user/sven/linux.git/fs/open.c, branch v4.8.5

Merge tag 'binfmt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/binfmt_misc

2016-08-07T14:13:14Z

Pull binfmt_misc update from James Bottomley: "This update is to allow architecture emulation containers to function such that the emulation binary can be housed outside the container itself. The container and fs parts both have acks from relevant experts. To use the new feature you have to add an F option to your binfmt_misc configuration" From the docs: "The usual behaviour of binfmt_misc is to spawn the binary lazily when the misc format file is invoked. However, this doesn't work very well in the face of mount namespaces and changeroots, so the F mode opens the binary as soon as the emulation is installed and uses the opened image to spawn the emulator, meaning it is always available once installed, regardless of how the environment changes" * tag 'binfmt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/binfmt_misc: binfmt_misc: add F option description to documentation binfmt_misc: add persistent opened binary handler for containers fs: add filp_clone_open API

vfs: merge .d_select_inode() into .d_real()

2016-06-30T06:53:27Z

The two methods essentially do the same: find the real dentry/inode belonging to an overlay dentry. The difference is in the usage: vfs_open() uses ->d_select_inode() and expects the function to perform copy-up if necessary based on the open flags argument. file_dentry() uses ->d_real() passing in the overlay dentry as well as the underlying inode. vfs_rename() uses ->d_select_inode() but passes zero flags. ->d_real() with a zero inode would have worked just as well here. This patch merges the functionality of ->d_select_inode() into ->d_real() by adding an 'open_flags' argument to the latter. [Al Viro] Make the signature of d_real() match that of ->d_real() again. And constify the inode argument, while we are at it. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi

Merge branch 'work.const-path' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2016-05-17T21:41:03Z

Pull 'struct path' constification update from Al Viro: "'struct path' is passed by reference to a bunch of Linux security methods; in theory, there's nothing to stop them from modifying the damn thing and LSM community being what it is, sooner or later some enterprising soul is going to decide that it's a good idea. Let's remove the temptation and constify all of those..." * 'work.const-path' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: constify ima_d_path() constify security_sb_pivotroot() constify security_path_chroot() constify security_path_{link,rename} apparmor: remove useless checks for NULL ->mnt constify security_path_{mkdir,mknod,symlink} constify security_path_{unlink,rmdir} apparmor: constify common_perm_...() apparmor: constify aa_path_link() apparmor: new helper - common_path_perm() constify chmod_common/security_path_chmod constify security_sb_mount() constify chown_common/security_path_chown tomoyo: constify assorted struct path * apparmor_path_truncate(): path->mnt is never NULL constify vfs_truncate() constify security_path_truncate() [apparmor] constify struct path * in a bunch of helpers

Merge branch 'ovl-fixes' into for-linus

2016-05-17T06:17:59Z

Backmerge to resolve a conflict in ovl_lookup_real(); "ovl_lookup_real(): use lookup_one_len_unlocked()" instead, but it was too late in the cycle to rebase.

vfs: add vfs_select_inode() helper

2016-05-11T03:55:01Z

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi Cc: # v4.2+

give readdir(2)/getdents(2)/etc. uniform exclusion with lseek()

2016-05-02T23:49:28Z

same as read() on regular files has, and for the same reason. Signed-off-by: Al Viro

fs: add filp_clone_open API

2016-03-30T21:12:22Z

I need an API that allows me to obtain a clone of the current file pointer to pass in to an exec handler. I've labelled this as an internal API because I can't see how it would be useful outside of the fs subsystem. The use case will be a persistent binfmt_misc handler. Signed-off-by: James Bottomley Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Acked-by: Jan Kara

constify chmod_common/security_path_chmod

2016-03-28T04:47:25Z

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

constify chown_common/security_path_chown

2016-03-28T04:47:24Z

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

constify vfs_truncate()

2016-03-28T04:47:22Z

Signed-off-by: Al Viro