sysctl: Allow creating permanently empty directories that serve as mountpoints.
Add a magic sysctl table sysctl_mount_point that when used to
create a directory forces that directory to be permanently empty.
Update the code to use make_empty_dir_inode when accessing permanently
empty directories.
Update the code to not allow adding to permanently empty directories.
Update /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc to be a permanently empty directory.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index fea2561..fdda62e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -19,6 +19,28 @@
static const struct file_operations proc_sys_dir_file_operations;
static const struct inode_operations proc_sys_dir_operations;
+/* Support for permanently empty directories */
+
+struct ctl_table sysctl_mount_point[] = {
+ { }
+};
+
+static bool is_empty_dir(struct ctl_table_header *head)
+{
+ return head->ctl_table[0].child == sysctl_mount_point;
+}
+
+static void set_empty_dir(struct ctl_dir *dir)
+{
+ dir->header.ctl_table[0].child = sysctl_mount_point;
+}
+
+static void clear_empty_dir(struct ctl_dir *dir)
+
+{
+ dir->header.ctl_table[0].child = NULL;
+}
+
void proc_sys_poll_notify(struct ctl_table_poll *poll)
{
if (!poll)
@@ -187,6 +209,17 @@
struct ctl_table *entry;
int err;
+ /* Is this a permanently empty directory? */
+ if (is_empty_dir(&dir->header))
+ return -EROFS;
+
+ /* Am I creating a permanently empty directory? */
+ if (header->ctl_table == sysctl_mount_point) {
+ if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&dir->root))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ set_empty_dir(dir);
+ }
+
dir->header.nreg++;
header->parent = dir;
err = insert_links(header);
@@ -202,6 +235,8 @@
erase_header(header);
put_links(header);
fail_links:
+ if (header->ctl_table == sysctl_mount_point)
+ clear_empty_dir(dir);
header->parent = NULL;
drop_sysctl_table(&dir->header);
return err;
@@ -419,6 +454,8 @@
inode->i_mode |= S_IFDIR;
inode->i_op = &proc_sys_dir_operations;
inode->i_fop = &proc_sys_dir_file_operations;
+ if (is_empty_dir(head))
+ make_empty_dir_inode(inode);
}
out:
return inode;