[PATCH 1/3] The sysctl shadows

[Pavel Emelyanov <xemul-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

The sysctl shadow is nothing but a ctl_table_head, that
hides behind some other one and which is used in
proc_sys_readdir, proc_sys_lookup, etc when scanning
through the list of these heads.

Each "shadow" carries its own set of ctl_tables that
are relevant to this shadow. The appropriate shadow
is get via the ->shadow() callback on the head.

When putting the shadow back (unuse it) one should
work with the shadow->origin head.

The API:
 * register_sysctl_table_shadow: registers the ctl
   table and tells that is will be shadowed with
   the specified callback;
 * create_sysctl_shadow: clones the original head's
   table and creates a shadow for it. The caller then
   may move the ctl_table->data pointer on the new
   (shadow) tables to point to another variables.
   It may also change names for tables, etc;
 * free_sysctl_shadow: destroys the shadow.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>

---

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 4f5047d..064f132 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -1057,9 +1057,16 @@ struct ctl_table_header
 	struct list_head ctl_entry;
 	int used;
 	struct completion *unregistering;
+	struct ctl_table_header *(*shadow)(struct ctl_table_header *);
+	struct ctl_table_header *origin;
 };
 
 struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table * table);
+struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table_shadow(struct ctl_table * table,
+		struct ctl_table_header *(*shadow)(struct ctl_table_header *));
+
+struct ctl_table_header *create_sysctl_shadow(struct ctl_table_header *h);
+void free_sysctl_shadow(struct ctl_table_header *h);
 
 void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * table);
 int sysctl_check_table(struct ctl_table *table);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 489b0d1..bfea4fa 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1320,6 +1320,9 @@ void sysctl_head_finish(struct ctl_table_header *head)
 {
 	if (!head)
 		return;
+	if (head->origin)
+		head = head->origin;
+
 	spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
 	unuse_table(head);
 	spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
@@ -1331,6 +1334,9 @@ struct ctl_table_header *sysctl_head_next(struct ctl_table_header *prev)
 	struct list_head *tmp;
 	spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
 	if (prev) {
+		if (prev->origin != NULL)
+			prev = prev->origin;
+
 		tmp = &prev->ctl_entry;
 		unuse_table(prev);
 		goto next;
@@ -1342,6 +1348,10 @@ struct ctl_table_header *sysctl_head_next(struct ctl_table_header *prev)
 		if (!use_table(head))
 			goto next;
 		spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
+
+		if (head->shadow)
+			head = head->shadow(head);
+
 		return head;
 	next:
 		tmp = tmp->next;
@@ -1582,7 +1592,8 @@ core_initcall(sysctl_init);
  * This routine returns %NULL on a failure to register, and a pointer
  * to the table header on success.
  */
-struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table * table)
+struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table_shadow(struct ctl_table * table,
+		struct ctl_table_header *(*shadow)(struct ctl_table_header *))
 {
 	struct ctl_table_header *tmp;
 	tmp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ctl_table_header), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1592,6 +1603,8 @@ struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table * table)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp->ctl_entry);
 	tmp->used = 0;
 	tmp->unregistering = NULL;
+	tmp->shadow = shadow;
+	tmp->origin = NULL;
 	sysctl_set_parent(NULL, table);
 	if (sysctl_check_table(tmp->ctl_table)) {
 		kfree(tmp);
@@ -1603,6 +1616,11 @@ struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table * table)
 	return tmp;
 }
 
+struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table * table)
+{
+	return register_sysctl_table_shadow(table, NULL);
+}
+
 /**
  * unregister_sysctl_table - unregister a sysctl table hierarchy
  * @header: the header returned from register_sysctl_table
@@ -1619,6 +1637,84 @@ void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * header)
 	kfree(header);
 }
 
+/*
+ * ctl tables shadow management
+ */
+static void ctl_free_table(struct ctl_table *t)
+{
+	struct ctl_table *tmp;
+
+	for (tmp = t; tmp->ctl_name || tmp->procname; tmp++)
+		if (tmp->child)
+			ctl_free_table(tmp->child);
+
+	kfree(t);
+}
+
+static struct ctl_table *ctl_dup_table(struct ctl_table *parent,
+		struct ctl_table *t)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct ctl_table *copy;
+
+	for (copy = t, i = 1; copy->ctl_name || copy->procname; copy++, i++);
+
+	copy = kmemdup(t, i * sizeof(struct ctl_table), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (copy == NULL)
+		goto out;
+
+	for (i = 0; copy[i].ctl_name || copy[i].procname; i++) {
+		copy[i].parent = parent;
+		if (copy[i].child == NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		copy[i].child = ctl_dup_table(&copy[i], t[i].child);
+		if (copy[i].child == NULL)
+			goto unroll;
+	}
+
+	return copy;
+
+unroll:
+	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
+		if (copy[i].child)
+			ctl_free_table(copy[i].child);
+	kfree(copy);
+out:
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+struct ctl_table_header *create_sysctl_shadow(struct ctl_table_header *h)
+{
+	struct ctl_table_header *ret;
+	struct ctl_table *tbl;
+
+	ret = kmemdup(h, sizeof(struct ctl_table_header *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret == NULL)
+		goto err_header;
+
+	ret->shadow = NULL;
+	ret->origin = h;
+
+	tbl = ctl_dup_table(NULL, h->ctl_table);
+	if (tbl == NULL)
+		goto err_table;
+
+	ret->ctl_table = tbl;
+	return ret;
+
+err_table:
+	kfree(ret);
+err_header:
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void free_sysctl_shadow(struct ctl_table_header *shadow)
+{
+	ctl_free_table(shadow->ctl_table);
+	kfree(shadow);
+}
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table * table)
 {