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    eCryptfs: Add reference counting to lower files · 332ab16f
    Tyler Hicks authored
    For any given lower inode, eCryptfs keeps only one lower file open and
    multiplexes all eCryptfs file operations through that lower file. The
    lower file was considered "persistent" and stayed open from the first
    lookup through the lifetime of the inode.
    
    This patch keeps the notion of a single, per-inode lower file, but adds
    reference counting around the lower file so that it is closed when not
    currently in use. If the reference count is at 0 when an operation (such
    as open, create, etc.) needs to use the lower file, a new lower file is
    opened. Since the file is no longer persistent, all references to the
    term persistent file are changed to lower file.
    
    Locking is added around the sections of code that opens the lower file
    and assign the pointer in the inode info, as well as the code the fputs
    the lower file when all eCryptfs users are done with it.
    
    This patch is needed to fix issues, when mounted on top of the NFSv3
    client, where the lower file is left silly renamed until the eCryptfs
    inode is destroyed.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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