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author | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com> | 2011-09-20 17:14:31 -0400 |
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committer | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2013-11-09 00:16:43 -0500 |
commit | 146a8595c6399ee6ab4b5cc34c0d28aa4835fdc5 (patch) | |
tree | a16a703ef40d72912247d496cd2e3cb7c0f3b9a7 /fs/namei.c | |
parent | 8e6d782cab50884ba94324632700e6233a252f6a (diff) | |
download | lwn-146a8595c6399ee6ab4b5cc34c0d28aa4835fdc5.tar.gz lwn-146a8595c6399ee6ab4b5cc34c0d28aa4835fdc5.zip |
locks: break delegations on link
Cc: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com>
Cc: Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@gazzang.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/namei.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 36 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index ce7e580e4e14..251178a1e383 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3819,7 +3819,26 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(symlink, const char __user *, oldname, const char __user *, newn return sys_symlinkat(oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname); } -int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_dentry) +/** + * vfs_link - create a new link + * @old_dentry: object to be linked + * @dir: new parent + * @new_dentry: where to create the new link + * @delegated_inode: returns inode needing a delegation break + * + * The caller must hold dir->i_mutex + * + * If vfs_link discovers a delegation on the to-be-linked file in need + * of breaking, it will return -EWOULDBLOCK and return a reference to the + * inode in delegated_inode. The caller should then break the delegation + * and retry. Because breaking a delegation may take a long time, the + * caller should drop the i_mutex before doing so. + * + * Alternatively, a caller may pass NULL for delegated_inode. This may + * be appropriate for callers that expect the underlying filesystem not + * to be NFS exported. + */ +int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_dentry, struct inode **delegated_inode) { struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode; unsigned max_links = dir->i_sb->s_max_links; @@ -3855,8 +3874,11 @@ int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_de error = -ENOENT; else if (max_links && inode->i_nlink >= max_links) error = -EMLINK; - else - error = dir->i_op->link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry); + else { + error = try_break_deleg(inode, delegated_inode); + if (!error) + error = dir->i_op->link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry); + } if (!error && (inode->i_state & I_LINKABLE)) { spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); @@ -3883,6 +3905,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname, { struct dentry *new_dentry; struct path old_path, new_path; + struct inode *delegated_inode = NULL; int how = 0; int error; @@ -3921,9 +3944,14 @@ retry: error = security_path_link(old_path.dentry, &new_path, new_dentry); if (error) goto out_dput; - error = vfs_link(old_path.dentry, new_path.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry); + error = vfs_link(old_path.dentry, new_path.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry, &delegated_inode); out_dput: done_path_create(&new_path, new_dentry); + if (delegated_inode) { + error = break_deleg_wait(&delegated_inode); + if (!error) + goto retry; + } if (retry_estale(error, how)) { how |= LOOKUP_REVAL; goto retry; |