linux/fs/backing-file.c
Amir Goldstein f91a704f71 fs: prepare for stackable filesystems backing file helpers
In preparation for factoring out some backing file io helpers from
overlayfs, move backing_file_open() into a new file fs/backing-file.c
and header.

Add a MAINTAINERS entry for stackable filesystems and add a Kconfig
FS_STACK which stackable filesystems need to select.

For now, the backing_file struct, the backing_file alloc/free functions
and the backing_file_real_path() accessor remain internal to file_table.c.
We may change that in the future.

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
2023-12-23 16:35:08 +02:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* Common helpers for stackable filesystems and backing files.
*
* Copyright (C) 2023 CTERA Networks.
*/
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/backing-file.h>
#include "internal.h"
/**
* backing_file_open - open a backing file for kernel internal use
* @user_path: path that the user reuqested to open
* @flags: open flags
* @real_path: path of the backing file
* @cred: credentials for open
*
* Open a backing file for a stackable filesystem (e.g., overlayfs).
* @user_path may be on the stackable filesystem and @real_path on the
* underlying filesystem. In this case, we want to be able to return the
* @user_path of the stackable filesystem. This is done by embedding the
* returned file into a container structure that also stores the stacked
* file's path, which can be retrieved using backing_file_user_path().
*/
struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
const struct path *real_path,
const struct cred *cred)
{
struct file *f;
int error;
f = alloc_empty_backing_file(flags, cred);
if (IS_ERR(f))
return f;
path_get(user_path);
*backing_file_user_path(f) = *user_path;
error = vfs_open(real_path, f);
if (error) {
fput(f);
f = ERR_PTR(error);
}
return f;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_open);