2 * Filesystem access notification for Linux
4 * Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc., Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
7 #ifndef __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H
8 #define __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H
12 #include <linux/idr.h> /* inotify uses this */
13 #include <linux/fs.h> /* struct inode */
14 #include <linux/list.h>
15 #include <linux/path.h> /* struct path */
16 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
17 #include <linux/types.h>
19 #include <asm/atomic.h>
22 * IN_* from inotfy.h lines up EXACTLY with FS_*, this is so we can easily
23 * convert between them. dnotify only needs conversion at watch creation
24 * so no perf loss there. fanotify isn't defined yet, so it can use the
25 * wholes if it needs more events.
27 #define FS_ACCESS 0x00000001 /* File was accessed */
28 #define FS_MODIFY 0x00000002 /* File was modified */
29 #define FS_ATTRIB 0x00000004 /* Metadata changed */
30 #define FS_CLOSE_WRITE 0x00000008 /* Writtable file was closed */
31 #define FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE 0x00000010 /* Unwrittable file closed */
32 #define FS_OPEN 0x00000020 /* File was opened */
33 #define FS_MOVED_FROM 0x00000040 /* File was moved from X */
34 #define FS_MOVED_TO 0x00000080 /* File was moved to Y */
35 #define FS_CREATE 0x00000100 /* Subfile was created */
36 #define FS_DELETE 0x00000200 /* Subfile was deleted */
37 #define FS_DELETE_SELF 0x00000400 /* Self was deleted */
38 #define FS_MOVE_SELF 0x00000800 /* Self was moved */
40 #define FS_UNMOUNT 0x00002000 /* inode on umount fs */
41 #define FS_Q_OVERFLOW 0x00004000 /* Event queued overflowed */
42 #define FS_IN_IGNORED 0x00008000 /* last inotify event here */
44 #define FS_OPEN_PERM 0x00010000 /* open event in an permission hook */
45 #define FS_ACCESS_PERM 0x00020000 /* access event in a permissions hook */
47 #define FS_EXCL_UNLINK 0x04000000 /* do not send events if object is unlinked */
48 #define FS_ISDIR 0x40000000 /* event occurred against dir */
49 #define FS_IN_ONESHOT 0x80000000 /* only send event once */
51 #define FS_DN_RENAME 0x10000000 /* file renamed */
52 #define FS_DN_MULTISHOT 0x20000000 /* dnotify multishot */
54 /* This inode cares about things that happen to its children. Always set for
55 * dnotify and inotify. */
56 #define FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD 0x08000000
58 /* This is a list of all events that may get sent to a parernt based on fs event
59 * happening to inodes inside that directory */
60 #define FS_EVENTS_POSS_ON_CHILD (FS_ACCESS | FS_MODIFY | FS_ATTRIB |\
61 FS_CLOSE_WRITE | FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE | FS_OPEN |\
62 FS_MOVED_FROM | FS_MOVED_TO | FS_CREATE |\
65 #define FS_MOVE (FS_MOVED_FROM | FS_MOVED_TO)
67 #define ALL_FSNOTIFY_PERM_EVENTS (FS_OPEN_PERM | FS_ACCESS_PERM)
69 #define ALL_FSNOTIFY_EVENTS (FS_ACCESS | FS_MODIFY | FS_ATTRIB | \
70 FS_CLOSE_WRITE | FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE | FS_OPEN | \
71 FS_MOVED_FROM | FS_MOVED_TO | FS_CREATE | \
72 FS_DELETE | FS_DELETE_SELF | FS_MOVE_SELF | \
73 FS_UNMOUNT | FS_Q_OVERFLOW | FS_IN_IGNORED | \
74 FS_OPEN_PERM | FS_ACCESS_PERM | FS_EXCL_UNLINK | \
75 FS_ISDIR | FS_IN_ONESHOT | FS_DN_RENAME | \
76 FS_DN_MULTISHOT | FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD)
78 struct fsnotify_group;
79 struct fsnotify_event;
81 struct fsnotify_event_private_data;
84 * Each group much define these ops. The fsnotify infrastructure will call
85 * these operations for each relevant group.
87 * should_send_event - given a group, inode, and mask this function determines
88 * if the group is interested in this event.
89 * handle_event - main call for a group to handle an fs event
90 * free_group_priv - called when a group refcnt hits 0 to clean up the private union
91 * freeing-mark - this means that a mark has been flagged to die when everything
92 * finishes using it. The function is supplied with what must be a
93 * valid group and inode to use to clean up.
96 bool (*should_send_event)(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode,
97 struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
98 struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmount_mark,
99 __u32 mask, void *data, int data_type);
100 int (*handle_event)(struct fsnotify_group *group,
101 struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
102 struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmount_mark,
103 struct fsnotify_event *event);
104 void (*free_group_priv)(struct fsnotify_group *group);
105 void (*freeing_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, struct fsnotify_group *group);
106 void (*free_event_priv)(struct fsnotify_event_private_data *priv);
110 * A group is a "thing" that wants to receive notification about filesystem
111 * events. The mask holds the subset of event types this group cares about.
112 * refcnt on a group is up to the implementor and at any moment if it goes 0
113 * everything will be cleaned up.
115 struct fsnotify_group {
117 * How the refcnt is used is up to each group. When the refcnt hits 0
118 * fsnotify will clean up all of the resources associated with this group.
119 * As an example, the dnotify group will always have a refcnt=1 and that
120 * will never change. Inotify, on the other hand, has a group per
121 * inotify_init() and the refcnt will hit 0 only when that fd has been
124 atomic_t refcnt; /* things with interest in this group */
126 const struct fsnotify_ops *ops; /* how this group handles things */
128 /* needed to send notification to userspace */
129 struct mutex notification_mutex; /* protect the notification_list */
130 struct list_head notification_list; /* list of event_holder this group needs to send to userspace */
131 wait_queue_head_t notification_waitq; /* read() on the notification file blocks on this waitq */
132 unsigned int q_len; /* events on the queue */
133 unsigned int max_events; /* maximum events allowed on the list */
135 * Valid fsnotify group priorities. Events are send in order from highest
136 * priority to lowest priority. We default to the lowest priority.
138 #define FS_PRIO_0 0 /* normal notifiers, no permissions */
139 #define FS_PRIO_1 1 /* fanotify content based access control */
140 #define FS_PRIO_2 2 /* fanotify pre-content access */
141 unsigned int priority;
143 /* stores all fastpath marks assoc with this group so they can be cleaned on unregister */
144 spinlock_t mark_lock; /* protect marks_list */
145 atomic_t num_marks; /* 1 for each mark and 1 for not being
146 * past the point of no return when freeing
148 struct list_head marks_list; /* all inode marks for this group */
150 /* groups can define private fields here or use the void *private */
153 #ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER
154 struct inotify_group_private_data {
158 struct fasync_struct *fa; /* async notification */
159 struct user_struct *user;
162 #ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY
163 struct fanotify_group_private_data {
164 #ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS
165 /* allows a group to block waiting for a userspace response */
166 struct mutex access_mutex;
167 struct list_head access_list;
168 wait_queue_head_t access_waitq;
169 atomic_t bypass_perm;
170 #endif /* CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS */
172 unsigned int max_marks;
173 struct user_struct *user;
175 #endif /* CONFIG_FANOTIFY */
180 * A single event can be queued in multiple group->notification_lists.
182 * each group->notification_list will point to an event_holder which in turns points
183 * to the actual event that needs to be sent to userspace.
185 * Seemed cheaper to create a refcnt'd event and a small holder for every group
186 * than create a different event for every group
189 struct fsnotify_event_holder {
190 struct fsnotify_event *event;
191 struct list_head event_list;
195 * Inotify needs to tack data onto an event. This struct lets us later find the
196 * correct private data of the correct group.
198 struct fsnotify_event_private_data {
199 struct fsnotify_group *group;
200 struct list_head event_list;
204 * all of the information about the original object we want to now send to
205 * a group. If you want to carry more info from the accessing task to the
206 * listener this structure is where you need to be adding fields.
208 struct fsnotify_event {
210 * If we create an event we are also likely going to need a holder
211 * to link to a group. So embed one holder in the event. Means only
212 * one allocation for the common case where we only have one group
214 struct fsnotify_event_holder holder;
215 spinlock_t lock; /* protection for the associated event_holder and private_list */
216 /* to_tell may ONLY be dereferenced during handle_event(). */
217 struct inode *to_tell; /* either the inode the event happened to or its parent */
219 * depending on the event type we should have either a path or inode
220 * We hold a reference on path, but NOT on inode. Since we have the ref on
221 * the path, it may be dereferenced at any point during this object's
222 * lifetime. That reference is dropped when this object's refcnt hits
223 * 0. If this event contains an inode instead of a path, the inode may
224 * ONLY be used during handle_event().
230 /* when calling fsnotify tell it if the data is a path or inode */
231 #define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE 0
232 #define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH 1
233 #define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE 2
234 int data_type; /* which of the above union we have */
235 atomic_t refcnt; /* how many groups still are using/need to send this event */
236 __u32 mask; /* the type of access, bitwise OR for FS_* event types */
238 u32 sync_cookie; /* used to corrolate events, namely inotify mv events */
239 const unsigned char *file_name;
243 #ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS
244 __u32 response; /* userspace answer to question */
245 #endif /* CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS */
247 struct list_head private_data_list; /* groups can store private data here */
251 * Inode specific fields in an fsnotify_mark
253 struct fsnotify_inode_mark {
254 struct inode *inode; /* inode this mark is associated with */
255 struct hlist_node i_list; /* list of marks by inode->i_fsnotify_marks */
256 struct list_head free_i_list; /* tmp list used when freeing this mark */
260 * Mount point specific fields in an fsnotify_mark
262 struct fsnotify_vfsmount_mark {
263 struct vfsmount *mnt; /* vfsmount this mark is associated with */
264 struct hlist_node m_list; /* list of marks by inode->i_fsnotify_marks */
265 struct list_head free_m_list; /* tmp list used when freeing this mark */
269 * a mark is simply an object attached to an in core inode which allows an
270 * fsnotify listener to indicate they are either no longer interested in events
271 * of a type matching mask or only interested in those events.
273 * these are flushed when an inode is evicted from core and may be flushed
274 * when the inode is modified (as seen by fsnotify_access). Some fsnotify users
275 * (such as dnotify) will flush these when the open fd is closed and not at
276 * inode eviction or modification.
278 struct fsnotify_mark {
279 __u32 mask; /* mask this mark is for */
280 /* we hold ref for each i_list and g_list. also one ref for each 'thing'
281 * in kernel that found and may be using this mark. */
282 atomic_t refcnt; /* active things looking at this mark */
283 struct fsnotify_group *group; /* group this mark is for */
284 struct list_head g_list; /* list of marks by group->i_fsnotify_marks */
285 spinlock_t lock; /* protect group and inode */
287 struct fsnotify_inode_mark i;
288 struct fsnotify_vfsmount_mark m;
290 struct list_head free_g_list; /* tmp list used when freeing this mark */
291 __u32 ignored_mask; /* events types to ignore */
292 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_INODE 0x01
293 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_VFSMOUNT 0x02
294 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_OBJECT_PINNED 0x04
295 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_IGNORED_SURV_MODIFY 0x08
296 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALIVE 0x10
297 unsigned int flags; /* vfsmount or inode mark? */
298 struct list_head destroy_list;
299 void (*free_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark *mark); /* called on final put+free */
302 #ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
304 /* called from the vfs helpers */
306 /* main fsnotify call to send events */
307 extern int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is,
308 const unsigned char *name, u32 cookie);
309 extern int __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask);
310 extern void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode);
311 extern void __fsnotify_vfsmount_delete(struct vfsmount *mnt);
312 extern u32 fsnotify_get_cookie(void);
314 static inline int fsnotify_inode_watches_children(struct inode *inode)
316 /* FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD is set if the inode may care */
317 if (!(inode->i_fsnotify_mask & FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD))
319 /* this inode might care about child events, does it care about the
320 * specific set of events that can happen on a child? */
321 return inode->i_fsnotify_mask & FS_EVENTS_POSS_ON_CHILD;
325 * Update the dentry with a flag indicating the interest of its parent to receive
326 * filesystem events when those events happens to this dentry->d_inode.
328 static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
330 struct dentry *parent;
332 assert_spin_locked(&dentry->d_lock);
335 * Serialisation of setting PARENT_WATCHED on the dentries is provided
336 * by d_lock. If inotify_inode_watched changes after we have taken
337 * d_lock, the following __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags call will
338 * find our entry, so it will spin until we complete here, and update
339 * us with the new state.
341 parent = dentry->d_parent;
342 if (parent->d_inode && fsnotify_inode_watches_children(parent->d_inode))
343 dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
345 dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
349 * fsnotify_d_instantiate - instantiate a dentry for inode
351 static inline void __fsnotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
356 spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
357 __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(dentry);
358 spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
361 /* called from fsnotify listeners, such as fanotify or dnotify */
363 /* get a reference to an existing or create a new group */
364 extern struct fsnotify_group *fsnotify_alloc_group(const struct fsnotify_ops *ops);
365 /* drop reference on a group from fsnotify_alloc_group */
366 extern void fsnotify_put_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
368 /* take a reference to an event */
369 extern void fsnotify_get_event(struct fsnotify_event *event);
370 extern void fsnotify_put_event(struct fsnotify_event *event);
371 /* find private data previously attached to an event and unlink it */
372 extern struct fsnotify_event_private_data *fsnotify_remove_priv_from_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
373 struct fsnotify_event *event);
375 /* attach the event to the group notification queue */
376 extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_add_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
377 struct fsnotify_event *event,
378 struct fsnotify_event_private_data *priv,
379 struct fsnotify_event *(*merge)(struct list_head *,
380 struct fsnotify_event *));
381 /* true if the group notification queue is empty */
382 extern bool fsnotify_notify_queue_is_empty(struct fsnotify_group *group);
383 /* return, but do not dequeue the first event on the notification queue */
384 extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_peek_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group);
385 /* return AND dequeue the first event on the notification queue */
386 extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_remove_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group);
388 /* functions used to manipulate the marks attached to inodes */
390 /* run all marks associated with a vfsmount and update mnt->mnt_fsnotify_mask */
391 extern void fsnotify_recalc_vfsmount_mask(struct vfsmount *mnt);
392 /* run all marks associated with an inode and update inode->i_fsnotify_mask */
393 extern void fsnotify_recalc_inode_mask(struct inode *inode);
394 extern void fsnotify_init_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, void (*free_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark *mark));
395 /* find (and take a reference) to a mark associated with group and inode */
396 extern struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_inode_mark(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode);
397 /* find (and take a reference) to a mark associated with group and vfsmount */
398 extern struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_vfsmount_mark(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct vfsmount *mnt);
399 /* copy the values from old into new */
400 extern void fsnotify_duplicate_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *new, struct fsnotify_mark *old);
401 /* set the ignored_mask of a mark */
402 extern void fsnotify_set_mark_ignored_mask_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, __u32 mask);
403 /* set the mask of a mark (might pin the object into memory */
404 extern void fsnotify_set_mark_mask_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, __u32 mask);
405 /* attach the mark to both the group and the inode */
406 extern int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, struct fsnotify_group *group,
407 struct inode *inode, struct vfsmount *mnt, int allow_dups);
408 /* given a mark, flag it to be freed when all references are dropped */
409 extern void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
410 /* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the vfsmount marks */
411 extern void fsnotify_clear_vfsmount_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
412 /* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the inode marks */
413 extern void fsnotify_clear_inode_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
414 /* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the marks where mark->flags & flags is true*/
415 extern void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(struct fsnotify_group *group, unsigned int flags);
416 /* run all the marks in a group, and flag them to be freed */
417 extern void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
418 extern void fsnotify_get_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
419 extern void fsnotify_put_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
420 extern void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct list_head *list);
422 /* put here because inotify does some weird stuff when destroying watches */
423 extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
424 void *data, int data_is,
425 const unsigned char *name,
426 u32 cookie, gfp_t gfp);
428 /* fanotify likes to change events after they are on lists... */
429 extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_clone_event(struct fsnotify_event *old_event);
430 extern int fsnotify_replace_event(struct fsnotify_event_holder *old_holder,
431 struct fsnotify_event *new_event);
435 static inline int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is,
436 const unsigned char *name, u32 cookie)
441 static inline int __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
446 static inline void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode)
449 static inline void __fsnotify_vfsmount_delete(struct vfsmount *mnt)
452 static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
455 static inline void __fsnotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
458 static inline u32 fsnotify_get_cookie(void)
463 static inline void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct list_head *list)
466 #endif /* CONFIG_FSNOTIFY */
468 #endif /* __KERNEL __ */
470 #endif /* __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H */