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Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/kernfs.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/kernfs.go | 21 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/kernfs.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/kernfs.go index f543a2065..6d3d79333 100644 --- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/kernfs.go +++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/kernfs.go @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ // // Reference Model: // -// Kernfs dentries represents named pointers to inodes. Dentries and inode have +// Kernfs dentries represents named pointers to inodes. Dentries and inodes have // independent lifetimes and reference counts. A child dentry unconditionally // holds a reference on its parent directory's dentry. A dentry also holds a // reference on the inode it points to. Multiple dentries can point to the same @@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ type Dentry struct { name string // dirMu protects children and the names of child Dentries. + // + // Note that holding fs.mu for writing is not sufficient; + // revalidateChildLocked(), which is a very hot path, may modify children with + // fs.mu acquired for reading only. dirMu sync.Mutex `state:"nosave"` children map[string]*Dentry @@ -244,9 +248,8 @@ func (d *Dentry) Watches() *vfs.Watches { func (d *Dentry) OnZeroWatches(context.Context) {} // InsertChild inserts child into the vfs dentry cache with the given name under -// this dentry. This does not update the directory inode, so calling this on -// its own isn't sufficient to insert a child into a directory. InsertChild -// updates the link count on d if required. +// this dentry. This does not update the directory inode, so calling this on its +// own isn't sufficient to insert a child into a directory. // // Precondition: d must represent a directory inode. func (d *Dentry) InsertChild(name string, child *Dentry) { @@ -258,10 +261,12 @@ func (d *Dentry) InsertChild(name string, child *Dentry) { // InsertChildLocked is equivalent to InsertChild, with additional // preconditions. // -// Precondition: d.dirMu must be locked. +// Preconditions: +// * d must represent a directory inode. +// * d.dirMu must be locked. func (d *Dentry) InsertChildLocked(name string, child *Dentry) { if !d.isDir() { - panic(fmt.Sprintf("InsertChild called on non-directory Dentry: %+v.", d)) + panic(fmt.Sprintf("InsertChildLocked called on non-directory Dentry: %+v.", d)) } d.IncRef() // DecRef in child's Dentry.destroy. child.parent = d @@ -322,7 +327,6 @@ func (d *Dentry) Inode() Inode { // // - Checking that dentries passed to methods are of the appropriate file type. // - Checking permissions. -// - Updating link and reference counts. // // Specific responsibilities of implementations are documented below. type Inode interface { @@ -332,7 +336,8 @@ type Inode interface { inodeRefs // Methods related to node metadata. A generic implementation is provided by - // InodeAttrs. + // InodeAttrs. Note that a concrete filesystem using kernfs is responsible for + // managing link counts. inodeMetadata // Method for inodes that represent symlink. InodeNotSymlink provides a |