ext4: implementation of a new ioctl called EXT4_IOC_SWAP_BOOT

Add a new ioctl, EXT4_IOC_SWAP_BOOT which swaps i_blocks and
associated attributes (like i_blocks, i_size, i_flags, ...) from the
specified inode with inode EXT4_BOOT_LOADER_INO (#5). This is
typically used to store a boot loader in a secure part of the
filesystem, where it can't be changed by a normal user by accident.
The data blocks of the previous boot loader will be associated with
the given inode.

This usercode program is a simple example of the usage:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  int fd;
  int err;

  if ( argc != 2 ) {
    printf("usage: ext4-swap-boot-inode FILE-TO-SWAP\n");
    exit(1);
  }

  fd = open(argv[1], O_WRONLY);
  if ( fd < 0 ) {
    perror("open");
    exit(1);
  }

  err = ioctl(fd, EXT4_IOC_SWAP_BOOT);
  if ( err < 0 ) {
    perror("ioctl");
    exit(1);
  }

  close(fd);
  exit(0);
}

[ Modified by Theodore Ts'o to fix a number of bugs in the original code.]

Signed-off-by: Dr. Tilmann Bubeck <t.bubeck@reinform.de>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index a0637e5057ae..d91871570982 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ enum {
 #define EXT4_IOC_ALLOC_DA_BLKS		_IO('f', 12)
 #define EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT		_IOWR('f', 15, struct move_extent)
 #define EXT4_IOC_RESIZE_FS		_IOW('f', 16, __u64)
+#define EXT4_IOC_SWAP_BOOT		_IO('f', 17)
 
 #if defined(__KERNEL__) && defined(CONFIG_COMPAT)
 /*
@@ -1341,6 +1342,7 @@ static inline int ext4_valid_inum(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	return ino == EXT4_ROOT_INO ||
 		ino == EXT4_USR_QUOTA_INO ||
 		ino == EXT4_GRP_QUOTA_INO ||
+		ino == EXT4_BOOT_LOADER_INO ||
 		ino == EXT4_JOURNAL_INO ||
 		ino == EXT4_RESIZE_INO ||
 		(ino >= EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) &&
@@ -2624,6 +2626,12 @@ extern int ext4_ind_migrate(struct inode *inode);
 
 
 /* move_extent.c */
+extern void ext4_double_down_write_data_sem(struct inode *first,
+					    struct inode *second);
+extern void ext4_double_up_write_data_sem(struct inode *orig_inode,
+					  struct inode *donor_inode);
+void ext4_inode_double_lock(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2);
+void ext4_inode_double_unlock(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2);
 extern int ext4_move_extents(struct file *o_filp, struct file *d_filp,
 			     __u64 start_orig, __u64 start_donor,
 			     __u64 len, __u64 *moved_len);