kernfs: Add support for always empty directories.

Add a new function kernfs_create_empty_dir that can be used to create
directory that can not be modified.

Update the code to use make_empty_dir_inode when reporting a
permanently empty directory to the vfs.

Update the code to not allow adding to permanently empty directories.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index f131fc23ffc4..47dc636d80ed 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -585,6 +585,9 @@ int kernfs_add_one(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	ret = -ENOENT;
+	if (parent->flags & KERNFS_EMPTY_DIR)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
 	if ((parent->flags & KERNFS_ACTIVATED) && !kernfs_active(parent))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
@@ -776,6 +779,38 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_dir_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent,
 	return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }
 
+/**
+ * kernfs_create_empty_dir - create an always empty directory
+ * @parent: parent in which to create a new directory
+ * @name: name of the new directory
+ *
+ * Returns the created node on success, ERR_PTR() value on failure.
+ */
+struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_empty_dir(struct kernfs_node *parent,
+					    const char *name)
+{
+	struct kernfs_node *kn;
+	int rc;
+
+	/* allocate */
+	kn = kernfs_new_node(parent, name, S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO|S_IFDIR, KERNFS_DIR);
+	if (!kn)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	kn->flags |= KERNFS_EMPTY_DIR;
+	kn->dir.root = parent->dir.root;
+	kn->ns = NULL;
+	kn->priv = NULL;
+
+	/* link in */
+	rc = kernfs_add_one(kn);
+	if (!rc)
+		return kn;
+
+	kernfs_put(kn);
+	return ERR_PTR(rc);
+}
+
 static struct dentry *kernfs_iop_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 					struct dentry *dentry,
 					unsigned int flags)
@@ -1247,7 +1282,8 @@ int kernfs_rename_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct kernfs_node *new_parent,
 	mutex_lock(&kernfs_mutex);
 
 	error = -ENOENT;
-	if (!kernfs_active(kn) || !kernfs_active(new_parent))
+	if (!kernfs_active(kn) || !kernfs_active(new_parent) ||
+	    (new_parent->flags & KERNFS_EMPTY_DIR))
 		goto out;
 
 	error = 0;