# Re: \[PATCH 30/32\] vfs: Allow cloning of a mount tree with open(O\_PATH\|O\_CLONE\_MOUNT) \[ver \#8\]

- From: Al Viro \<viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk\>
- Date: 2018-06-02 04:04:38 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2018/06/139295
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fsdevel/2018/05/135893/t.md

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On Sat, Jun 02, 2018 at 04:42:56AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> _If_ I'm interpreting that correctly, that should be something like a bitmap
> of attributes to modify + values to set for each.  Let's see -
> 	propagation	1 + 2 bits
> 	nodev		1 + 1
> 	noexec		1 + 1
> 	nosuid		1 + 1
> 	ro		1 + 1
> 	atime		1 + 3
> That's 15 bits.  On top of that, we have 1 bit for "clone or original"
> and 1 bit for "recursive or single-mount".  As well as AT_EMPTY_PATH,
> and AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT (inconvenient, since these are fixed bits).  In
> principle, that does fit into int, with some space to spare...
> 
> Is that what you have in mind?

TBH, I would probably prefer separate mount_setattr(2) for that kind
of work, with something like
	int mount_setattr(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags, int attr)
*not* opening any files.
flags:
	AT_EMPTY_PATH, AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT, AT_RECURSIVE
attr:
	MOUNT_SETATTR_DEV		(1<<0)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_NODEV		(1<<0)|(1<<1)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_EXEC		(1<<2)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_NOEXEC		(1<<2)|(1<<3)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_SUID		(1<<4)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_NOSUID		(1<<4)|(1<<5)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_RW		(1<<6)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_RO		(1<<6)|(1<<7)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_RELATIME		(1<<8)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_NOATIME		(1<<8)|(1<<9)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_NODIRATIME	(1<<8)|(2<<9)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_STRICTATIME	(1<<8)|(3<<9)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_PRIVATE		(1<<11)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_SHARED		(1<<11)|(1<<12)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_SLAVE		(1<<11)|(2<<12)
	MOUNT_SETATTR_UNBINDABLE	(1<<11)|(3<<12)

With either openat() used as in this series, or explicit
	int open_tree(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags)
returning a descriptor, with flags being
	AT_EMPTY_PATH, AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT, AT_RECURSIVE, AT_CLONE
with AT_RECURSIVE without AT_CLONE being an error.  Hell, might
even add AT_UMOUNT for "open root and detach, to be dissolved on
close", incompatible with AT_CLONE.

Comments?
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