make nameidata completely opaque outside of fs/namei.c
[linux-2.6-block.git] / include / linux / namei.h
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1#ifndef _LINUX_NAMEI_H
2#define _LINUX_NAMEI_H
3
82b0547c 4#include <linux/dcache.h>
08b60f84 5#include <linux/errno.h>
1da177e4 6#include <linux/linkage.h>
c5e725f3 7#include <linux/path.h>
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8
9struct vfsmount;
1f55a6ec 10struct nameidata;
1da177e4 11
737bebd1 12enum { MAX_NESTED_LINKS = 8 };
1da177e4 13
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14/*
15 * Type of the last component on LOOKUP_PARENT
16 */
17enum {LAST_NORM, LAST_ROOT, LAST_DOT, LAST_DOTDOT, LAST_BIND};
18
19/*
20 * The bitmask for a lookup event:
21 * - follow links at the end
22 * - require a directory
23 * - ending slashes ok even for nonexistent files
47a0dfaa 24 * - internal "there are more path components" flag
1da177e4 25 * - dentry cache is untrusted; force a real lookup
6f45b656 26 * - suppress terminal automount
1da177e4 27 */
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28#define LOOKUP_FOLLOW 0x0001
29#define LOOKUP_DIRECTORY 0x0002
d94c177b 30#define LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT 0x0004
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31
32#define LOOKUP_PARENT 0x0010
33#define LOOKUP_REVAL 0x0020
34#define LOOKUP_RCU 0x0040
b6c8069d 35
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36/*
37 * Intent data
38 */
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39#define LOOKUP_OPEN 0x0100
40#define LOOKUP_CREATE 0x0200
41#define LOOKUP_EXCL 0x0400
4e9ed2f8 42#define LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET 0x0800
1da177e4 43
16c2cd71 44#define LOOKUP_JUMPED 0x1000
5b6ca027 45#define LOOKUP_ROOT 0x2000
f52e0c11 46#define LOOKUP_EMPTY 0x4000
16c2cd71 47
2d8f3038 48extern int user_path_at(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *);
1fa1e7f6 49extern int user_path_at_empty(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *, int *empty);
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50
51#define user_path(name, path) user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, path)
52#define user_lpath(name, path) user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, name, 0, path)
53#define user_path_dir(name, path) \
54 user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, path)
55
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56extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *);
57
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58extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);
59extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, unsigned int);
921a1650 60extern void done_path_create(struct path *, struct dentry *);
79714f72 61extern struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *, struct path *);
2d864651 62extern int kern_path_mountpoint(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);
1da177e4 63
eead1911 64extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
1da177e4 65
cc53ce53 66extern int follow_down_one(struct path *);
7cc90cc3 67extern int follow_down(struct path *);
bab77ebf 68extern int follow_up(struct path *);
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69
70extern struct dentry *lock_rename(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
71extern void unlock_rename(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
72
b5fb63c1 73extern void nd_jump_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path);
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74extern void nd_set_link(struct nameidata *nd, char *path);
75extern char *nd_get_link(struct nameidata *nd);
1da177e4 76
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77static inline void nd_terminate_link(void *name, size_t len, size_t maxlen)
78{
79 ((char *) name)[min(len, maxlen)] = '\0';
80}
81
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82/**
83 * retry_estale - determine whether the caller should retry an operation
84 * @error: the error that would currently be returned
85 * @flags: flags being used for next lookup attempt
86 *
87 * Check to see if the error code was -ESTALE, and then determine whether
88 * to retry the call based on whether "flags" already has LOOKUP_REVAL set.
89 *
90 * Returns true if the caller should try the operation again.
91 */
92static inline bool
93retry_estale(const long error, const unsigned int flags)
94{
95 return error == -ESTALE && !(flags & LOOKUP_REVAL);
96}
97
1da177e4 98#endif /* _LINUX_NAMEI_H */