linux/include/linux/fs.h
Eric W. Biederman 8f94859743 fs: Add helper functions for permanently empty directories.
commit fbabfd0f4e upstream.

To ensure it is safe to mount proc and sysfs I need to check if
filesystems that are mounted on top of them are mounted on truly empty
directories.  Given that some directories can gain entries over time,
knowing that a directory is empty right now is insufficient.

Therefore add supporting infrastructure for permantently empty
directories that proc and sysfs can use when they create mount points
for filesystems and fs_fully_visible can use to test for permanently
empty directories to ensure that nothing will be gained by mounting a
fresh copy of proc or sysfs.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
[ luis: backported to 3.16: adjusted context ]
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com>
2015-07-15 10:01:05 +01:00

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