Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | From | Christian Brauner <> | Subject | [PATCH 1/3] namei: add follow_up_bind() | Date | Thu, 5 Apr 2018 12:45:47 +0200 |
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This adds a new helper for resolving bind-mounts.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com> --- fs/namei.c | 10 ++++++++++ include/linux/namei.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index a09419379f5d..4fa56ec78f63 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1085,6 +1085,16 @@ int follow_up(struct path *path) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_up); +/* + * follow_up_bind - Resolve bind-mounts to mountpoint of path's vfsmount + */ +inline void follow_up_bind(struct path *path) +{ + while (path->mnt->mnt_root == path->dentry && follow_up(path)) + ; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_up_bind); + /* * Perform an automount * - return -EISDIR to tell follow_managed() to stop and return the path we diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h index a982bb7cd480..ea93127be26c 100644 --- a/include/linux/namei.h +++ b/include/linux/namei.h @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *, struct dentry *, int extern int follow_down_one(struct path *); extern int follow_down(struct path *); extern int follow_up(struct path *); +extern void follow_up_bind(struct path *path); extern struct dentry *lock_rename(struct dentry *, struct dentry *); extern void unlock_rename(struct dentry *, struct dentry *); -- 2.15.1
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