// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only /* Copyright (c) 2026 Christian Brauner */ #include #include #include #include #include #include "mount.h" static const struct super_operations nullfs_super_operations = { .statfs = simple_statfs, }; static loff_t nullfs_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence) { /* an empty directory has two entries . and .. at offsets 0 and 1 */ return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, whence, 2, 2); } static int nullfs_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx) { dir_emit_dots(file, ctx); return 0; } /* the one inode of nullfs is shared by every holder, so no locks on it */ static int nullfs_nolock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl) { return -ENOLCK; } /* what libfs gives an empty directory, plus the refusal of file locks */ static const struct file_operations nullfs_dir_operations = { .llseek = nullfs_dir_llseek, .read = generic_read_dir, .iterate_shared = nullfs_dir_readdir, .fsync = noop_fsync, .lock = nullfs_nolock, .flock = nullfs_nolock, .fop_flags = FOP_IMMUTABLE, }; static ssize_t nullfs_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to) { return 0; } static ssize_t nullfs_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len, unsigned int flags) { return 0; } static ssize_t nullfs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from) { size_t count = iov_iter_count(from); iov_iter_advance(from, count); return count; } static int nullfs_pipe_to_null(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf, struct splice_desc *sd) { return sd->len; } static ssize_t nullfs_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out, loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags) { return splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, nullfs_pipe_to_null); } static int nullfs_file_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr) { if (attr->ia_valid & (ATTR_MODE | ATTR_UID | ATTR_GID)) return -EPERM; return 0; } static const struct inode_operations nullfs_file_inode_operations = { .setattr = nullfs_file_setattr, }; static const struct file_operations nullfs_file_operations = { .llseek = generic_file_llseek, .read_iter = nullfs_file_read_iter, .write_iter = nullfs_file_write_iter, .splice_read = nullfs_file_splice_read, .splice_write = nullfs_file_splice_write, .fsync = noop_fsync, .lock = nullfs_nolock, .flock = nullfs_nolock, }; /* * An empty regular file on @sb as a dentry of its own, never hashed under * the root so no lookup finds it. */ struct dentry *nullfs_new_file(struct super_block *sb) { struct dentry *dentry; struct inode *inode; inode = new_inode(sb); if (!inode) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); /* the root directory is 1 */ inode->i_ino = 2; inode->i_mode = S_IFREG | 0666; inode->i_op = &nullfs_file_inode_operations; inode->i_fop = &nullfs_file_operations; simple_inode_init_ts(inode); inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME; dentry = d_alloc_anon(sb); if (!dentry) { iput(inode); return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); } d_instantiate(dentry, inode); return dentry; } static int nullfs_fs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, struct fs_context *fc) { struct inode *inode; s->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE; s->s_blocksize = PAGE_SIZE; s->s_blocksize_bits = PAGE_SHIFT; s->s_magic = NULL_FS_MAGIC; s->s_op = &nullfs_super_operations; s->s_export_op = NULL; s->s_xattr = NULL; s->s_time_gran = 1; s->s_d_flags = 0; inode = new_inode(s); if (!inode) return -ENOMEM; /* nullfs is permanently empty... */ make_empty_dir_inode(inode); inode->i_fop = &nullfs_dir_operations; simple_inode_init_ts(inode); inode->i_ino = 1; /* ... and immutable, reading it leaves no trace either. */ inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE | S_NOATIME; s->s_root = d_make_root(inode); if (!s->s_root) return -ENOMEM; return 0; } static int nullfs_fs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc) { return get_tree_nodev(fc, nullfs_fs_fill_super); } static const struct fs_context_operations nullfs_fs_context_ops = { .get_tree = nullfs_fs_get_tree, }; static int nullfs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc) { fc->ops = &nullfs_fs_context_ops; fc->sb_flags |= SB_NOUSER; fc->s_iflags |= SB_I_NOEXEC | SB_I_NODEV; return 0; } struct file_system_type nullfs_fs_type = { .name = "nullfs", .fs_flags = FS_DISALLOW_NOTIFY, .init_fs_context = nullfs_init_fs_context, .kill_sb = kill_anon_super, };