1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
5 * Copyright (C) 2007 Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
7 * Thanks to Arnd Bergmann for code review and suggestions.
8 * More changes for Thomas Gleixner suggestions.
12 #include <linux/cred.h>
13 #include <linux/file.h>
14 #include <linux/poll.h>
15 #include <linux/sched.h>
16 #include <linux/init.h>
18 #include <linux/mount.h>
19 #include <linux/module.h>
20 #include <linux/kernel.h>
21 #include <linux/magic.h>
22 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
24 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
26 static struct vfsmount *anon_inode_mnt __read_mostly;
27 static struct inode *anon_inode_inode;
30 * anon_inodefs_dname() is called from d_path().
32 static char *anon_inodefs_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
34 return dynamic_dname(dentry, buffer, buflen, "anon_inode:%s",
38 static const struct dentry_operations anon_inodefs_dentry_operations = {
39 .d_dname = anon_inodefs_dname,
42 static struct dentry *anon_inodefs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
43 int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
45 return mount_pseudo(fs_type, "anon_inode:", NULL,
46 &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations, ANON_INODE_FS_MAGIC);
49 static struct file_system_type anon_inode_fs_type = {
50 .name = "anon_inodefs",
51 .mount = anon_inodefs_mount,
52 .kill_sb = kill_anon_super,
56 * anon_inode_getfile - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
57 * anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
60 * @name: [in] name of the "class" of the new file
61 * @fops: [in] file operations for the new file
62 * @priv: [in] private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
65 * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
66 * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
67 * All the files created with anon_inode_getfile() will share a single inode,
68 * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
69 * setup. Returns the newly created file* or an error pointer.
71 struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
72 const struct file_operations *fops,
73 void *priv, int flags)
77 if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
78 return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
80 if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner))
81 return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
84 * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
87 ihold(anon_inode_inode);
88 file = alloc_file_pseudo(anon_inode_inode, anon_inode_mnt, name,
89 flags & (O_ACCMODE | O_NONBLOCK), fops);
93 file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
95 file->private_data = priv;
100 iput(anon_inode_inode);
101 module_put(fops->owner);
104 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfile);
107 * anon_inode_getfd - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
108 * anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
111 * @name: [in] name of the "class" of the new file
112 * @fops: [in] file operations for the new file
113 * @priv: [in] private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
116 * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
117 * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
118 * All the files created with anon_inode_getfd() will share a single inode,
119 * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
120 * setup. Returns new descriptor or an error code.
122 int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
123 void *priv, int flags)
128 error = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
133 file = anon_inode_getfile(name, fops, priv, flags);
135 error = PTR_ERR(file);
136 goto err_put_unused_fd;
138 fd_install(fd, file);
146 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfd);
148 static int __init anon_inode_init(void)
150 anon_inode_mnt = kern_mount(&anon_inode_fs_type);
151 if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_mnt))
152 panic("anon_inode_init() kernel mount failed (%ld)\n", PTR_ERR(anon_inode_mnt));
154 anon_inode_inode = alloc_anon_inode(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
155 if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
156 panic("anon_inode_init() inode allocation failed (%ld)\n", PTR_ERR(anon_inode_inode));
161 fs_initcall(anon_inode_init);