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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1c01f9f2b574..37ad9a730a89 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -588,6 +588,11 @@ static inline void mapping_allow_writable(struct address_space *mapping)
struct posix_acl;
#define ACL_NOT_CACHED ((void *)(-1))
+/*
+ * ACL_DONT_CACHE is for stacked filesystems, that rely on underlying fs to
+ * cache the ACL. This also means that ->get_acl() can be called in RCU mode
+ * with the LOOKUP_RCU flag.
+ */
#define ACL_DONT_CACHE ((void *)(-3))
static inline struct posix_acl *
@@ -2109,7 +2114,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, unsigned int);
const char * (*get_link) (struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct delayed_call *);
int (*permission) (struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, int);
- struct posix_acl * (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int);
+ struct posix_acl * (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int, bool);
int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
@@ -3018,15 +3023,20 @@ static inline void file_end_write(struct file *file)
}
/*
+ * This is used for regular files where some users -- especially the
+ * currently executed binary in a process, previously handled via
+ * VM_DENYWRITE -- cannot handle concurrent write (and maybe mmap
+ * read-write shared) accesses.
+ *
* get_write_access() gets write permission for a file.
* put_write_access() releases this write permission.
- * This is used for regular files.
- * We cannot support write (and maybe mmap read-write shared) accesses and
- * MAP_DENYWRITE mmappings simultaneously. The i_writecount field of an inode
- * can have the following values:
- * 0: no writers, no VM_DENYWRITE mappings
- * < 0: (-i_writecount) vm_area_structs with VM_DENYWRITE set exist
- * > 0: (i_writecount) users are writing to the file.
+ * deny_write_access() denies write access to a file.
+ * allow_write_access() re-enables write access to a file.
+ *
+ * The i_writecount field of an inode can have the following values:
+ * 0: no write access, no denied write access
+ * < 0: (-i_writecount) users that denied write access to the file.
+ * > 0: (i_writecount) users that have write access to the file.
*
* Normally we operate on that counter with atomic_{inc,dec} and it's safe
* except for the cases where we don't hold i_writecount yet. Then we need to
@@ -3314,6 +3324,7 @@ extern int page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len);
extern const struct inode_operations page_symlink_inode_operations;
extern void kfree_link(void *);
void generic_fillattr(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, struct kstat *);
+void generic_fill_statx_attr(struct inode *inode, struct kstat *stat);
extern int vfs_getattr_nosec(const struct path *, struct kstat *, u32, unsigned int);
extern int vfs_getattr(const struct path *, struct kstat *, u32, unsigned int);
void __inode_add_bytes(struct inode *inode, loff_t bytes);