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authorNadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@bull.net>2007-10-18 23:40:49 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-19 11:53:44 -0700
commit7748dbfaa010b12d5fb9ddf80199534c565c6bce (patch)
treec6756de4007c29fdcb405d54173a4322d48ff631 /ipc/util.h
parent7ca7e564e049d8b350ec9d958ff25eaa24226352 (diff)
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ipc: unify the syscalls code
This patch introduces a change into the sys_msgget(), sys_semget() and sys_shmget() routines: they now share a common code, which is better for maintainability. Signed-off-by: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@bull.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'ipc/util.h')
-rw-r--r--ipc/util.h43
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ipc/util.h b/ipc/util.h
index c9063267d4f8..30b2a6d7cbed 100644
--- a/ipc/util.h
+++ b/ipc/util.h
@@ -35,6 +35,35 @@ struct ipc_ids {
struct idr ipcs_idr;
};
+/*
+ * Structure that holds the parameters needed by the ipc operations
+ * (see after)
+ */
+struct ipc_params {
+ key_t key;
+ int flg;
+ union {
+ size_t size; /* for shared memories */
+ int nsems; /* for semaphores */
+ } u; /* holds the getnew() specific param */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Structure that holds some ipc operations. This structure is used to unify
+ * the calls to sys_msgget(), sys_semget(), sys_shmget()
+ * . routine to call to create a new ipc object. Can be one of newque,
+ * newary, newseg
+ * . routine to call to call to check permissions for a new ipc object.
+ * Can be one of security_msg_associate, security_sem_associate,
+ * security_shm_associate
+ * . routine to call for an extra check if needed
+ */
+struct ipc_ops {
+ int (*getnew) (struct ipc_namespace *, struct ipc_params *);
+ int (*associate) (void *, int);
+ int (*more_checks) (void *, struct ipc_params *);
+};
+
struct seq_file;
void ipc_init_ids(struct ipc_ids *);
@@ -50,7 +79,6 @@ void __init ipc_init_proc_interface(const char *path, const char *header,
#define IPC_SHM_IDS 2
/* must be called with ids->mutex acquired.*/
-struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_findkey(struct ipc_ids *ids, key_t key);
int ipc_addid(struct ipc_ids *, struct kern_ipc_perm *, int);
int ipc_get_maxid(struct ipc_ids *);
@@ -95,5 +123,18 @@ int ipc_parse_version (int *cmd);
extern void free_msg(struct msg_msg *msg);
extern struct msg_msg *load_msg(const void __user *src, int len);
extern int store_msg(void __user *dest, struct msg_msg *msg, int len);
+extern int ipcget_new(struct ipc_namespace *, struct ipc_ids *,
+ struct ipc_ops *, struct ipc_params *);
+extern int ipcget_public(struct ipc_namespace *, struct ipc_ids *,
+ struct ipc_ops *, struct ipc_params *);
+
+static inline int ipcget(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_ids *ids,
+ struct ipc_ops *ops, struct ipc_params *params)
+{
+ if (params->key == IPC_PRIVATE)
+ return ipcget_new(ns, ids, ops, params);
+ else
+ return ipcget_public(ns, ids, ops, params);
+}
#endif