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2021-07-03Merge branch 'work.namei' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-3/+3
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs Pull vfs name lookup updates from Al Viro: "Small namei.c patch series, mostly to simplify the rules for nameidata state. It's actually from the previous cycle - but I didn't post it for review in time... Changes visible outside of fs/namei.c: file_open_root() calling conventions change, some freed bits in LOOKUP_... space" * 'work.namei' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: namei: make sure nd->depth is always valid teach set_nameidata() to handle setting the root as well take LOOKUP_{ROOT,ROOT_GRABBED,JUMPED} out of LOOKUP_... space switch file_open_root() to struct path
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: use bare function() rather than literalsFox Chen1-35/+35
As suggested by Matthew Wilcox and Jonathan Corbet, drop ``...`` literals around function names of this patchset. Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-14-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: update symlink descriptionFox Chen1-7/+6
instead of lookup_real()/vfs_create(), i_op->lookup() and i_op->create() will be called directly. update vfs_open() logic should_follow_link is merged into lookup_last() or open_last_lookup() which returns symlink name instead of an integer. Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-13-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: update get_link() ->follow_link descriptionFox Chen1-7/+6
get_link() is merged into pick_link(). i_op->follow_link is replaced with i_op->get_link(). get_link() can return ERR_PTR(0) which equals NULL. Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-12-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: update WALK_GET, WALK_PUT descFox Chen1-7/+7
WALK_GET is changed to WALK_TRAILING with a different meaning. Here it should be WALK_NOFOLLOW. WALK_PUT dosn't exist, we have WALK_MORE. WALK_PUT == !WALK_MORE And there is not should_follow_link(). Related commits: commit 8c4efe22e7c4 ("namei: invert the meaning of WALK_FOLLOW") commit 1c4ff1a87e46 ("namei: invert WALK_PUT logics") Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> [jc: applied language tweaks suggested by Neil] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-11-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: no get_link()Fox Chen1-6/+4
no get_link() anymore. we have step_into() and pick_link(). walk_component() will call step_into(), in turn call pick_link, and return symlink name. Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-10-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: update i_op->put_link and cookie descriptionFox Chen1-22/+8
No inode->put_link operation anymore. We use delayed_call to deal with link destruction. Cookie has been replaced with struct delayed_call. Related commit: commit fceef393a538 ("switch ->get_link() to delayed_call, kill ->put_link()") Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-9-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: i_op->follow_link replaced with i_op->get_linkFox Chen1-7/+5
follow_link has been replaced by get_link() which can be called in RCU mode. see commit: commit 6b2553918d8b ("replace ->follow_link() with new method that could stay in RCU mode") Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-8-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: Add macro name to symlink limit descriptionFox Chen1-2/+2
Add macro name MAXSYMLINKS to the symlink limit description, so that it is consistent with path name length description above. Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-7-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: remove filename_mountpointFox Chen1-3/+3
No filename_mountpoint any more see commit: commit 161aff1d93ab ("LOOKUP_MOUNTPOINT: fold path_mountpointat() into path_lookupat()") Without filename_mountpoint and path_mountpoint(), the numbers should be four & three: "These four correspond roughly to the three path_*() functions" Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-6-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: update do_last() partFox Chen1-25/+22
traling_symlink() was merged into lookup_last, do_last(). do_last() has later been split into open_last_lookups() and do_open(). see related commit: commit c5971b8c6354 ("take post-lookup part of do_last() out of loop") Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-5-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: update path_mountpoint() partFox Chen1-7/+5
path_mountpoint() doesn't exist anymore. Have been folded into path_lookup_at when flag is set with LOOKUP_MOUNTPOINT. Check commit: commit 161aff1d93abf0e ("LOOKUP_MOUNTPOINT: fold path_mountpointat() into path_lookupat()") Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-4-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: update path_to_nameidata() partFox Chen1-5/+6
No path_to_namei() anymore, step_into() will be called. Related commit: commit c99687a03a78 ("fold path_to_nameidata() into its only remaining caller") Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-3-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-18docs: path-lookup: update follow_managed() partFox Chen1-5/+5
No follow_managed() anymore, handle_mounts(), traverse_mounts(), will do the job. see commit 9deed3ebca24 ("new helper: traverse_mounts()") Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-2-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-04-07take LOOKUP_{ROOT,ROOT_GRABBED,JUMPED} out of LOOKUP_... spaceAl Viro1-3/+3
Separate field in nameidata (nd->state) holding the flags that should be internal-only - that way we both get some spare bits in LOOKUP_... and get simpler rules for nd->root lifetime rules, since we can set the replacement of LOOKUP_ROOT (ND_ROOT_PRESET) at the same time we set nd->root. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2020-07-27docs: path-lookup: markup fixes for emphasisVegard Nossum1-4/+4
Underscores were being used for emphasis, but these are rendered verbatim in HTML output. reStructuredText uses asterisks for emphasis. I *think* I caught all of them. Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200727121525.28103-2-vegard.nossum@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-27docs: path-lookup: more markup fixesVegard Nossum1-5/+5
"xxx``at``" makes the `` appear verbatim in the HTML output. I've opted for changing this into ``*at()`` to harmonise this with the use of * seen later in the same document (and add the parentheses to clarify that this is a system/function call). ``path_``* also makes `` appear in the HTML output, but we can fix it by moving the * into the ``. Also add the parantheses here. Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200727121525.28103-1-vegard.nossum@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-27docs: path-lookup: fix HTML entity mojibakeVegard Nossum1-3/+3
Two cases of "<" somehow turned into "&lt;". I noticed it on <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/path-lookup.html>. I've verified that the HTML output is correct with this patch. Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200727114527.23944-1-vegard.nossum@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Documentation: filesystems: path-lookup: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Drop the doubled word "to". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200703214325.31036-9-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-06-26Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: Documentation/filesystemsAlexander A. Klimov1-3/+3
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: If not .svg: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200621133552.46371-1-grandmaster@al2klimov.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-03-13sanitize handling of nd->last_type, kill LAST_BINDAl Viro1-5/+2
->last_type values are set in 3 places: path_init() (sets to LAST_ROOT), link_path_walk (LAST_NORM/DOT/DOTDOT) and pick_link (LAST_BIND). The are checked in walk_component(), lookup_last() and do_last(). They also get copied to the caller by filename_parentat(). In the last 3 cases the value is what we had at the return from link_path_walk(). In case of walk_component() it's either directly downstream from assignment in link_path_walk() or, when called by lookup_last(), the value we have at the return from link_path_walk(). The value at the entry into link_path_walk() can survive to return only if the pathname contains nothing but slashes. Note that pick_link() never returns such - pure jumps are handled directly. So for the calls of link_path_walk() for trailing symlinks it does not matter what value had been there at the entry; the value at the return won't depend upon it. There are 3 call chains that might have pick_link() storing LAST_BIND: 1) pick_link() from step_into() from walk_component() from link_path_walk(). In that case we will either be parsing the next component immediately after return into link_path_walk(), which will overwrite the ->last_type before anyone has a chance to look at it, or we'll fail, in which case nobody will be looking at ->last_type at all. 2) pick_link() from step_into() from walk_component() from lookup_last(). The value is never looked at due to the above; it won't affect the value seen at return from any link_path_walk(). 3) pick_link() from step_into() from do_last(). Ditto. In other words, assignemnt in pick_link() is pointless, and so is LAST_BIND itself; nothing ever looks at that value. Kill it off. And make link_path_walk() _always_ assign ->last_type - in the only case when the value at the entry might survive to the return that value is always LAST_ROOT, inherited from path_init(). Move that assignment from path_init() into the beginning of link_path_walk(), to consolidate the things. Historical note: LAST_BIND used to be used for the kludge with trailing pure jump symlinks (extra iteration through the top-level loop). No point keeping it anymore... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2020-01-18Documentation: path-lookup: include new LOOKUP flagsAleksa Sarai1-6/+62
Now that we have new LOOKUP flags, we should document them in the relevant path-walking documentation. And now that we've settled on a common name for nd_jump_link() style symlinks ("magic links"), use that term where magic-link semantics are described. Signed-off-by: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2019-03-06docs: Bring some order to filesystem documentationJonathan Corbet1-0/+15
Documentation/filesystems is, like much of the rest of the kernel's documentation, a jumble of unorganized information. Split the documentation into categories and try to bring some order to the top-level index.rst files. No text changes other than a few section-introductory blurbs; this is all just moving stuff around. Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-01-07Documentation/filesystems: fix title underline lengths in path-lookup.rstRandy Dunlap1-12/+12
Fix Sphinx warnings in path-lookup.rst: Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst:347: WARNING: Title underline too short. Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst:358: WARNING: Title underline too short. [...] Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Acked-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-12-20docs: improve pathname-lookup document structureNeilBrown1-15/+0
Get rid of some unneeded structural elements around the new (to RST) pathname-lookup document. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> [ jc: grabbed from email and changelog added ] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-12-06Documentation: convert path-lookup from markdown to resturctured textNeilBrown1-0/+1361
This allows the document to be integrated with the main documentation tree. Changes include: - rename from .md to .rst - use `` for code, not single ` - use correct sub-section marking - fix indented blocks, both code and non-code - fix external-link markup Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> [jc: changed the toctree organization a bit] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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