vfs: add RENAME_WHITEOUT
This adds a new RENAME_WHITEOUT flag. This flag makes rename() create a
whiteout of source. The whiteout creation is atomic relative to the
rename.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d20191c..42df664 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4209,12 +4209,16 @@
bool should_retry = false;
int error;
- if (flags & ~(RENAME_NOREPLACE | RENAME_EXCHANGE))
+ if (flags & ~(RENAME_NOREPLACE | RENAME_EXCHANGE | RENAME_WHITEOUT))
return -EINVAL;
- if ((flags & RENAME_NOREPLACE) && (flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE))
+ if ((flags & (RENAME_NOREPLACE | RENAME_WHITEOUT)) &&
+ (flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE))
return -EINVAL;
+ if ((flags & RENAME_WHITEOUT) && !capable(CAP_MKNOD))
+ return -EPERM;
+
retry:
from = user_path_parent(olddfd, oldname, &oldnd, lookup_flags);
if (IS_ERR(from)) {
