167 static void free_inotify_user_watch(struct inotify_watch
*w
)
169 struct inotify_user_watch
*watch
;
170 struct inotify_device
*dev
;
172 watch
= container_of(w
, struct inotify_user_watch
, wdata
);
175 atomic_dec(&dev
->user
->inotify_watches
);
176 put_inotify_dev(dev
);
177 kmem_cache_free(watch_cachep
, watch
);
181 * kernel_event - create a new kernel event with the given parameters
183 * This function can sleep.
185 static struct inotify_kernel_event
* kernel_event(s32 wd
, u32 mask
, u32 cookie
,
188 struct inotify_kernel_event
*kevent
;
190 kevent
= kmem_cache_alloc(event_cachep
, GFP_NOFS
);
191 if (unlikely(!kevent
))
194 /* we hand this out to user-space, so zero it just in case */
195 memset(&kevent
->event
, 0, sizeof(struct inotify_event
));
197 kevent
->event
.wd
= wd
;
198 kevent
->event
.mask
= mask
;
199 kevent
->event
.cookie
= cookie
;
201 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kevent
->list
);
204 size_t len
, rem
, event_size
= sizeof(struct inotify_event
);
207 * We need to pad the filename so as to properly align an
208 * array of inotify_event structures. Because the structure is
209 * small and the common case is a small filename, we just round
210 * up to the next multiple of the structure's sizeof. This is
211 * simple and safe for all architectures.
213 len
= strlen(name
) + 1;
214 rem
= event_size
- len
;
215 if (len
> event_size
) {
216 rem
= event_size
- (len
% event_size
);
217 if (len
% event_size
== 0)
221 kevent
->name
= kmalloc(len
+ rem
, GFP_KERNEL
);
222 if (unlikely(!kevent
->name
)) {
223 kmem_cache_free(event_cachep
, kevent
);
226 memcpy(kevent
->name
, name
, len
);
228 memset(kevent
->name
+ len
, 0, rem
);
229 kevent
->event
.len
= len
+ rem
;
231 kevent
->event
.len
= 0;
239 * inotify_dev_get_event - return the next event in the given dev's queue
241 * Caller must hold dev->ev_mutex.
243 static inline struct inotify_kernel_event
*
244 inotify_dev_get_event(struct inotify_device
*dev
)
246 return list_entry(dev
->events
.next
, struct inotify_kernel_event
, list
);
250 * inotify_dev_queue_event - event handler registered with core inotify, adds
251 * a new event to the given device
253 * Can sleep (calls kernel_event()).
255 static void inotify_dev_queue_event(struct inotify_watch
*w
, u32 wd
, u32 mask
,
256 u32 cookie
, const char *name
,
257 struct inode
*ignored
)
259 struct inotify_user_watch
*watch
;
260 struct inotify_device
*dev
;
261 struct inotify_kernel_event
*kevent
, *last
;
263 watch
= container_of(w
, struct inotify_user_watch
, wdata
);
266 mutex_lock(&dev
->ev_mutex
);
268 /* we can safely put the watch as we don't reference it while
269 * generating the event
271 if (mask
& IN_IGNORED
|| mask
& IN_ONESHOT
)
272 put_inotify_watch(w
); /* final put */
274 /* coalescing: drop this event if it is a dupe of the previous */
275 last
= inotify_dev_get_event(dev
);
276 if (last
&& last
->event
.mask
== mask
&& last
->event
.wd
== wd
&&
277 last
->event
.cookie
== cookie
) {
278 const char *lastname
= last
->name
;
280 if (!name
&& !lastname
)
282 if (name
&& lastname
&& !strcmp(lastname
, name
))
286 /* the queue overflowed and we already sent the Q_OVERFLOW event */
287 if (unlikely(dev
->event_count
> dev
->max_events
))
290 /* if the queue overflows, we need to notify user space */
291 if (unlikely(dev
->event_count
== dev
->max_events
))
292 kevent
= kernel_event(-1, IN_Q_OVERFLOW
, cookie
, NULL
);
294 kevent
= kernel_event(wd
, mask
, cookie
, name
);
296 if (unlikely(!kevent
))
299 /* queue the event and wake up anyone waiting */
301 dev
->queue_size
+= sizeof(struct inotify_event
) + kevent
->event
.len
;
302 list_add_tail(&kevent
->list
, &dev
->events
);
303 wake_up_interruptible(&dev
->wq
);
306 mutex_unlock(&dev
->ev_mutex
);
310 * remove_kevent - cleans up and ultimately frees the given kevent
312 * Caller must hold dev->ev_mutex.
314 static void remove_kevent(struct inotify_device
*dev
,
315 struct inotify_kernel_event
*kevent
)
317 list_del(&kevent
->list
);
320 dev
->queue_size
-= sizeof(struct inotify_event
) + kevent
->event
.len
;
323 kmem_cache_free(event_cachep
, kevent
);
327 * inotify_dev_event_dequeue - destroy an event on the given device
329 * Caller must hold dev->ev_mutex.
331 static void inotify_dev_event_dequeue(struct inotify_device
*dev
)
333 if (!list_empty(&dev
->events
)) {
334 struct inotify_kernel_event
*kevent
;
335 kevent
= inotify_dev_get_event(dev
);
336 remove_kevent(dev
, kevent
);
341 * find_inode - resolve a user-given path to a specific inode and return a nd
343 static int find_inode(const char __user
*dirname
, struct nameidata
*nd
,
348 error
= __user_walk(dirname
, flags
, nd
);
351 /* you can only watch an inode if you have read permissions on it */
352 error
= vfs_permission(nd
, MAY_READ
);
359 * create_watch - creates a watch on the given device.
361 * Callers must hold dev->up_mutex.
363 static int create_watch(struct inotify_device
*dev
, struct inode
*inode
,
366 struct inotify_user_watch
*watch
;
369 if (atomic_read(&dev
->user
->inotify_watches
) >=
370 inotify_max_user_watches
)
373 watch
= kmem_cache_alloc(watch_cachep
, GFP_KERNEL
);
374 if (unlikely(!watch
))
377 /* save a reference to device and bump the count to make it official */
378 get_inotify_dev(dev
);
381 atomic_inc(&dev
->user
->inotify_watches
);
383 inotify_init_watch(&watch
->wdata
);
384 ret
= inotify_add_watch(dev
->ih
, &watch
->wdata
, inode
, mask
);
386 free_inotify_user_watch(&watch
->wdata
);
391 /* Device Interface */
393 static unsigned int inotify_poll(struct file
*file
, poll_table
*wait
)
395 struct inotify_device
*dev
= file
->private_data
;
398 poll_wait(file
, &dev
->wq
, wait
);
399 mutex_lock(&dev
->ev_mutex
);
400 if (!list_empty(&dev
->events
))
401 ret
= POLLIN
| POLLRDNORM
;
402 mutex_unlock(&dev
->ev_mutex
);
407 static ssize_t
inotify_read(struct file
*file
, char __user
*buf
,
408 size_t count
, loff_t
*pos
)
410 size_t event_size
= sizeof (struct inotify_event
);
411 struct inotify_device
*dev
;
417 dev
= file
->private_data
;
422 prepare_to_wait(&dev
->wq
, &wait
, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
424 mutex_lock(&dev
->ev_mutex
);
425 events
= !list_empty(&dev
->events
);
426 mutex_unlock(&dev
->ev_mutex
);
432 if (file
->f_flags
& O_NONBLOCK
) {
437 if (signal_pending(current
)) {
445 finish_wait(&dev
->wq
, &wait
);
449 mutex_lock(&dev
->ev_mutex
);
451 struct inotify_kernel_event
*kevent
;
454 if (list_empty(&dev
->events
))
457 kevent
= inotify_dev_get_event(dev
);
458 if (event_size
+ kevent
->event
.len
> count
)
461 if (copy_to_user(buf
, &kevent
->event
, event_size
)) {
469 if (copy_to_user(buf
, kevent
->name
, kevent
->event
.len
)){
473 buf
+= kevent
->event
.len
;
474 count
-= kevent
->event
.len
;
477 remove_kevent(dev
, kevent
);
479 mutex_unlock(&dev
->ev_mutex
);
484 static int inotify_release(struct inode
*ignored
, struct file
*file
)
486 struct inotify_device
*dev
= file
->private_data
;
488 inotify_destroy(dev
->ih
);
490 /* destroy all of the events on this device */
491 mutex_lock(&dev
->ev_mutex
);
492 while (!list_empty(&dev
->events
))
493 inotify_dev_event_dequeue(dev
);
494 mutex_unlock(&dev
->ev_mutex
);
496 /* free this device: the put matching the get in inotify_init() */
497 put_inotify_dev(dev
);
502 static long inotify_ioctl(struct file
*file
, unsigned int cmd
,
505 struct inotify_device
*dev
;
509 dev
= file
->private_data
;
510 p
= (void __user
*) arg
;
514 ret
= put_user(dev
->queue_size
, (int __user
*) p
);
521 static const struct file_operations inotify_fops
= {
522 .poll
= inotify_poll
,
523 .read
= inotify_read
,
524 .release
= inotify_release
,
525 .unlocked_ioctl
= inotify_ioctl
,
526 .compat_ioctl
= inotify_ioctl
,
529 static const struct inotify_operations inotify_user_ops
= {
530 .handle_event
= inotify_dev_queue_event
,
531 .destroy_watch
= free_inotify_user_watch
,
534 asmlinkage
long sys_inotify_init(void)
536 struct inotify_device
*dev
;
537 struct inotify_handle
*ih
;
538 struct user_struct
*user
;
542 fd
= get_unused_fd();
546 filp
= get_empty_filp();
552 user
= get_uid(current
->user
);
553 if (unlikely(atomic_read(&user
->inotify_devs
) >=
554 inotify_max_user_instances
)) {
559 dev
= kmalloc(sizeof(struct inotify_device
), GFP_KERNEL
);
560 if (unlikely(!dev
)) {
565 ih
= inotify_init(&inotify_user_ops
);
566 if (unlikely(IS_ERR(ih
))) {
572 filp
->f_op
= &inotify_fops
;
573 filp
->f_vfsmnt
= mntget(inotify_mnt
);
574 filp
->f_dentry
= dget(inotify_mnt
->mnt_root
);
575 filp
->f_mapping
= filp
->f_dentry
->d_inode
->i_mapping
;
576 filp
->f_mode
= FMODE_READ
;
577 filp
->f_flags
= O_RDONLY
;
578 filp
->private_data
= dev
;
580 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev
->events
);
581 init_waitqueue_head(&dev
->wq
);
582 mutex_init(&dev
->ev_mutex
);
583 mutex_init(&dev
->up_mutex
);
584 dev
->event_count
= 0;
586 dev
->max_events
= inotify_max_queued_events
;
588 atomic_set(&dev
->count
, 0);
590 get_inotify_dev(dev
);
591 atomic_inc(&user
->inotify_devs
);
592 fd_install(fd
, filp
);
605 asmlinkage
long sys_inotify_add_watch(int fd
, const char __user
*path
, u32 mask
)
608 struct inotify_device
*dev
;
611 int ret
, fput_needed
;
614 filp
= fget_light(fd
, &fput_needed
);
618 /* verify that this is indeed an inotify instance */
619 if (unlikely(filp
->f_op
!= &inotify_fops
)) {
624 if (!(mask
& IN_DONT_FOLLOW
))
625 flags
|= LOOKUP_FOLLOW
;
626 if (mask
& IN_ONLYDIR
)
627 flags
|= LOOKUP_DIRECTORY
;
629 ret
= find_inode(path
, &nd
, flags
);
633 /* inode held in place by reference to nd; dev by fget on fd */
634 inode
= nd
.dentry
->d_inode
;
635 dev
= filp
->private_data
;
637 mutex_lock(&dev
->up_mutex
);
638 ret
= inotify_find_update_watch(dev
->ih
, inode
, mask
);
640 ret
= create_watch(dev
, inode
, mask
);
641 mutex_unlock(&dev
->up_mutex
);
645 fput_light(filp
, fput_needed
);
649 asmlinkage
long sys_inotify_rm_watch(int fd
, u32 wd
)
652 struct inotify_device
*dev
;
653 int ret
, fput_needed
;
655 filp
= fget_light(fd
, &fput_needed
);
659 /* verify that this is indeed an inotify instance */
660 if (unlikely(filp
->f_op
!= &inotify_fops
)) {
665 dev
= filp
->private_data
;
667 /* we free our watch data when we get IN_IGNORED */
668 ret
= inotify_rm_wd(dev
->ih
, wd
);
671 fput_light(filp
, fput_needed
);
676 inotify_get_sb(struct file_system_type
*fs_type
, int flags
,
677 const char *dev_name
, void *data
, struct vfsmount
*mnt
)
679 return get_sb_pseudo(fs_type
, "inotify", NULL
, 0xBAD1DEA, mnt
);
682 static struct file_system_type inotify_fs_type
= {
684 .get_sb
= inotify_get_sb
,
685 .kill_sb
= kill_anon_super
,
689 * inotify_user_setup - Our initialization function. Note that we cannnot return
690 * error because we have compiled-in VFS hooks. So an (unlikely) failure here
691 * must result in panic().
693 static int __init
inotify_user_setup(void)
697 ret
= register_filesystem(&inotify_fs_type
);
699 panic("inotify: register_filesystem returned %d!\n", ret
);
701 inotify_mnt
= kern_mount(&inotify_fs_type
);
702 if (IS_ERR(inotify_mnt
))
703 panic("inotify: kern_mount ret %ld!\n", PTR_ERR(inotify_mnt
));
705 inotify_max_queued_events
= 16384;
706 inotify_max_user_instances
= 128;
707 inotify_max_user_watches
= 8192;
709 watch_cachep
= kmem_cache_create("inotify_watch_cache",
710 sizeof(struct inotify_user_watch
),
711 0, SLAB_PANIC
, NULL
, NULL
);
712 event_cachep
= kmem_cache_create("inotify_event_cache",
713 sizeof(struct inotify_kernel_event
),
714 0, SLAB_PANIC
, NULL
, NULL
);
719 module_init(inotify_user_setup
);