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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namespace.c | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mount.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index fbba8b17330d..5b66b2b3624d 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -1686,6 +1686,33 @@ void drop_collected_mounts(struct vfsmount *mnt) namespace_unlock(); } +/** + * clone_private_mount - create a private clone of a path + * + * This creates a new vfsmount, which will be the clone of @path. The new will + * not be attached anywhere in the namespace and will be private (i.e. changes + * to the originating mount won't be propagated into this). + * + * Release with mntput(). + */ +struct vfsmount *clone_private_mount(struct path *path) +{ + struct mount *old_mnt = real_mount(path->mnt); + struct mount *new_mnt; + + if (IS_MNT_UNBINDABLE(old_mnt)) + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); + + down_read(&namespace_sem); + new_mnt = clone_mnt(old_mnt, path->dentry, CL_PRIVATE); + up_read(&namespace_sem); + if (IS_ERR(new_mnt)) + return ERR_CAST(new_mnt); + + return &new_mnt->mnt; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clone_private_mount); + int iterate_mounts(int (*f)(struct vfsmount *, void *), void *arg, struct vfsmount *root) { diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h index 9262e4bf0cc3..c2c561dc0114 100644 --- a/include/linux/mount.h +++ b/include/linux/mount.h @@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ extern struct vfsmount *mntget(struct vfsmount *mnt); extern struct vfsmount *mnt_clone_internal(struct path *path); extern int __mnt_is_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt); +struct path; +extern struct vfsmount *clone_private_mount(struct path *path); + struct file_system_type; extern struct vfsmount *vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, const char *name, |