From bfe8684869601dacfcb2cd69ef8cfd9045f62170 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:13:29 +0200 Subject: filesystems: add set_nlink() Replace remaining direct i_nlink updates with a new set_nlink() updater function. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi Tested-by: Toshiyuki Okajima Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig --- include/linux/fs.h | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/fs.h') diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 7a049fd2aa4c..48c1f5fc7411 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1754,6 +1754,19 @@ static inline void mark_inode_dirty_sync(struct inode *inode) __mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC); } +/** + * set_nlink - directly set an inode's link count + * @inode: inode + * @nlink: new nlink (should be non-zero) + * + * This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any + * direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink. + */ +static inline void set_nlink(struct inode *inode, unsigned int nlink) +{ + inode->i_nlink = nlink; +} + /** * inc_nlink - directly increment an inode's link count * @inode: inode -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151 From a78ef704a8dd430225955f0709b22d4a6ba21deb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:13:30 +0200 Subject: vfs: protect i_nlink Prevent direct modification of i_nlink by making it const and adding a non-const __i_nlink alias. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi Tested-by: Toshiyuki Okajima Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig --- fs/inode.c | 2 +- include/linux/fs.h | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/fs.h') diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index ecbb68dc7e2a..ee4e66b998f4 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode) atomic_set(&inode->i_count, 1); inode->i_op = &empty_iops; inode->i_fop = &empty_fops; - inode->i_nlink = 1; + inode->__i_nlink = 1; inode->i_opflags = 0; inode->i_uid = 0; inode->i_gid = 0; diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 48c1f5fc7411..23467d768cab 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -768,7 +768,17 @@ struct inode { /* Stat data, not accessed from path walking */ unsigned long i_ino; - unsigned int i_nlink; + /* + * Filesystems may only read i_nlink directly. They shall use the + * following functions for modification: + * + * (set|clear|inc|drop)_nlink + * inode_(inc|dec)_link_count + */ + union { + const unsigned int i_nlink; + unsigned int __i_nlink; + }; dev_t i_rdev; loff_t i_size; struct timespec i_atime; @@ -1764,7 +1774,7 @@ static inline void mark_inode_dirty_sync(struct inode *inode) */ static inline void set_nlink(struct inode *inode, unsigned int nlink) { - inode->i_nlink = nlink; + inode->__i_nlink = nlink; } /** @@ -1777,7 +1787,7 @@ static inline void set_nlink(struct inode *inode, unsigned int nlink) */ static inline void inc_nlink(struct inode *inode) { - inode->i_nlink++; + inode->__i_nlink++; } static inline void inode_inc_link_count(struct inode *inode) @@ -1799,7 +1809,7 @@ static inline void inode_inc_link_count(struct inode *inode) */ static inline void drop_nlink(struct inode *inode) { - inode->i_nlink--; + inode->__i_nlink--; } /** @@ -1812,7 +1822,7 @@ static inline void drop_nlink(struct inode *inode) */ static inline void clear_nlink(struct inode *inode) { - inode->i_nlink = 0; + inode->__i_nlink = 0; } static inline void inode_dec_link_count(struct inode *inode) -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151