Merge branch 'from-miklos' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

Pull vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "Assorted patches from Miklos.

  An interesting part here is /proc/mounts stuff..."

The "/proc/mounts stuff" is using a cursor for keeeping the location
data while traversing the mount listing.

Also probably worth noting is the addition of faccessat2(), which takes
an additional set of flags to specify how the lookup is done
(AT_EACCESS, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW, AT_EMPTY_PATH).

* 'from-miklos' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  vfs: add faccessat2 syscall
  vfs: don't parse "silent" option
  vfs: don't parse "posixacl" option
  vfs: don't parse forbidden flags
  statx: add mount_root
  statx: add mount ID
  statx: don't clear STATX_ATIME on SB_RDONLY
  uapi: deprecate STATX_ALL
  utimensat: AT_EMPTY_PATH support
  vfs: split out access_override_creds()
  proc/mounts: add cursor
  aio: fix async fsync creds
  vfs: allow unprivileged whiteout creation

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index a320371899cf..d81f73ff1a8b 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3505,12 +3505,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(user_path_create);
 
 int vfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, dev_t dev)
 {
+	bool is_whiteout = S_ISCHR(mode) && dev == WHITEOUT_DEV;
 	int error = may_create(dir, dentry);
 
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if ((S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode)) && !capable(CAP_MKNOD))
+	if ((S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode)) && !is_whiteout &&
+	    !capable(CAP_MKNOD))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (!dir->i_op->mknod)
@@ -4345,9 +4347,6 @@ static int do_renameat2(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname, int newdfd,
 	    (flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if ((flags & RENAME_WHITEOUT) && !capable(CAP_MKNOD))
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	if (flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE)
 		target_flags = 0;
 
@@ -4483,20 +4482,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(rename, const char __user *, oldname, const char __user *, newna
 	return do_renameat2(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname, 0);
 }
 
-int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	int error = may_create(dir, dentry);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	if (!dir->i_op->mknod)
-		return -EPERM;
-
-	return dir->i_op->mknod(dir, dentry,
-				S_IFCHR | WHITEOUT_MODE, WHITEOUT_DEV);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_whiteout);
-
 int readlink_copy(char __user *buffer, int buflen, const char *link)
 {
 	int len = PTR_ERR(link);