[PATCH v10 2/5] Add optional __get xattr method paired to __vfs_getxattr

From: Mark Salyzyn
Date: Wed Jul 24 2019 - 16:11:41 EST


Add an optional __get xattr method that would be called, if set, only
in __vfs_getxattr instead of the regular get xattr method.

Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-unionfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
---
v10 - added to patch series
---
fs/xattr.c | 11 ++++++++++-
include/linux/xattr.h | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 90dd78f0eb27..b8f4734e222f 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ __vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
handler = xattr_resolve_name(inode, &name);
if (IS_ERR(handler))
return PTR_ERR(handler);
+ if (unlikely(handler->__get))
+ return handler->__get(handler, dentry, inode, name, value,
+ size);
if (!handler->get)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
return handler->get(handler, dentry, inode, name, value, size);
@@ -317,6 +320,7 @@ vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
{
struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
int error;
+ const struct xattr_handler *handler;

error = xattr_permission(inode, name, MAY_READ);
if (error)
@@ -339,7 +343,12 @@ vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
return ret;
}
nolsm:
- return __vfs_getxattr(dentry, inode, name, value, size);
+ handler = xattr_resolve_name(inode, &name);
+ if (IS_ERR(handler))
+ return PTR_ERR(handler);
+ if (!handler->get)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ return handler->get(handler, dentry, inode, name, value, size);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_getxattr);

diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h
index 6dad031be3c2..30f25e1ac571 100644
--- a/include/linux/xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/xattr.h
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@ struct xattr_handler {
const char *prefix;
int flags; /* fs private flags */
bool (*list)(struct dentry *dentry);
- int (*get)(const struct xattr_handler *, struct dentry *dentry,
+ int (*get)(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *dentry,
struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer,
size_t size);
- int (*set)(const struct xattr_handler *, struct dentry *dentry,
+ int (*__get)(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *dentry,
+ struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer,
+ size_t size);
+ int (*set)(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *dentry,
struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *buffer,
size_t size, int flags);
};
--
2.22.0.657.g960e92d24f-goog