flag parameters: inotify_init

This patch introduces the new syscall inotify_init1 (note: the 1 stands for
the one parameter the syscall takes, as opposed to no parameter before).  The
values accepted for this parameter are function-specific and defined in the
inotify.h header.  Here the values must match the O_* flags, though.  In this
patch CLOEXEC support is introduced.

The following test must be adjusted for architectures other than x86 and
x86-64 and in case the syscall numbers changed.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>

#ifndef __NR_inotify_init1
# ifdef __x86_64__
#  define __NR_inotify_init1 294
# elif defined __i386__
#  define __NR_inotify_init1 332
# else
#  error "need __NR_inotify_init1"
# endif
#endif

#define IN_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC

int
main (void)
{
  int fd;
  fd = syscall (__NR_inotify_init1, 0);
  if (fd == -1)
    {
      puts ("inotify_init1(0) failed");
      return 1;
    }
  int coe = fcntl (fd, F_GETFD);
  if (coe == -1)
    {
      puts ("fcntl failed");
      return 1;
    }
  if (coe & FD_CLOEXEC)
    {
      puts ("inotify_init1(0) set close-on-exit");
      return 1;
    }
  close (fd);

  fd = syscall (__NR_inotify_init1, IN_CLOEXEC);
  if (fd == -1)
    {
      puts ("inotify_init1(IN_CLOEXEC) failed");
      return 1;
    }
  coe = fcntl (fd, F_GETFD);
  if (coe == -1)
    {
      puts ("fcntl failed");
      return 1;
    }
  if ((coe & FD_CLOEXEC) == 0)
    {
      puts ("inotify_init1(O_CLOEXEC) does not set close-on-exit");
      return 1;
    }
  close (fd);

  puts ("OK");

  return 0;
}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add sys_ni stub]
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/inotify.h b/include/linux/inotify.h
index 742b917e7d1b..72ef82120512 100644
--- a/include/linux/inotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/inotify.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
 #define _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
 
+/* For O_CLOEXEC */
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 /*
@@ -63,6 +65,9 @@ struct inotify_event {
                          IN_MOVED_TO | IN_DELETE | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE_SELF | \
                          IN_MOVE_SELF)
 
+/* Flags for sys_inotify_init1.  */
+#define IN_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 034d3358549e..93a7e7f017a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_get_mempolicy(int __user *policy,
                                 unsigned long addr, unsigned long flags);
 
 asmlinkage long sys_inotify_init(void);
+asmlinkage long sys_inotify_init1(int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_inotify_add_watch(int fd, const char __user *path,
                                         u32 mask);
 asmlinkage long sys_inotify_rm_watch(int fd, u32 wd);