NAME

SYNOPSIS

int
namei(struct nameidata *ndp);

void
NDINIT(struct nameidata *ndp, u_long op, u_long flags, enum uio_seg segflg, const char *namep, struct thread *td);

void
NDFREE(struct nameidata *ndp, const uint flags);

DESCRIPTION

The NDINIT() function is used to initialize namei components. It takes the following arguments:

ndp

The struct nameidata to initialize.

op

The operation which namei() will perform. The following operations are valid: LOOKUP, CREATE, DELETE, and RENAME. The latter three are just setup for those effects; just calling namei() will not result in VOP_RENAME() being called.

flags

Operation flags. Several of these can be effective at the same time.

segflg

UIO segment indicator. This indicates if the name of the object is in userspace (UIO_USERSPACE) or in the kernel address space (UIO_SYSSPACE).

namep

Pointer to the component's pathname buffer (the file or directory name that will be looked up).

td

The thread context to use for namei operations and locks.

NAMEI OPERATION FLAGS

LOCKLEAF

Lock vnode on return with LK_EXCLUSIVE unless LOCKSHARED is also set. The VOP_UNLOCK(9) should be used to release the lock (or vput(9) which is equivalent to calling VOP_UNLOCK(9) followed by vrele(9), all in one).

LOCKPARENT

This flag lets the namei() function return the parent (directory) vnode, ni_dvp in locked state, unless it is identical to ni_vp, in which case ni_dvp is not locked per se (but may be locked due to LOCKLEAF). If a lock is enforced, it should be released using vput(9) or VOP_UNLOCK(9) and vrele(9).

LOCKSHARED

Lock vnode on return with LK_SHARED. The VOP_UNLOCK(9) should be used to release the lock (or vput(9) which is equivalent to calling VOP_UNLOCK(9) followed by vrele(9), all in one).

WANTPARENT

This flag allows the namei() function to return the parent (directory) vnode in an unlocked state. The parent vnode must be released separately by using vrele(9).

NOCACHE

Avoid namei() creating this entry in the namecache if it is not already present. Normally, namei() will add entries to the name cache if they are not already there.

FOLLOW

With this flag, namei() will follow the symbolic link if the last part of the path supplied is a symbolic link (i.e., it will return a vnode for whatever the link points at, instead for the link itself).

NOFOLLOW

Do not follow symbolic links (pseudo). This flag is not looked for by the actual code, which looks for FOLLOW. NOFOLLOW is used to indicate to the source code reader that symlinks are intentionally not followed.

SAVENAME

Do not free the pathname buffer at the end of the namei() invocation; instead, free it later in NDFREE() so that the caller may access the pathname buffer. See below for details.

SAVESTART

Retain an additional reference to the parent directory; do not free the pathname buffer. See below for details.

ALLOCATED ELEMENTS

ni_startdir

In the normal case, this is either the current directory or the root. It is the current directory if the name passed in does not start with ‘/’ and we have not gone through any symlinks with an absolute path, and the root otherwise.

In this case, it is only used by lookup(), and should not be considered valid after a call to namei(). If SAVESTART is set, this is set to the same as ni_dvp, with an extra vref(9). To block NDFREE() from releasing ni_startdir, the NDF_NO_STARTDIR_RELE can be set.

ni_dvp

Vnode pointer to directory of the object on which lookup is performed. This is available on successful return if LOCKPARENT or WANTPARENT is set. It is locked if LOCKPARENT is set. Freeing this in NDFREE() can be inhibited by NDF_NO_DVP_RELE, NDF_NO_DVP_PUT, or NDF_NO_DVP_UNLOCK (with the obvious effects).

ni_vp

Vnode pointer to the resulting object, NULL otherwise. The v_usecount field of this vnode is incremented. If LOCKLEAF is set, it is also locked.

Freeing this in NDFREE() can be inhibited by NDF_NO_VP_RELE, NDF_NO_VP_PUT, or NDF_NO_VP_UNLOCK (with the obvious effects).

ni_cnd.cn_pnbuf

The pathname buffer contains the location of the file or directory that will be used by the namei operations. It is managed by the uma(9) zone allocation interface. If the SAVESTART or SAVENAME flag is set, then the pathname buffer is available after calling the namei() function.

To only deallocate resources used by the pathname buffer, ni_cnd.cn_pnbuf, then NDF_ONLY_PNBUF flag can be passed to the NDFREE() function. To keep the pathname buffer intact, the NDF_NO_FREE_PNBUF flag can be passed to the NDFREE() function.

RETURN VALUES

FILES

src/sys/kern/vfs_lookup.c

 

ERRORS

[ENOTDIR]

A component of the specified pathname is not a directory when a directory is expected.

[ENAMETOOLONG]

A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or an entire pathname exceeded 1023 characters.

[ENOENT]

A component of the specified pathname does not exist, or the pathname is an empty string.

[EACCES]

An attempt is made to access a file in a way forbidden by its file access permissions.

[ELOOP]

Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.

[EISDIR]

An attempt is made to open a directory with write mode specified.

[EINVAL]

The last component of the pathname specified for a DELETE or RENAME operation is ‘.’.

[EROFS]

An attempt is made to modify a file or directory on a read-only file system.

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