[RFC PATCH 22/76] vfs: Provide S_CACHE_FILE inode flag

From: David Howells
Date: Fri Nov 20 2020 - 10:07:40 EST


Provide an S_CACHE_FILE inode flag that cachefiles can set to ward off
other kernel services and drivers (including itself) from using its cache
files.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

include/linux/fs.h | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 52fb357579c8..f6dad577ea07 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1991,6 +1991,7 @@ struct super_operations {
#define S_ENCRYPTED (1 << 14) /* Encrypted file (using fs/crypto/) */
#define S_CASEFOLD (1 << 15) /* Casefolded file */
#define S_VERITY (1 << 16) /* Verity file (using fs/verity/) */
+#define S_CACHE_FILE (1 << 17) /* File is in use as cache file (eg. fs/cachefiles) */

/*
* Note that nosuid etc flags are inode-specific: setting some file-system