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1 /*
2 * Filesystem access notification for Linux
4 * Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc., Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
5 */
7 #ifndef __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H
8 #define __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H
10 #ifdef __KERNEL__
12 #include <linux/idr.h> /* inotify uses this */
13 #include <linux/fs.h> /* struct inode */
14 #include <linux/list.h>
15 #include <linux/path.h> /* struct path */
16 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
17 #include <linux/types.h>
19 #include <asm/atomic.h>
22 * IN_* from inotfy.h lines up EXACTLY with FS_*, this is so we can easily
23 * convert between them. dnotify only needs conversion at watch creation
24 * so no perf loss there. fanotify isn't defined yet, so it can use the
25 * wholes if it needs more events.
27 #define FS_ACCESS 0x00000001 /* File was accessed */
28 #define FS_MODIFY 0x00000002 /* File was modified */
29 #define FS_ATTRIB 0x00000004 /* Metadata changed */
30 #define FS_CLOSE_WRITE 0x00000008 /* Writtable file was closed */
31 #define FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE 0x00000010 /* Unwrittable file closed */
32 #define FS_OPEN 0x00000020 /* File was opened */
33 #define FS_MOVED_FROM 0x00000040 /* File was moved from X */
34 #define FS_MOVED_TO 0x00000080 /* File was moved to Y */
35 #define FS_CREATE 0x00000100 /* Subfile was created */
36 #define FS_DELETE 0x00000200 /* Subfile was deleted */
37 #define FS_DELETE_SELF 0x00000400 /* Self was deleted */
38 #define FS_MOVE_SELF 0x00000800 /* Self was moved */
40 #define FS_UNMOUNT 0x00002000 /* inode on umount fs */
41 #define FS_Q_OVERFLOW 0x00004000 /* Event queued overflowed */
42 #define FS_IN_IGNORED 0x00008000 /* last inotify event here */
44 #define FS_IN_ISDIR 0x40000000 /* event occurred against dir */
45 #define FS_IN_ONESHOT 0x80000000 /* only send event once */
47 #define FS_DN_RENAME 0x10000000 /* file renamed */
48 #define FS_DN_MULTISHOT 0x20000000 /* dnotify multishot */
50 /* This inode cares about things that happen to its children. Always set for
51 * dnotify and inotify. */
52 #define FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD 0x08000000
54 /* This is a list of all events that may get sent to a parernt based on fs event
55 * happening to inodes inside that directory */
56 #define FS_EVENTS_POSS_ON_CHILD (FS_ACCESS | FS_MODIFY | FS_ATTRIB |\
57 FS_CLOSE_WRITE | FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE | FS_OPEN |\
58 FS_MOVED_FROM | FS_MOVED_TO | FS_CREATE |\
59 FS_DELETE)
61 #define FS_MOVE (FS_MOVED_FROM | FS_MOVED_TO)
63 struct fsnotify_group;
64 struct fsnotify_event;
65 struct fsnotify_mark_entry;
66 struct fsnotify_event_private_data;
69 * Each group much define these ops. The fsnotify infrastructure will call
70 * these operations for each relevant group.
72 * should_send_event - given a group, inode, and mask this function determines
73 * if the group is interested in this event.
74 * handle_event - main call for a group to handle an fs event
75 * free_group_priv - called when a group refcnt hits 0 to clean up the private union
76 * freeing-mark - this means that a mark has been flagged to die when everything
77 * finishes using it. The function is supplied with what must be a
78 * valid group and inode to use to clean up.
80 struct fsnotify_ops {
81 bool (*should_send_event)(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode,
82 __u32 mask, void *data, int data_type);
83 int (*handle_event)(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct fsnotify_event *event);
84 void (*free_group_priv)(struct fsnotify_group *group);
85 void (*freeing_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry, struct fsnotify_group *group);
86 void (*free_event_priv)(struct fsnotify_event_private_data *priv);
90 * A group is a "thing" that wants to receive notification about filesystem
91 * events. The mask holds the subset of event types this group cares about.
92 * refcnt on a group is up to the implementor and at any moment if it goes 0
93 * everything will be cleaned up.
95 struct fsnotify_group {
97 * global list of all groups receiving events from fsnotify.
98 * anchored by fsnotify_groups and protected by either fsnotify_grp_mutex
99 * or fsnotify_grp_srcu depending on write vs read.
101 struct list_head group_list;
104 * Defines all of the event types in which this group is interested.
105 * This mask is a bitwise OR of the FS_* events from above. Each time
106 * this mask changes for a group (if it changes) the correct functions
107 * must be called to update the global structures which indicate global
108 * interest in event types.
110 __u32 mask;
113 * How the refcnt is used is up to each group. When the refcnt hits 0
114 * fsnotify will clean up all of the resources associated with this group.
115 * As an example, the dnotify group will always have a refcnt=1 and that
116 * will never change. Inotify, on the other hand, has a group per
117 * inotify_init() and the refcnt will hit 0 only when that fd has been
118 * closed.
120 atomic_t refcnt; /* things with interest in this group */
122 const struct fsnotify_ops *ops; /* how this group handles things */
124 /* needed to send notification to userspace */
125 struct mutex notification_mutex; /* protect the notification_list */
126 struct list_head notification_list; /* list of event_holder this group needs to send to userspace */
127 wait_queue_head_t notification_waitq; /* read() on the notification file blocks on this waitq */
128 unsigned int q_len; /* events on the queue */
129 unsigned int max_events; /* maximum events allowed on the list */
131 /* stores all fastapth entries assoc with this group so they can be cleaned on unregister */
132 spinlock_t mark_lock; /* protect mark_entries list */
133 atomic_t num_marks; /* 1 for each mark entry and 1 for not being
134 * past the point of no return when freeing
135 * a group */
136 struct list_head mark_entries; /* all inode mark entries for this group */
138 /* prevents double list_del of group_list. protected by global fsnotify_grp_mutex */
139 bool on_group_list;
141 /* groups can define private fields here or use the void *private */
142 union {
143 void *private;
144 #ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER
145 struct inotify_group_private_data {
146 spinlock_t idr_lock;
147 struct idr idr;
148 u32 last_wd;
149 struct fasync_struct *fa; /* async notification */
150 struct user_struct *user;
151 } inotify_data;
152 #endif
157 * A single event can be queued in multiple group->notification_lists.
159 * each group->notification_list will point to an event_holder which in turns points
160 * to the actual event that needs to be sent to userspace.
162 * Seemed cheaper to create a refcnt'd event and a small holder for every group
163 * than create a different event for every group
166 struct fsnotify_event_holder {
167 struct fsnotify_event *event;
168 struct list_head event_list;
172 * Inotify needs to tack data onto an event. This struct lets us later find the
173 * correct private data of the correct group.
175 struct fsnotify_event_private_data {
176 struct fsnotify_group *group;
177 struct list_head event_list;
181 * all of the information about the original object we want to now send to
182 * a group. If you want to carry more info from the accessing task to the
183 * listener this structure is where you need to be adding fields.
185 struct fsnotify_event {
187 * If we create an event we are also likely going to need a holder
188 * to link to a group. So embed one holder in the event. Means only
189 * one allocation for the common case where we only have one group
191 struct fsnotify_event_holder holder;
192 spinlock_t lock; /* protection for the associated event_holder and private_list */
193 /* to_tell may ONLY be dereferenced during handle_event(). */
194 struct inode *to_tell; /* either the inode the event happened to or its parent */
196 * depending on the event type we should have either a path or inode
197 * We hold a reference on path, but NOT on inode. Since we have the ref on
198 * the path, it may be dereferenced at any point during this object's
199 * lifetime. That reference is dropped when this object's refcnt hits
200 * 0. If this event contains an inode instead of a path, the inode may
201 * ONLY be used during handle_event().
203 union {
204 struct path path;
205 struct inode *inode;
207 /* when calling fsnotify tell it if the data is a path or inode */
208 #define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE 0
209 #define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH 1
210 #define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE 2
211 #define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE 3
212 int data_type; /* which of the above union we have */
213 atomic_t refcnt; /* how many groups still are using/need to send this event */
214 __u32 mask; /* the type of access, bitwise OR for FS_* event types */
216 u32 sync_cookie; /* used to corrolate events, namely inotify mv events */
217 char *file_name;
218 size_t name_len;
220 struct list_head private_data_list; /* groups can store private data here */
224 * a mark is simply an entry attached to an in core inode which allows an
225 * fsnotify listener to indicate they are either no longer interested in events
226 * of a type matching mask or only interested in those events.
228 * these are flushed when an inode is evicted from core and may be flushed
229 * when the inode is modified (as seen by fsnotify_access). Some fsnotify users
230 * (such as dnotify) will flush these when the open fd is closed and not at
231 * inode eviction or modification.
233 struct fsnotify_mark_entry {
234 __u32 mask; /* mask this mark entry is for */
235 /* we hold ref for each i_list and g_list. also one ref for each 'thing'
236 * in kernel that found and may be using this mark. */
237 atomic_t refcnt; /* active things looking at this mark */
238 struct inode *inode; /* inode this entry is associated with */
239 struct fsnotify_group *group; /* group this mark entry is for */
240 struct hlist_node i_list; /* list of mark_entries by inode->i_fsnotify_mark_entries */
241 struct list_head g_list; /* list of mark_entries by group->i_fsnotify_mark_entries */
242 spinlock_t lock; /* protect group, inode, and killme */
243 struct list_head free_i_list; /* tmp list used when freeing this mark */
244 struct list_head free_g_list; /* tmp list used when freeing this mark */
245 void (*free_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry); /* called on final put+free */
248 #ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
250 /* called from the vfs helpers */
252 /* main fsnotify call to send events */
253 extern void fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is,
254 const char *name, u32 cookie);
255 extern void __fsnotify_parent(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask);
256 extern void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode);
257 extern u32 fsnotify_get_cookie(void);
259 static inline int fsnotify_inode_watches_children(struct inode *inode)
261 /* FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD is set if the inode may care */
262 if (!(inode->i_fsnotify_mask & FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD))
263 return 0;
264 /* this inode might care about child events, does it care about the
265 * specific set of events that can happen on a child? */
266 return inode->i_fsnotify_mask & FS_EVENTS_POSS_ON_CHILD;
270 * Update the dentry with a flag indicating the interest of its parent to receive
271 * filesystem events when those events happens to this dentry->d_inode.
273 static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
275 struct dentry *parent;
277 assert_spin_locked(&dcache_lock);
278 assert_spin_locked(&dentry->d_lock);
280 parent = dentry->d_parent;
281 if (parent->d_inode && fsnotify_inode_watches_children(parent->d_inode))
282 dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
283 else
284 dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
288 * fsnotify_d_instantiate - instantiate a dentry for inode
289 * Called with dcache_lock held.
291 static inline void __fsnotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
293 if (!inode)
294 return;
296 assert_spin_locked(&dcache_lock);
298 spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
299 __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(dentry);
300 spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
303 /* called from fsnotify listeners, such as fanotify or dnotify */
305 /* must call when a group changes its ->mask */
306 extern void fsnotify_recalc_global_mask(void);
307 /* get a reference to an existing or create a new group */
308 extern struct fsnotify_group *fsnotify_obtain_group(__u32 mask,
309 const struct fsnotify_ops *ops);
310 /* run all marks associated with this group and update group->mask */
311 extern void fsnotify_recalc_group_mask(struct fsnotify_group *group);
312 /* drop reference on a group from fsnotify_obtain_group */
313 extern void fsnotify_put_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
315 /* take a reference to an event */
316 extern void fsnotify_get_event(struct fsnotify_event *event);
317 extern void fsnotify_put_event(struct fsnotify_event *event);
318 /* find private data previously attached to an event and unlink it */
319 extern struct fsnotify_event_private_data *fsnotify_remove_priv_from_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
320 struct fsnotify_event *event);
322 /* attach the event to the group notification queue */
323 extern int fsnotify_add_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
324 struct fsnotify_event *event,
325 struct fsnotify_event_private_data *priv,
326 int (*merge)(struct list_head *, struct fsnotify_event *));
327 /* true if the group notification queue is empty */
328 extern bool fsnotify_notify_queue_is_empty(struct fsnotify_group *group);
329 /* return, but do not dequeue the first event on the notification queue */
330 extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_peek_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group);
331 /* return AND dequeue the first event on the notification queue */
332 extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_remove_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group);
334 /* functions used to manipulate the marks attached to inodes */
336 /* run all marks associated with an inode and update inode->i_fsnotify_mask */
337 extern void fsnotify_recalc_inode_mask(struct inode *inode);
338 extern void fsnotify_init_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry, void (*free_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry));
339 /* find (and take a reference) to a mark associated with group and inode */
340 extern struct fsnotify_mark_entry *fsnotify_find_mark_entry(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode);
341 /* copy the values from old into new */
342 extern void fsnotify_duplicate_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *new, struct fsnotify_mark_entry *old);
343 /* attach the mark to both the group and the inode */
344 extern int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry, struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode, int allow_dups);
345 /* given a mark, flag it to be freed when all references are dropped */
346 extern void fsnotify_destroy_mark_by_entry(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry);
347 /* run all the marks in a group, and flag them to be freed */
348 extern void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
349 extern void fsnotify_get_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry);
350 extern void fsnotify_put_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry);
351 extern void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct list_head *list);
353 /* put here because inotify does some weird stuff when destroying watches */
354 extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
355 void *data, int data_is, const char *name,
356 u32 cookie, gfp_t gfp);
358 /* fanotify likes to change events after they are on lists... */
359 extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_clone_event(struct fsnotify_event *old_event);
360 extern int fsnotify_replace_event(struct fsnotify_event_holder *old_holder,
361 struct fsnotify_event *new_event);
363 #else
365 static inline void fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is,
366 const char *name, u32 cookie)
369 static inline void __fsnotify_parent(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
372 static inline void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode)
375 static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
378 static inline void __fsnotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
381 static inline u32 fsnotify_get_cookie(void)
383 return 0;
386 static inline void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct list_head *list)
389 #endif /* CONFIG_FSNOTIFY */
391 #endif /* __KERNEL __ */
393 #endif /* __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H */