From 0d7a855526dd672e114aff2ac22b60fc6f155b08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:14:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] vfs: add RENAME_WHITEOUT This adds a new RENAME_WHITEOUT flag. This flag makes rename() create a whiteout of source. The whiteout creation is atomic relative to the rename. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- fs/namei.c | 8 ++++++-- include/uapi/linux/fs.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index d20191c0ebf5..42df664e95e5 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -4209,12 +4209,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(renameat2, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname, bool should_retry = false; int error; - if (flags & ~(RENAME_NOREPLACE | RENAME_EXCHANGE)) + if (flags & ~(RENAME_NOREPLACE | RENAME_EXCHANGE | RENAME_WHITEOUT)) return -EINVAL; - if ((flags & RENAME_NOREPLACE) && (flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE)) + if ((flags & (RENAME_NOREPLACE | RENAME_WHITEOUT)) && + (flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE)) return -EINVAL; + if ((flags & RENAME_WHITEOUT) && !capable(CAP_MKNOD)) + return -EPERM; + retry: from = user_path_parent(olddfd, oldname, &oldnd, lookup_flags); if (IS_ERR(from)) { diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h index ca1a11bb4443..3735fa0a6784 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ #define RENAME_NOREPLACE (1 << 0) /* Don't overwrite target */ #define RENAME_EXCHANGE (1 << 1) /* Exchange source and dest */ +#define RENAME_WHITEOUT (1 << 2) /* Whiteout source */ struct fstrim_range { __u64 start; -- 2.20.1