fsnotify: add marks to inodes so groups can interpret how to handle those inodes
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1 /*
2 * Filesystem access notification for Linux
3 *
4 * Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc., Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
5 */
6
7 #ifndef __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H
8 #define __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H
9
10 #ifdef __KERNEL__
11
12 #include <linux/fs.h> /* struct inode */
13 #include <linux/list.h>
14 #include <linux/path.h> /* struct path */
15 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
16 #include <linux/types.h>
17
18 #include <asm/atomic.h>
19
20 /*
21 * IN_* from inotfy.h lines up EXACTLY with FS_*, this is so we can easily
22 * convert between them. dnotify only needs conversion at watch creation
23 * so no perf loss there. fanotify isn't defined yet, so it can use the
24 * wholes if it needs more events.
25 */
26 #define FS_ACCESS 0x00000001 /* File was accessed */
27 #define FS_MODIFY 0x00000002 /* File was modified */
28 #define FS_ATTRIB 0x00000004 /* Metadata changed */
29 #define FS_CLOSE_WRITE 0x00000008 /* Writtable file was closed */
30 #define FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE 0x00000010 /* Unwrittable file closed */
31 #define FS_OPEN 0x00000020 /* File was opened */
32 #define FS_MOVED_FROM 0x00000040 /* File was moved from X */
33 #define FS_MOVED_TO 0x00000080 /* File was moved to Y */
34 #define FS_CREATE 0x00000100 /* Subfile was created */
35 #define FS_DELETE 0x00000200 /* Subfile was deleted */
36 #define FS_DELETE_SELF 0x00000400 /* Self was deleted */
37 #define FS_MOVE_SELF 0x00000800 /* Self was moved */
38
39 #define FS_UNMOUNT 0x00002000 /* inode on umount fs */
40 #define FS_Q_OVERFLOW 0x00004000 /* Event queued overflowed */
41 #define FS_IN_IGNORED 0x00008000 /* last inotify event here */
42
43 #define FS_IN_ISDIR 0x40000000 /* event occurred against dir */
44 #define FS_IN_ONESHOT 0x80000000 /* only send event once */
45
46 #define FS_DN_RENAME 0x10000000 /* file renamed */
47 #define FS_DN_MULTISHOT 0x20000000 /* dnotify multishot */
48
49 struct fsnotify_group;
50 struct fsnotify_event;
51 struct fsnotify_mark_entry;
52
53 /*
54 * Each group much define these ops. The fsnotify infrastructure will call
55 * these operations for each relevant group.
56 *
57 * should_send_event - given a group, inode, and mask this function determines
58 * if the group is interested in this event.
59 * handle_event - main call for a group to handle an fs event
60 * free_group_priv - called when a group refcnt hits 0 to clean up the private union
61 * freeing-mark - this means that a mark has been flagged to die when everything
62 * finishes using it. The function is supplied with what must be a
63 * valid group and inode to use to clean up.
64 */
65 struct fsnotify_ops {
66 bool (*should_send_event)(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode, __u32 mask);
67 int (*handle_event)(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct fsnotify_event *event);
68 void (*free_group_priv)(struct fsnotify_group *group);
69 void (*freeing_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry, struct fsnotify_group *group);
70 };
71
72 /*
73 * A group is a "thing" that wants to receive notification about filesystem
74 * events. The mask holds the subset of event types this group cares about.
75 * refcnt on a group is up to the implementor and at any moment if it goes 0
76 * everything will be cleaned up.
77 */
78 struct fsnotify_group {
79 /*
80 * global list of all groups receiving events from fsnotify.
81 * anchored by fsnotify_groups and protected by either fsnotify_grp_mutex
82 * or fsnotify_grp_srcu depending on write vs read.
83 */
84 struct list_head group_list;
85
86 /*
87 * Defines all of the event types in which this group is interested.
88 * This mask is a bitwise OR of the FS_* events from above. Each time
89 * this mask changes for a group (if it changes) the correct functions
90 * must be called to update the global structures which indicate global
91 * interest in event types.
92 */
93 __u32 mask;
94
95 /*
96 * How the refcnt is used is up to each group. When the refcnt hits 0
97 * fsnotify will clean up all of the resources associated with this group.
98 * As an example, the dnotify group will always have a refcnt=1 and that
99 * will never change. Inotify, on the other hand, has a group per
100 * inotify_init() and the refcnt will hit 0 only when that fd has been
101 * closed.
102 */
103 atomic_t refcnt; /* things with interest in this group */
104 unsigned int group_num; /* simply prevents accidental group collision */
105
106 const struct fsnotify_ops *ops; /* how this group handles things */
107
108 /* stores all fastapth entries assoc with this group so they can be cleaned on unregister */
109 spinlock_t mark_lock; /* protect mark_entries list */
110 atomic_t num_marks; /* 1 for each mark entry and 1 for not being
111 * past the point of no return when freeing
112 * a group */
113 struct list_head mark_entries; /* all inode mark entries for this group */
114
115 /* prevents double list_del of group_list. protected by global fsnotify_grp_mutex */
116 bool on_group_list;
117
118 /* groups can define private fields here or use the void *private */
119 union {
120 void *private;
121 };
122 };
123
124 /*
125 * all of the information about the original object we want to now send to
126 * a group. If you want to carry more info from the accessing task to the
127 * listener this structure is where you need to be adding fields.
128 */
129 struct fsnotify_event {
130 spinlock_t lock; /* protection for the associated event_holder and private_list */
131 /* to_tell may ONLY be dereferenced during handle_event(). */
132 struct inode *to_tell; /* either the inode the event happened to or its parent */
133 /*
134 * depending on the event type we should have either a path or inode
135 * We hold a reference on path, but NOT on inode. Since we have the ref on
136 * the path, it may be dereferenced at any point during this object's
137 * lifetime. That reference is dropped when this object's refcnt hits
138 * 0. If this event contains an inode instead of a path, the inode may
139 * ONLY be used during handle_event().
140 */
141 union {
142 struct path path;
143 struct inode *inode;
144 };
145 /* when calling fsnotify tell it if the data is a path or inode */
146 #define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE 0
147 #define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH 1
148 #define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE 2
149 #define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE 3
150 int data_type; /* which of the above union we have */
151 atomic_t refcnt; /* how many groups still are using/need to send this event */
152 __u32 mask; /* the type of access, bitwise OR for FS_* event types */
153 };
154
155 /*
156 * a mark is simply an entry attached to an in core inode which allows an
157 * fsnotify listener to indicate they are either no longer interested in events
158 * of a type matching mask or only interested in those events.
159 *
160 * these are flushed when an inode is evicted from core and may be flushed
161 * when the inode is modified (as seen by fsnotify_access). Some fsnotify users
162 * (such as dnotify) will flush these when the open fd is closed and not at
163 * inode eviction or modification.
164 */
165 struct fsnotify_mark_entry {
166 __u32 mask; /* mask this mark entry is for */
167 /* we hold ref for each i_list and g_list. also one ref for each 'thing'
168 * in kernel that found and may be using this mark. */
169 atomic_t refcnt; /* active things looking at this mark */
170 struct inode *inode; /* inode this entry is associated with */
171 struct fsnotify_group *group; /* group this mark entry is for */
172 struct hlist_node i_list; /* list of mark_entries by inode->i_fsnotify_mark_entries */
173 struct list_head g_list; /* list of mark_entries by group->i_fsnotify_mark_entries */
174 spinlock_t lock; /* protect group, inode, and killme */
175 struct list_head free_i_list; /* tmp list used when freeing this mark */
176 struct list_head free_g_list; /* tmp list used when freeing this mark */
177 void (*free_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry); /* called on final put+free */
178 };
179
180 #ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
181
182 /* called from the vfs helpers */
183
184 /* main fsnotify call to send events */
185 extern void fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is);
186 extern void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode);
187
188
189 /* called from fsnotify listeners, such as fanotify or dnotify */
190
191 /* must call when a group changes its ->mask */
192 extern void fsnotify_recalc_global_mask(void);
193 /* get a reference to an existing or create a new group */
194 extern struct fsnotify_group *fsnotify_obtain_group(unsigned int group_num,
195 __u32 mask,
196 const struct fsnotify_ops *ops);
197 /* run all marks associated with this group and update group->mask */
198 extern void fsnotify_recalc_group_mask(struct fsnotify_group *group);
199 /* drop reference on a group from fsnotify_obtain_group */
200 extern void fsnotify_put_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
201
202 /* take a reference to an event */
203 extern void fsnotify_get_event(struct fsnotify_event *event);
204 extern void fsnotify_put_event(struct fsnotify_event *event);
205 /* find private data previously attached to an event */
206 extern struct fsnotify_event_private_data *fsnotify_get_priv_from_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
207 struct fsnotify_event *event);
208
209 /* functions used to manipulate the marks attached to inodes */
210
211 /* run all marks associated with an inode and update inode->i_fsnotify_mask */
212 extern void fsnotify_recalc_inode_mask(struct inode *inode);
213 extern void fsnotify_init_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry, void (*free_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry));
214 /* find (and take a reference) to a mark associated with group and inode */
215 extern struct fsnotify_mark_entry *fsnotify_find_mark_entry(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode);
216 /* attach the mark to both the group and the inode */
217 extern int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry, struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode);
218 /* given a mark, flag it to be freed when all references are dropped */
219 extern void fsnotify_destroy_mark_by_entry(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry);
220 /* run all the marks in a group, and flag them to be freed */
221 extern void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
222 extern void fsnotify_get_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry);
223 extern void fsnotify_put_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry);
224
225 /* put here because inotify does some weird stuff when destroying watches */
226 extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
227 void *data, int data_is);
228 #else
229
230 static inline void fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is)
231 {}
232
233 static inline void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode)
234 {}
235
236 #endif /* CONFIG_FSNOTIFY */
237
238 #endif /* __KERNEL __ */
239
240 #endif /* __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H */
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