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4037d966f0The fact that directory operations (create,remove,rename) are protected
by a lock on the parent is known widely throughout the kernel.
In order to change this - to instead lock the target dentry - it is
best to centralise this knowledge so it can be changed in one place.
This patch introduces start_dirop() which is local to VFS code.
It performs the required locking for create and remove. Rename
will be handled separately.
Various functions with names like start_creating() or start_removing_path(),
some of which already exist, will export this functionality beyond the VFS.
end_dirop() is the partner of start_dirop(). It drops the lock and
releases the reference on the dentry.
It *is* exported so that various end_creating etc functions can be inline.
As vfs_mkdir() drops the dentry on error we cannot use end_dirop() as
that won't unlock when the dentry IS_ERR(). For now we need an explicit
unlock when dentry IS_ERR(). I hope to change vfs_mkdir() to unlock
when it drops a dentry so that explicit unlock can go away.
end_dirop() can always be called on the result of start_dirop(), but not
after vfs_mkdir(). After a vfs_mkdir() we still may need the explicit
unlock as seen in end_creating_path().
As well as adding start_dirop() and end_dirop()
this patch uses them in:
- simple_start_creating (which requires sharing lookup_noperm_common()
with libfs.c)
- start_removing_path / start_removing_user_path_at
- filename_create / end_creating_path()
- do_rmdir(), do_unlinkat()
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113002050.676694-3-neilb@ownmail.net
Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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