linux.git/Documentation/filesystems/porting, branch v4.14

VFS: Differentiate mount flags (MS_*) from internal superblock flags

2017-07-17T07:45:35+00:00

Differentiate the MS_* flags passed to mount(2) from the internal flags set
in the super_block's s_flags.  s_flags are now called SB_*, with the names
and the values for the moment mirroring the MS_* flags that they're
equivalent to.

In this patch, just the headers are altered and some kernel code where
blind automated conversion isn't necessarily correct.

Note that this shows up some interesting issues:

 (1) Some MS_* flags get translated to MNT_* flags (such as MS_NODEV ->
     MNT_NODEV) without passing this on to the filesystem, but some
     filesystems set such flags anyway.

 (2) The ->remount_fs() methods of some filesystems adjust the *flags
     argument by setting MS_* flags in it, such as MS_NOATIME - but these
     flags are then scrubbed by do_remount_sb() (only the occupants of
     MS_RMT_MASK are permitted: MS_RDONLY, MS_SYNCHRONOUS, MS_MANDLOCK,
     MS_I_VERSION and MS_LAZYTIME)

I'm not sure what's the best way to solve all these cases.

Suggested-by: Al Viro 
Signed-off-by: David Howells

Documentation/filesystems: fix documentation for ->getattr()

2017-04-03T05:05:56+00:00

Following the recent merge of statx, correct the documented prototype
for the ->getattr() inode operation, and add an entry to the porting
file.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers 
Signed-off-by: David Howells 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

vfs: default to generic_readlink()

2016-12-09T15:45:04+00:00

If i_op->readlink is NULL, but i_op->get_link is set then vfs_readlink()
defaults to calling generic_readlink().

The IOP_DEFAULT_READLINK flag indicates that the above conditions are met
and the default action can be taken.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2016-10-11T03:16:43+00:00

Pull more vfs updates from Al Viro:
 ">rename2() work from Miklos + current_time() from Deepa"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  fs: Replace current_fs_time() with current_time()
  fs: Replace CURRENT_TIME_SEC with current_time() for inode timestamps
  fs: Replace CURRENT_TIME with current_time() for inode timestamps
  fs: proc: Delete inode time initializations in proc_alloc_inode()
  vfs: Add current_time() api
  vfs: add note about i_op->rename changes to porting
  fs: rename "rename2" i_op to "rename"
  vfs: remove unused i_op->rename
  fs: make remaining filesystems use .rename2
  libfs: support RENAME_NOREPLACE in simple_rename()
  fs: support RENAME_NOREPLACE for local filesystems
  ncpfs: fix unused variable warning

vfs: add note about i_op->rename changes to porting

2016-09-27T09:03:58+00:00

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi

fs: Give dentry to inode_change_ok() instead of inode

2016-09-22T08:56:19+00:00

inode_change_ok() will be resposible for clearing capabilities and IMA
extended attributes and as such will need dentry. Give it as an argument
to inode_change_ok() instead of an inode. Also rename inode_change_ok()
to setattr_prepare() to better relect that it does also some
modifications in addition to checks.

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara

get rid of 'parent' argument of ->d_compare()

2016-07-31T20:37:25+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

switch ->setxattr() to passing dentry and inode separately

2016-05-28T00:09:16+00:00

smack ->d_instantiate() uses ->setxattr(), so to be able to call it before
we'd hashed the new dentry and attached it to inode, we need ->setxattr()
instances getting the inode as an explicit argument rather than obtaining
it from dentry.

Similar change for ->getxattr() had been done in commit ce23e64.  Unlike
->getxattr() (which is used by both selinux and smack instances of
->d_instantiate()) ->setxattr() is used only by smack one and unfortunately
it got missed back then.

Reported-by: Seung-Woo Kim 
Tested-by: Casey Schaufler 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

lookup_open(): lock the parent shared unless O_CREAT is given

2016-05-02T23:51:17+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

introduce a parallel variant of ->iterate()

2016-05-02T23:49:29+00:00

New method: ->iterate_shared().  Same arguments as in ->iterate(),
called with the directory locked only shared.  Once all filesystems
switch, the old one will be gone.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro