2 * eCryptfs: Linux filesystem encryption layer
4 * Copyright (C) 2008 International Business Machines Corp.
5 * Author(s): Michael A. Halcrow <mahalcro@us.ibm.com>
7 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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13 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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23 #include <linux/kthread.h>
24 #include <linux/freezer.h>
25 #include <linux/slab.h>
26 #include <linux/wait.h>
27 #include <linux/mount.h>
28 #include "ecryptfs_kernel.h"
30 struct ecryptfs_open_req
{
31 struct file
**lower_file
;
33 struct completion done
;
34 struct list_head kthread_ctl_list
;
37 static struct ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
{
38 #define ECRYPTFS_KTHREAD_ZOMBIE 0x00000001
41 struct list_head req_list
;
42 wait_queue_head_t wait
;
43 } ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
;
45 static struct task_struct
*ecryptfs_kthread
;
51 * The eCryptfs kernel thread that has the responsibility of getting
52 * the lower file with RW permissions.
54 * Returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise
56 static int ecryptfs_threadfn(void *ignored
)
60 struct ecryptfs_open_req
*req
;
63 ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.wait
,
64 (!list_empty(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.req_list
)
65 || kthread_should_stop()));
66 mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.mux
);
67 if (ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.flags
& ECRYPTFS_KTHREAD_ZOMBIE
) {
68 mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.mux
);
71 while (!list_empty(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.req_list
)) {
72 req
= list_first_entry(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.req_list
,
73 struct ecryptfs_open_req
,
75 list_del(&req
->kthread_ctl_list
);
76 *req
->lower_file
= dentry_open(&req
->path
,
77 (O_RDWR
| O_LARGEFILE
), current_cred());
80 mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.mux
);
86 int __init
ecryptfs_init_kthread(void)
90 mutex_init(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.mux
);
91 init_waitqueue_head(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.wait
);
92 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.req_list
);
93 ecryptfs_kthread
= kthread_run(&ecryptfs_threadfn
, NULL
,
95 if (IS_ERR(ecryptfs_kthread
)) {
96 rc
= PTR_ERR(ecryptfs_kthread
);
97 printk(KERN_ERR
"%s: Failed to create kernel thread; rc = [%d]"
103 void ecryptfs_destroy_kthread(void)
105 struct ecryptfs_open_req
*req
, *tmp
;
107 mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.mux
);
108 ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.flags
|= ECRYPTFS_KTHREAD_ZOMBIE
;
109 list_for_each_entry_safe(req
, tmp
, &ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.req_list
,
111 list_del(&req
->kthread_ctl_list
);
112 *req
->lower_file
= ERR_PTR(-EIO
);
113 complete(&req
->done
);
115 mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.mux
);
116 kthread_stop(ecryptfs_kthread
);
117 wake_up(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.wait
);
121 * ecryptfs_privileged_open
122 * @lower_file: Result of dentry_open by root on lower dentry
123 * @lower_dentry: Lower dentry for file to open
124 * @lower_mnt: Lower vfsmount for file to open
126 * This function gets a r/w file opened againt the lower dentry.
128 * Returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise
130 int ecryptfs_privileged_open(struct file
**lower_file
,
131 struct dentry
*lower_dentry
,
132 struct vfsmount
*lower_mnt
,
133 const struct cred
*cred
)
135 struct ecryptfs_open_req req
;
136 int flags
= O_LARGEFILE
;
139 init_completion(&req
.done
);
140 req
.lower_file
= lower_file
;
141 req
.path
.dentry
= lower_dentry
;
142 req
.path
.mnt
= lower_mnt
;
144 /* Corresponding dput() and mntput() are done when the
145 * lower file is fput() when all eCryptfs files for the inode are
147 flags
|= IS_RDONLY(d_inode(lower_dentry
)) ? O_RDONLY
: O_RDWR
;
148 (*lower_file
) = dentry_open(&req
.path
, flags
, cred
);
149 if (!IS_ERR(*lower_file
))
151 if ((flags
& O_ACCMODE
) == O_RDONLY
) {
152 rc
= PTR_ERR((*lower_file
));
155 mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.mux
);
156 if (ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.flags
& ECRYPTFS_KTHREAD_ZOMBIE
) {
158 mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.mux
);
159 printk(KERN_ERR
"%s: We are in the middle of shutting down; "
160 "aborting privileged request to open lower file\n",
164 list_add_tail(&req
.kthread_ctl_list
, &ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.req_list
);
165 mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.mux
);
166 wake_up(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl
.wait
);
167 wait_for_completion(&req
.done
);
168 if (IS_ERR(*lower_file
))
169 rc
= PTR_ERR(*lower_file
);