Merge tag 'binfmt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/binfmt_misc

Pull binfmt_misc update from James Bottomley:
 "This update is to allow architecture emulation containers to function
  such that the emulation binary can be housed outside the container
  itself.  The container and fs parts both have acks from relevant
  experts.

  To use the new feature you have to add an F option to your binfmt_misc
  configuration"

From the docs:
 "The usual behaviour of binfmt_misc is to spawn the binary lazily when
  the misc format file is invoked.  However, this doesn't work very well
  in the face of mount namespaces and changeroots, so the F mode opens
  the binary as soon as the emulation is installed and uses the opened
  image to spawn the emulator, meaning it is always available once
  installed, regardless of how the environment changes"

* tag 'binfmt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/binfmt_misc:
  binfmt_misc: add F option description to documentation
  binfmt_misc: add persistent opened binary handler for containers
  fs: add filp_clone_open API

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index bf66cf1a9f5c..4fd6e256f4f4 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -998,6 +998,26 @@ struct file *file_open_root(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_open_root);
 
+struct file *filp_clone_open(struct file *oldfile)
+{
+	struct file *file;
+	int retval;
+
+	file = get_empty_filp();
+	if (IS_ERR(file))
+		return file;
+
+	file->f_flags = oldfile->f_flags;
+	retval = vfs_open(&oldfile->f_path, file, oldfile->f_cred);
+	if (retval) {
+		put_filp(file);
+		return ERR_PTR(retval);
+	}
+
+	return file;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_clone_open);
+
 long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct open_flags op;