fs: add two trivial lookup helpers

commit 00675017e0 upstream.

Similar to the addition of lookup_one() add a version of
lookup_one_unlocked() and lookup_one_positive_unlocked() that take
idmapped mounts into account. This is required to port overlay to
support idmapped base layers.

Cc: <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Tested-by: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

fs/namei.c

@@ -2717,6 +2717,72 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, const char *name,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one);
 
+/**
+ * lookup_one_unlocked - filesystem helper to lookup single pathname component
+ * @mnt_userns:	idmapping of the mount the lookup is performed from
+ * @name:	pathname component to lookup
+ * @base:	base directory to lookup from
+ * @len:	maximum length @len should be interpreted to
+ *
+ * Note that this routine is purely a helper for filesystem usage and should
+ * not be called by generic code.
+ *
+ * Unlike lookup_one_len, it should be called without the parent
+ * i_mutex held, and will take the i_mutex itself if necessary.
+ */
+struct dentry *lookup_one_unlocked(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+				   const char *name, struct dentry *base,
+				   int len)
+{
+	struct qstr this;
+	int err;
+	struct dentry *ret;
+
+	err = lookup_one_common(mnt_userns, name, base, len, &this);
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+	ret = lookup_dcache(&this, base, 0);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = lookup_slow(&this, base, 0);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_unlocked);
+
+/**
+ * lookup_one_positive_unlocked - filesystem helper to lookup single
+ *				  pathname component
+ * @mnt_userns:	idmapping of the mount the lookup is performed from
+ * @name:	pathname component to lookup
+ * @base:	base directory to lookup from
+ * @len:	maximum length @len should be interpreted to
+ *
+ * This helper will yield ERR_PTR(-ENOENT) on negatives. The helper returns
+ * known positive or ERR_PTR(). This is what most of the users want.
+ *
+ * Note that pinned negative with unlocked parent _can_ become positive at any
+ * time, so callers of lookup_one_unlocked() need to be very careful; pinned
+ * positives have >d_inode stable, so this one avoids such problems.
+ *
+ * Note that this routine is purely a helper for filesystem usage and should
+ * not be called by generic code.
+ *
+ * The helper should be called without i_mutex held.
+ */
+struct dentry *lookup_one_positive_unlocked(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+					    const char *name,
+					    struct dentry *base, int len)
+{
+	struct dentry *ret = lookup_one_unlocked(mnt_userns, name, base, len);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR(ret) && d_flags_negative(smp_load_acquire(&ret->d_flags))) {
+		dput(ret);
+		ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_positive_unlocked);
+
 /**
  * lookup_one_len_unlocked - filesystem helper to lookup single pathname component
  * @name:	pathname component to lookup
@@ -2732,18 +2798,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one);
 struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *name,
 				       struct dentry *base, int len)
 {
-	struct qstr this;
+	return lookup_one_unlocked(&init_user_ns, name, base, len);
-	int err;
-	struct dentry *ret;
-
-	err = lookup_one_common(&init_user_ns, name, base, len, &this);
-	if (err)
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-
-	ret = lookup_dcache(&this, base, 0);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = lookup_slow(&this, base, 0);
-	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len_unlocked);
 
@@ -2758,12 +2813,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len_unlocked);
 struct dentry *lookup_positive_unlocked(const char *name,
 				       struct dentry *base, int len)
 {
-	struct dentry *ret = lookup_one_len_unlocked(name, base, len);
+	return lookup_one_positive_unlocked(&init_user_ns, name, base, len);
-	if (!IS_ERR(ret) && d_flags_negative(smp_load_acquire(&ret->d_flags))) {
-		dput(ret);
-		ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-	}
-	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_positive_unlocked);
 

include/linux/namei.h

@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern struct dentry *lookup_positive_unlocked(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
 struct dentry *lookup_one(struct user_namespace *, const char *, struct dentry *, int);
+struct dentry *lookup_one_unlocked(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+				   const char *name, struct dentry *base,
+				   int len);
+struct dentry *lookup_one_positive_unlocked(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+					    const char *name,
+					    struct dentry *base, int len);
 
 extern int follow_down_one(struct path *);
 extern int follow_down(struct path *);