From fbabfd0f4ee2e8847bf56edf481249ad1bb8c44d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 15:54:49 -0500 Subject: fs: Add helper functions for permanently empty directories. 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. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" --- include/linux/fs.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 2d24eeb8e59c..571aab91bfc0 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -2780,6 +2780,8 @@ extern struct dentry *simple_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned in extern ssize_t generic_read_dir(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); extern const struct file_operations simple_dir_operations; extern const struct inode_operations simple_dir_inode_operations; +extern void make_empty_dir_inode(struct inode *inode); +extern bool is_empty_dir_inode(struct inode *inode); struct tree_descr { char *name; const struct file_operations *ops; int mode; }; struct dentry *d_alloc_name(struct dentry *, const char *); extern int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *, unsigned long, struct tree_descr *); -- cgit v1.2.3