From f9bd6733d3f11e24f3949becf277507d422ee1eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 22:09:14 -0500 Subject: sysctl: Allow creating permanently empty directories that serve as mountpoints. Add a magic sysctl table sysctl_mount_point that when used to create a directory forces that directory to be permanently empty. Update the code to use make_empty_dir_inode when accessing permanently empty directories. Update the code to not allow adding to permanently empty directories. Update /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc to be a permanently empty directory. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" --- kernel/sysctl.c | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/sysctl.c') diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 2082b1a88fb9..c3eee4c6d6c1 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1531,12 +1531,6 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { { } }; -#if defined(CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC) || defined(CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC_MODULE) -static struct ctl_table binfmt_misc_table[] = { - { } -}; -#endif - static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = { { .procname = "inode-nr", @@ -1690,7 +1684,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = { { .procname = "binfmt_misc", .mode = 0555, - .child = binfmt_misc_table, + .child = sysctl_mount_point, }, #endif { -- cgit v1.2.3