proc: Allow creating permanently empty directories that serve as mount points

Add a new function proc_create_mount_point that when used to creates a
directory that can not be added to.

Add a new function is_empty_pde to test if a function is a mount
point.

Update the code to use make_empty_dir_inode when reporting
a permanently empty directory to the vfs.

Update the code to not allow adding to permanently empty directories.

Update /proc/openprom and /proc/fs/nfsd to be permanently empty directories.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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Eric W. Biederman
2015-05-11 16:44:25 -05:00
parent f9bd6733d3
commit eb6d38d542
4 changed files with 35 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ static inline struct proc_dir_entry *pde_get(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
}
extern void pde_put(struct proc_dir_entry *);
static inline bool is_empty_pde(const struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
{
return S_ISDIR(pde->mode) && !pde->proc_iops;
}
struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_mount_point(const char *name);
/*
* inode.c
*/