// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only /* * Common helpers for stackable filesystems and backing files. * * Copyright (C) 2023 CTERA Networks. */ #include #include #include "internal.h" /** * backing_file_open - open a backing file for kernel internal use * @user_path: path that the user reuqested to open * @flags: open flags * @real_path: path of the backing file * @cred: credentials for open * * Open a backing file for a stackable filesystem (e.g., overlayfs). * @user_path may be on the stackable filesystem and @real_path on the * underlying filesystem. In this case, we want to be able to return the * @user_path of the stackable filesystem. This is done by embedding the * returned file into a container structure that also stores the stacked * file's path, which can be retrieved using backing_file_user_path(). */ struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags, const struct path *real_path, const struct cred *cred) { struct file *f; int error; f = alloc_empty_backing_file(flags, cred); if (IS_ERR(f)) return f; path_get(user_path); *backing_file_user_path(f) = *user_path; error = vfs_open(real_path, f); if (error) { fput(f); f = ERR_PTR(error); } return f; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_open);