Hello!
Introduce FMODE_EXEC file flag, to indicate that file is being opened for
execution. This is useful for distributed filesystems to maintain consistent
behavior for returning ETXTBUSY when opening for write and execution
happens on different nodes.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Drokin <[email protected]>
--- linux-2.6.16-rc4/include/linux/fs.h.orig 2006-02-21 11:26:43.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc4/include/linux/fs.h 2006-02-21 11:30:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
#define FMODE_PREAD 8
#define FMODE_PWRITE FMODE_PREAD /* These go hand in hand */
+/* File is being opened for execution. Primary users of this flag are
+ distributed filesystems that can use it to achieve correct ETXTBUSY
+ behavior for cross-node execution/opening_for_writing of files */
+#define FMODE_EXEC 16
+
#define RW_MASK 1
#define RWA_MASK 2
#define READ 0
--- linux-2.6.16-rc4/fs/exec.c.orig 2006-02-19 20:34:06.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc4/fs/exec.c 2006-02-21 13:06:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_uselib(const char __
struct nameidata nd;
int error;
- error = __user_path_lookup_open(library, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ);
+ error = __user_path_lookup_open(library, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ|FMODE_EXEC);
if (error)
goto out;
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
int err;
struct file *file;
- err = path_lookup_open(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ);
+ err = path_lookup_open(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ|FMODE_EXEC);
file = ERR_PTR(err);
if (!err) {
-
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