[PATCH] configfs: User-driven configuration filesystem

Configfs, a file system for userspace-driven kernel object configuration.
The OCFS2 stack makes extensive use of this for propagation of cluster
configuration information into kernel.

Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>

1 files changed, 1102 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
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+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
+ * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
+ *
+ * dir.c - Operations for configfs directories.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Based on sysfs:
+ * 	sysfs is Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Patrick Mochel
+ *
+ * configfs Copyright (C) 2005 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#undef DEBUG
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include <linux/configfs.h>
+#include "configfs_internal.h"
+
+DECLARE_RWSEM(configfs_rename_sem);
+
+static void configfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry,
+			    struct inode * inode)
+{
+	struct configfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	if (sd) {
+		BUG_ON(sd->s_dentry != dentry);
+		sd->s_dentry = NULL;
+		configfs_put(sd);
+	}
+	iput(inode);
+}
+
+/*
+ * We _must_ delete our dentries on last dput, as the chain-to-parent
+ * behavior is required to clear the parents of default_groups.
+ */
+static int configfs_d_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static struct dentry_operations configfs_dentry_ops = {
+	.d_iput		= configfs_d_iput,
+	/* simple_delete_dentry() isn't exported */
+	.d_delete	= configfs_d_delete,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Allocates a new configfs_dirent and links it to the parent configfs_dirent
+ */
+static struct configfs_dirent *configfs_new_dirent(struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd,
+						void * element)
+{
+	struct configfs_dirent * sd;
+
+	sd = kmalloc(sizeof(*sd), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sd)
+		return NULL;
+
+	memset(sd, 0, sizeof(*sd));
+	atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_links);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_children);
+	list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &parent_sd->s_children);
+	sd->s_element = element;
+
+	return sd;
+}
+
+int configfs_make_dirent(struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd,
+			 struct dentry * dentry, void * element,
+			 umode_t mode, int type)
+{
+	struct configfs_dirent * sd;
+
+	sd = configfs_new_dirent(parent_sd, element);
+	if (!sd)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	sd->s_mode = mode;
+	sd->s_type = type;
+	sd->s_dentry = dentry;
+	if (dentry) {
+		dentry->d_fsdata = configfs_get(sd);
+		dentry->d_op = &configfs_dentry_ops;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int init_dir(struct inode * inode)
+{
+	inode->i_op = &configfs_dir_inode_operations;
+	inode->i_fop = &configfs_dir_operations;
+
+	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
+	inode->i_nlink++;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int init_file(struct inode * inode)
+{
+	inode->i_size = PAGE_SIZE;
+	inode->i_fop = &configfs_file_operations;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int init_symlink(struct inode * inode)
+{
+	inode->i_op = &configfs_symlink_inode_operations;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int create_dir(struct config_item * k, struct dentry * p,
+		      struct dentry * d)
+{
+	int error;
+	umode_t mode = S_IFDIR| S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
+
+	error = configfs_create(d, mode, init_dir);
+	if (!error) {
+		error = configfs_make_dirent(p->d_fsdata, d, k, mode,
+					   CONFIGFS_DIR);
+		if (!error) {
+			p->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+			(d)->d_op = &configfs_dentry_ops;
+		}
+	}
+	return error;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ *	configfs_create_dir - create a directory for an config_item.
+ *	@item:		config_itemwe're creating directory for.
+ *	@dentry:	config_item's dentry.
+ */
+
+static int configfs_create_dir(struct config_item * item, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct dentry * parent;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	BUG_ON(!item);
+
+	if (item->ci_parent)
+		parent = item->ci_parent->ci_dentry;
+	else if (configfs_mount && configfs_mount->mnt_sb)
+		parent = configfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
+	else
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	error = create_dir(item,parent,dentry);
+	if (!error)
+		item->ci_dentry = dentry;
+	return error;
+}
+
+int configfs_create_link(struct configfs_symlink *sl,
+			 struct dentry *parent,
+			 struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	umode_t mode = S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO;
+
+	err = configfs_create(dentry, mode, init_symlink);
+	if (!err) {
+		err = configfs_make_dirent(parent->d_fsdata, dentry, sl,
+					 mode, CONFIGFS_ITEM_LINK);
+		if (!err)
+			dentry->d_op = &configfs_dentry_ops;
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void remove_dir(struct dentry * d)
+{
+	struct dentry * parent = dget(d->d_parent);
+	struct configfs_dirent * sd;
+
+	sd = d->d_fsdata;
+ 	list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+	configfs_put(sd);
+	if (d->d_inode)
+		simple_rmdir(parent->d_inode,d);
+
+	pr_debug(" o %s removing done (%d)\n",d->d_name.name,
+		 atomic_read(&d->d_count));
+
+	dput(parent);
+}
+
+/**
+ * configfs_remove_dir - remove an config_item's directory.
+ * @item:	config_item we're removing.
+ *
+ * The only thing special about this is that we remove any files in
+ * the directory before we remove the directory, and we've inlined
+ * what used to be configfs_rmdir() below, instead of calling separately.
+ */
+
+static void configfs_remove_dir(struct config_item * item)
+{
+	struct dentry * dentry = dget(item->ci_dentry);
+
+	if (!dentry)
+		return;
+
+	remove_dir(dentry);
+	/**
+	 * Drop reference from dget() on entrance.
+	 */
+	dput(dentry);
+}
+
+
+/* attaches attribute's configfs_dirent to the dentry corresponding to the
+ * attribute file
+ */
+static int configfs_attach_attr(struct configfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * dentry)
+{
+	struct configfs_attribute * attr = sd->s_element;
+	int error;
+
+	error = configfs_create(dentry, (attr->ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG, init_file);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	dentry->d_op = &configfs_dentry_ops;
+	dentry->d_fsdata = configfs_get(sd);
+	sd->s_dentry = dentry;
+	d_rehash(dentry);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct dentry * configfs_lookup(struct inode *dir,
+				       struct dentry *dentry,
+				       struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
+	struct configfs_dirent * sd;
+	int found = 0;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
+		if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_NOT_PINNED) {
+			const unsigned char * name = configfs_get_name(sd);
+
+			if (strcmp(name, dentry->d_name.name))
+				continue;
+
+			found = 1;
+			err = configfs_attach_attr(sd, dentry);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!found) {
+		/*
+		 * If it doesn't exist and it isn't a NOT_PINNED item,
+		 * it must be negative.
+		 */
+		return simple_lookup(dir, dentry, nd);
+	}
+
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Only subdirectories count here.  Files (CONFIGFS_NOT_PINNED) are
+ * attributes and are removed by rmdir().  We recurse, taking i_sem
+ * on all children that are candidates for default detach.  If the
+ * result is clean, then configfs_detach_group() will handle dropping
+ * i_sem.  If there is an error, the caller will clean up the i_sem
+ * holders via configfs_detach_rollback().
+ */
+static int configfs_detach_prep(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct configfs_dirent *parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct configfs_dirent *sd;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = -EBUSY;
+	if (!list_empty(&parent_sd->s_links))
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = 0;
+	list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
+		if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_NOT_PINNED)
+			continue;
+		if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DEFAULT) {
+			down(&sd->s_dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+			/* Mark that we've taken i_sem */
+			sd->s_type |= CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING;
+
+			ret = configfs_detach_prep(sd->s_dentry);
+			if (!ret)
+			       	continue;
+		} else
+			ret = -ENOTEMPTY;
+
+		break;
+	}
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Walk the tree, dropping i_sem wherever CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING is
+ * set.
+ */
+static void configfs_detach_rollback(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct configfs_dirent *parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct configfs_dirent *sd;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
+		if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DEFAULT) {
+			configfs_detach_rollback(sd->s_dentry);
+
+			if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING) {
+				sd->s_type &= ~CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING;
+				up(&sd->s_dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void detach_attrs(struct config_item * item)
+{
+	struct dentry * dentry = dget(item->ci_dentry);
+	struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd;
+	struct configfs_dirent * sd, * tmp;
+
+	if (!dentry)
+		return;
+
+	pr_debug("configfs %s: dropping attrs for  dir\n",
+		 dentry->d_name.name);
+
+	parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
+		if (!sd->s_element || !(sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_NOT_PINNED))
+			continue;
+		list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+		configfs_drop_dentry(sd, dentry);
+		configfs_put(sd);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Drop reference from dget() on entrance.
+	 */
+	dput(dentry);
+}
+
+static int populate_attrs(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	struct config_item_type *t = item->ci_type;
+	struct configfs_attribute *attr;
+	int error = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!t)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (t->ct_attrs) {
+		for (i = 0; (attr = t->ct_attrs[i]) != NULL; i++) {
+			if ((error = configfs_create_file(item, attr)))
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (error)
+		detach_attrs(item);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+static int configfs_attach_group(struct config_item *parent_item,
+				 struct config_item *item,
+				 struct dentry *dentry);
+static void configfs_detach_group(struct config_item *item);
+
+static void detach_groups(struct config_group *group)
+{
+	struct dentry * dentry = dget(group->cg_item.ci_dentry);
+	struct dentry *child;
+	struct configfs_dirent *parent_sd;
+	struct configfs_dirent *sd, *tmp;
+
+	if (!dentry)
+		return;
+
+	parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
+		if (!sd->s_element ||
+		    !(sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DEFAULT))
+			continue;
+
+		child = sd->s_dentry;
+
+		configfs_detach_group(sd->s_element);
+		child->d_inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
+
+		/*
+		 * From rmdir/unregister, a configfs_detach_prep() pass
+		 * has taken our i_sem for us.  Drop it.
+		 * From mkdir/register cleanup, there is no sem held.
+		 */
+		if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING)
+			up(&child->d_inode->i_sem);
+
+		d_delete(child);
+		dput(child);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Drop reference from dget() on entrance.
+	 */
+	dput(dentry);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This fakes mkdir(2) on a default_groups[] entry.  It
+ * creates a dentry, attachs it, and then does fixup
+ * on the sd->s_type.
+ *
+ * We could, perhaps, tweak our parent's ->mkdir for a minute and
+ * try using vfs_mkdir.  Just a thought.
+ */
+static int create_default_group(struct config_group *parent_group,
+				struct config_group *group)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct qstr name;
+	struct configfs_dirent *sd;
+	/* We trust the caller holds a reference to parent */
+	struct dentry *child, *parent = parent_group->cg_item.ci_dentry;
+
+	if (!group->cg_item.ci_name)
+		group->cg_item.ci_name = group->cg_item.ci_namebuf;
+	name.name = group->cg_item.ci_name;
+	name.len = strlen(name.name);
+	name.hash = full_name_hash(name.name, name.len);
+
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
+	child = d_alloc(parent, &name);
+	if (child) {
+		d_add(child, NULL);
+
+		ret = configfs_attach_group(&parent_group->cg_item,
+					    &group->cg_item, child);
+		if (!ret) {
+			sd = child->d_fsdata;
+			sd->s_type |= CONFIGFS_USET_DEFAULT;
+		} else {
+			d_delete(child);
+			dput(child);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int populate_groups(struct config_group *group)
+{
+	struct config_group *new_group;
+	struct dentry *dentry = group->cg_item.ci_dentry;
+	int ret = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	if (group && group->default_groups) {
+		/* FYI, we're faking mkdir here
+		 * I'm not sure we need this semaphore, as we're called
+		 * from our parent's mkdir.  That holds our parent's
+		 * i_sem, so afaik lookup cannot continue through our
+		 * parent to find us, let alone mess with our tree.
+		 * That said, taking our i_sem is closer to mkdir
+		 * emulation, and shouldn't hurt. */
+		down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+
+		for (i = 0; group->default_groups[i]; i++) {
+			new_group = group->default_groups[i];
+
+			ret = create_default_group(group, new_group);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+		}
+
+		up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	}
+
+	if (ret)
+		detach_groups(group);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * All of link_obj/unlink_obj/link_group/unlink_group require that
+ * subsys->su_sem is held.
+ */
+
+static void unlink_obj(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	struct config_group *group;
+
+	group = item->ci_group;
+	if (group) {
+		list_del_init(&item->ci_entry);
+
+		item->ci_group = NULL;
+		item->ci_parent = NULL;
+		config_item_put(item);
+
+		config_group_put(group);
+	}
+}
+
+static void link_obj(struct config_item *parent_item, struct config_item *item)
+{
+	/* Parent seems redundant with group, but it makes certain
+	 * traversals much nicer. */
+	item->ci_parent = parent_item;
+	item->ci_group = config_group_get(to_config_group(parent_item));
+	list_add_tail(&item->ci_entry, &item->ci_group->cg_children);
+
+	config_item_get(item);
+}
+
+static void unlink_group(struct config_group *group)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct config_group *new_group;
+
+	if (group->default_groups) {
+		for (i = 0; group->default_groups[i]; i++) {
+			new_group = group->default_groups[i];
+			unlink_group(new_group);
+		}
+	}
+
+	group->cg_subsys = NULL;
+	unlink_obj(&group->cg_item);
+}
+
+static void link_group(struct config_group *parent_group, struct config_group *group)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct config_group *new_group;
+	struct configfs_subsystem *subsys = NULL; /* gcc is a turd */
+
+	link_obj(&parent_group->cg_item, &group->cg_item);
+
+	if (parent_group->cg_subsys)
+		subsys = parent_group->cg_subsys;
+	else if (configfs_is_root(&parent_group->cg_item))
+		subsys = to_configfs_subsystem(group);
+	else
+		BUG();
+	group->cg_subsys = subsys;
+
+	if (group->default_groups) {
+		for (i = 0; group->default_groups[i]; i++) {
+			new_group = group->default_groups[i];
+			link_group(group, new_group);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * The goal is that configfs_attach_item() (and
+ * configfs_attach_group()) can be called from either the VFS or this
+ * module.  That is, they assume that the items have been created,
+ * the dentry allocated, and the dcache is all ready to go.
+ *
+ * If they fail, they must clean up after themselves as if they
+ * had never been called.  The caller (VFS or local function) will
+ * handle cleaning up the dcache bits.
+ *
+ * configfs_detach_group() and configfs_detach_item() behave similarly on
+ * the way out.  They assume that the proper semaphores are held, they
+ * clean up the configfs items, and they expect their callers will
+ * handle the dcache bits.
+ */
+static int configfs_attach_item(struct config_item *parent_item,
+				struct config_item *item,
+				struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = configfs_create_dir(item, dentry);
+	if (!ret) {
+		ret = populate_attrs(item);
+		if (ret) {
+			configfs_remove_dir(item);
+			d_delete(dentry);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void configfs_detach_item(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	detach_attrs(item);
+	configfs_remove_dir(item);
+}
+
+static int configfs_attach_group(struct config_item *parent_item,
+				 struct config_item *item,
+				 struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct configfs_dirent *sd;
+
+	ret = configfs_attach_item(parent_item, item, dentry);
+	if (!ret) {
+		sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+		sd->s_type |= CONFIGFS_USET_DIR;
+
+		ret = populate_groups(to_config_group(item));
+		if (ret) {
+			configfs_detach_item(item);
+			d_delete(dentry);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void configfs_detach_group(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	detach_groups(to_config_group(item));
+	configfs_detach_item(item);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Drop the initial reference from make_item()/make_group()
+ * This function assumes that reference is held on item
+ * and that item holds a valid reference to the parent.  Also, it
+ * assumes the caller has validated ci_type.
+ */
+static void client_drop_item(struct config_item *parent_item,
+			     struct config_item *item)
+{
+	struct config_item_type *type;
+
+	type = parent_item->ci_type;
+	BUG_ON(!type);
+
+	if (type->ct_group_ops && type->ct_group_ops->drop_item)
+		type->ct_group_ops->drop_item(to_config_group(parent_item),
+						item);
+	else
+		config_item_put(item);
+}
+
+
+static int configfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct config_group *group;
+	struct config_item *item;
+	struct config_item *parent_item;
+	struct configfs_subsystem *subsys;
+	struct configfs_dirent *sd;
+	struct config_item_type *type;
+	struct module *owner;
+	char *name;
+
+	if (dentry->d_parent == configfs_sb->s_root)
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	sd = dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
+	if (!(sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DIR))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	parent_item = configfs_get_config_item(dentry->d_parent);
+	type = parent_item->ci_type;
+	subsys = to_config_group(parent_item)->cg_subsys;
+	BUG_ON(!subsys);
+
+	if (!type || !type->ct_group_ops ||
+	    (!type->ct_group_ops->make_group &&
+	     !type->ct_group_ops->make_item)) {
+		config_item_put(parent_item);
+		return -EPERM;  /* What lack-of-mkdir returns */
+	}
+
+	name = kmalloc(dentry->d_name.len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name) {
+		config_item_put(parent_item);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	snprintf(name, dentry->d_name.len + 1, "%s", dentry->d_name.name);
+
+	down(&subsys->su_sem);
+	group = NULL;
+	item = NULL;
+	if (type->ct_group_ops->make_group) {
+		group = type->ct_group_ops->make_group(to_config_group(parent_item), name);
+		if (group) {
+			link_group(to_config_group(parent_item), group);
+			item = &group->cg_item;
+		}
+	} else {
+		item = type->ct_group_ops->make_item(to_config_group(parent_item), name);
+		if (item)
+			link_obj(parent_item, item);
+	}
+	up(&subsys->su_sem);
+
+	kfree(name);
+	if (!item) {
+		config_item_put(parent_item);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ret = -EINVAL;
+	type = item->ci_type;
+	if (type) {
+		owner = type->ct_owner;
+		if (try_module_get(owner)) {
+			if (group) {
+				ret = configfs_attach_group(parent_item,
+							    item,
+							    dentry);
+			} else {
+				ret = configfs_attach_item(parent_item,
+							   item,
+							   dentry);
+			}
+
+			if (ret) {
+				down(&subsys->su_sem);
+				if (group)
+					unlink_group(group);
+				else
+					unlink_obj(item);
+				client_drop_item(parent_item, item);
+				up(&subsys->su_sem);
+
+				config_item_put(parent_item);
+				module_put(owner);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int configfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct config_item *parent_item;
+	struct config_item *item;
+	struct configfs_subsystem *subsys;
+	struct configfs_dirent *sd;
+	struct module *owner = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (dentry->d_parent == configfs_sb->s_root)
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DEFAULT)
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	parent_item = configfs_get_config_item(dentry->d_parent);
+	subsys = to_config_group(parent_item)->cg_subsys;
+	BUG_ON(!subsys);
+
+	if (!parent_item->ci_type) {
+		config_item_put(parent_item);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	ret = configfs_detach_prep(dentry);
+	if (ret) {
+		configfs_detach_rollback(dentry);
+		config_item_put(parent_item);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	item = configfs_get_config_item(dentry);
+
+	/* Drop reference from above, item already holds one. */
+	config_item_put(parent_item);
+
+	if (item->ci_type)
+		owner = item->ci_type->ct_owner;
+
+	if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DIR) {
+		configfs_detach_group(item);
+
+		down(&subsys->su_sem);
+		unlink_group(to_config_group(item));
+	} else {
+		configfs_detach_item(item);
+
+		down(&subsys->su_sem);
+		unlink_obj(item);
+	}
+
+	client_drop_item(parent_item, item);
+	up(&subsys->su_sem);
+
+	/* Drop our reference from above */
+	config_item_put(item);
+
+	module_put(owner);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct inode_operations configfs_dir_inode_operations = {
+	.mkdir		= configfs_mkdir,
+	.rmdir		= configfs_rmdir,
+	.symlink	= configfs_symlink,
+	.unlink		= configfs_unlink,
+	.lookup		= configfs_lookup,
+};
+
+#if 0
+int configfs_rename_dir(struct config_item * item, const char *new_name)
+{
+	int error = 0;
+	struct dentry * new_dentry, * parent;
+
+	if (!strcmp(config_item_name(item), new_name))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!item->parent)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	down_write(&configfs_rename_sem);
+	parent = item->parent->dentry;
+
+	down(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+
+	new_dentry = lookup_one_len(new_name, parent, strlen(new_name));
+	if (!IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
+  		if (!new_dentry->d_inode) {
+			error = config_item_set_name(item, "%s", new_name);
+			if (!error) {
+				d_add(new_dentry, NULL);
+				d_move(item->dentry, new_dentry);
+			}
+			else
+				d_delete(new_dentry);
+		} else
+			error = -EEXIST;
+		dput(new_dentry);
+	}
+	up(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+	up_write(&configfs_rename_sem);
+
+	return error;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int configfs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct dentry * dentry = file->f_dentry;
+	struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	file->private_data = configfs_new_dirent(parent_sd, NULL);
+	up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+
+	return file->private_data ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+
+}
+
+static int configfs_dir_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct dentry * dentry = file->f_dentry;
+	struct configfs_dirent * cursor = file->private_data;
+
+	down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	list_del_init(&cursor->s_sibling);
+	up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+
+	release_configfs_dirent(cursor);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Relationship between s_mode and the DT_xxx types */
+static inline unsigned char dt_type(struct configfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	return (sd->s_mode >> 12) & 15;
+}
+
+static int configfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_dentry;
+	struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct configfs_dirent *cursor = filp->private_data;
+	struct list_head *p, *q = &cursor->s_sibling;
+	ino_t ino;
+	int i = filp->f_pos;
+
+	switch (i) {
+		case 0:
+			ino = dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+			if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
+				break;
+			filp->f_pos++;
+			i++;
+			/* fallthrough */
+		case 1:
+			ino = parent_ino(dentry);
+			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
+				break;
+			filp->f_pos++;
+			i++;
+			/* fallthrough */
+		default:
+			if (filp->f_pos == 2) {
+				list_del(q);
+				list_add(q, &parent_sd->s_children);
+			}
+			for (p=q->next; p!= &parent_sd->s_children; p=p->next) {
+				struct configfs_dirent *next;
+				const char * name;
+				int len;
+
+				next = list_entry(p, struct configfs_dirent,
+						   s_sibling);
+				if (!next->s_element)
+					continue;
+
+				name = configfs_get_name(next);
+				len = strlen(name);
+				if (next->s_dentry)
+					ino = next->s_dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+				else
+					ino = iunique(configfs_sb, 2);
+
+				if (filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino,
+						 dt_type(next)) < 0)
+					return 0;
+
+				list_del(q);
+				list_add(q, p);
+				p = q;
+				filp->f_pos++;
+			}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static loff_t configfs_dir_lseek(struct file * file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+{
+	struct dentry * dentry = file->f_dentry;
+
+	down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	switch (origin) {
+		case 1:
+			offset += file->f_pos;
+		case 0:
+			if (offset >= 0)
+				break;
+		default:
+			up(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (offset != file->f_pos) {
+		file->f_pos = offset;
+		if (file->f_pos >= 2) {
+			struct configfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+			struct configfs_dirent *cursor = file->private_data;
+			struct list_head *p;
+			loff_t n = file->f_pos - 2;
+
+			list_del(&cursor->s_sibling);
+			p = sd->s_children.next;
+			while (n && p != &sd->s_children) {
+				struct configfs_dirent *next;
+				next = list_entry(p, struct configfs_dirent,
+						   s_sibling);
+				if (next->s_element)
+					n--;
+				p = p->next;
+			}
+			list_add_tail(&cursor->s_sibling, p);
+		}
+	}
+	up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	return offset;
+}
+
+struct file_operations configfs_dir_operations = {
+	.open		= configfs_dir_open,
+	.release	= configfs_dir_close,
+	.llseek		= configfs_dir_lseek,
+	.read		= generic_read_dir,
+	.readdir	= configfs_readdir,
+};
+
+int configfs_register_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct config_group *group = &subsys->su_group;
+	struct qstr name;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct configfs_dirent *sd;
+
+	err = configfs_pin_fs();
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (!group->cg_item.ci_name)
+		group->cg_item.ci_name = group->cg_item.ci_namebuf;
+
+	sd = configfs_sb->s_root->d_fsdata;
+	link_group(to_config_group(sd->s_element), group);
+
+	down(&configfs_sb->s_root->d_inode->i_sem);
+
+	name.name = group->cg_item.ci_name;
+	name.len = strlen(name.name);
+	name.hash = full_name_hash(name.name, name.len);
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	dentry = d_alloc(configfs_sb->s_root, &name);
+	if (!dentry)
+		goto out_release;
+
+	d_add(dentry, NULL);
+
+	err = configfs_attach_group(sd->s_element, &group->cg_item,
+				    dentry);
+	if (!err)
+		dentry = NULL;
+	else
+		d_delete(dentry);
+
+	up(&configfs_sb->s_root->d_inode->i_sem);
+
+	if (dentry) {
+	    dput(dentry);
+out_release:
+	    unlink_group(group);
+	    configfs_release_fs();
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+void configfs_unregister_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
+{
+	struct config_group *group = &subsys->su_group;
+	struct dentry *dentry = group->cg_item.ci_dentry;
+
+	if (dentry->d_parent != configfs_sb->s_root) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "configfs: Tried to unregister non-subsystem!\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	down(&configfs_sb->s_root->d_inode->i_sem);
+	down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	if (configfs_detach_prep(dentry)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "configfs: Tried to unregister non-empty subsystem!\n");
+	}
+	configfs_detach_group(&group->cg_item);
+	dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
+	up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+
+	d_delete(dentry);
+
+	up(&configfs_sb->s_root->d_inode->i_sem);
+
+	dput(dentry);
+
+	unlink_group(group);
+	configfs_release_fs();
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(configfs_register_subsystem);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(configfs_unregister_subsystem);