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author | Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> | 2015-05-09 15:54:49 -0500 |
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committer | Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> | 2015-07-01 10:36:37 -0500 |
commit | fbabfd0f4ee2e8847bf56edf481249ad1bb8c44d (patch) | |
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fs: Add helper functions for permanently empty directories.
To ensure it is safe to mount proc and sysfs I need to check if
filesystems that are mounted on top of them are mounted on truly empty
directories. Given that some directories can gain entries over time,
knowing that a directory is empty right now is insufficient.
Therefore add supporting infrastructure for permantently empty
directories that proc and sysfs can use when they create mount points
for filesystems and fs_fully_visible can use to test for permanently
empty directories to ensure that nothing will be gained by mounting a
fresh copy of proc or sysfs.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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