[RFC PATCH v2 03/10] rust: kernel: add an abstraction over vfsmount to allow cloning a new private mount

[Ariel Miculas <amiculas@cisco.com>]

Signed-off-by: Ariel Miculas <amiculas@cisco.com>
---
 rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h |  1 +
 rust/kernel/lib.rs              |  1 +
 rust/kernel/mount.rs            | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 73 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 rust/kernel/mount.rs

diff --git a/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h b/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
index e5fc3b1d408d..205ef50dfd4c 100644
--- a/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
+++ b/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 
 /* `bindgen` gets confused at certain things. */
 const gfp_t BINDINGS_GFP_KERNEL = GFP_KERNEL;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 08f67833afcf..7dc07bdb5d55 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 pub mod ioctl;
 pub mod iov_iter;
 pub mod mm;
+pub mod mount;
 pub mod pages;
 pub mod prelude;
 pub mod print;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/mount.rs b/rust/kernel/mount.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d08830b27571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/mount.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+//! Mount interface
+//!
+//! C headers: [`include/linux/mount.h`](../../../../include/linux/mount.h)
+
+use kernel::bindings;
+use kernel::error::from_err_ptr;
+use kernel::pr_err;
+use kernel::prelude::*;
+use kernel::str::CStr;
+use kernel::types::Opaque;
+
+/// Wraps the kernel's `struct path`.
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct Path(pub(crate) Opaque<bindings::path>);
+
+/// Wraps the kernel's `struct vfsmount`.
+#[repr(transparent)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Vfsmount {
+    vfsmount: *mut bindings::vfsmount,
+}
+
+// SAFETY: No one besides us has the raw pointer, so we can safely transfer Vfsmount to another thread
+unsafe impl Send for Vfsmount {}
+// SAFETY: It's OK to access `Vfsmount` through references from other threads because we're not
+// accessing any properties from the underlying raw pointer
+unsafe impl Sync for Vfsmount {}
+
+impl Vfsmount {
+    /// Create a new private mount clone based on a path name
+    pub fn new_private_mount(path_name: &CStr) -> Result<Self> {
+        let path: Path = Path(Opaque::uninit());
+        // SAFETY: path_name is a &CStr, so it's a valid string pointer; path is an uninitialized
+        // struct stored on the stack and it's ok because kern_path expects an out parameter
+        let err = unsafe {
+            bindings::kern_path(
+                path_name.as_ptr() as *const i8,
+                bindings::LOOKUP_FOLLOW | bindings::LOOKUP_DIRECTORY,
+                path.0.get(),
+            )
+        };
+        if err != 0 {
+            pr_err!("failed to resolve '{}': {}\n", path_name, err);
+            return Err(EINVAL);
+        }
+
+        // SAFETY: path is a struct stored on the stack and it is  initialized because the call to
+        // kern_path succeeded
+        let vfsmount = unsafe { from_err_ptr(bindings::clone_private_mount(path.0.get()))? };
+
+        // Don't inherit atime flags
+        // SAFETY: we called from_err_ptr so it's safe to dereference this pointer
+        unsafe {
+            (*vfsmount).mnt_flags &=
+                !(bindings::MNT_NOATIME | bindings::MNT_NODIRATIME | bindings::MNT_RELATIME) as i32;
+        }
+        Ok(Self { vfsmount })
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a raw pointer to vfsmount
+    pub fn get(&self) -> *mut bindings::vfsmount {
+        self.vfsmount
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for Vfsmount {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // SAFETY new_private_mount makes sure to return a valid pointer
+        unsafe { bindings::kern_unmount(self.vfsmount) };
+    }
+}
-- 
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