fs/nullfs.c

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/fs/nullfs.c

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
fs/nullfs.c
Extension
.c
Size
1680 bytes
Lines
71
Domain
Core OS
Bucket
VFS And Filesystem Core
Inferred role
Core OS: implementation source
Status
source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/* Copyright (c) 2026 Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> */
#include <linux/fs/super_types.h>
#include <linux/fs_context.h>
#include <linux/magic.h>

static const struct super_operations nullfs_super_operations = {
	.statfs	= simple_statfs,
};

static int nullfs_fs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, struct fs_context *fc)
{
	struct inode *inode;

	s->s_maxbytes		= MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
	s->s_blocksize		= PAGE_SIZE;
	s->s_blocksize_bits	= PAGE_SHIFT;
	s->s_magic		= NULL_FS_MAGIC;
	s->s_op			= &nullfs_super_operations;
	s->s_export_op		= NULL;
	s->s_xattr		= NULL;
	s->s_time_gran		= 1;
	s->s_d_flags		= 0;

	inode = new_inode(s);
	if (!inode)
		return -ENOMEM;

	/* nullfs is permanently empty... */
	make_empty_dir_inode(inode);
	simple_inode_init_ts(inode);
	inode->i_ino	= 1;
	/* ... and immutable. */
	inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;

	s->s_root = d_make_root(inode);
	if (!s->s_root)
		return -ENOMEM;

	return 0;
}

/*
 * For now this is a single global instance. If needed we can make it
 * mountable by userspace at which point we will need to make it
 * multi-instance.
 */
static int nullfs_fs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
{
	return get_tree_single(fc, nullfs_fs_fill_super);
}

static const struct fs_context_operations nullfs_fs_context_ops = {
	.get_tree	= nullfs_fs_get_tree,
};

static int nullfs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
{
	fc->ops		= &nullfs_fs_context_ops;
	fc->global	= true;
	fc->sb_flags	= SB_NOUSER;
	fc->s_iflags	= SB_I_NOEXEC | SB_I_NODEV;
	return 0;
}

struct file_system_type nullfs_fs_type = {
	.name			= "nullfs",
	.init_fs_context	= nullfs_init_fs_context,
	.kill_sb		= kill_anon_super,
};

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