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/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*node.c*/
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Implementation of node management strategies*/
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Based on the code of unionfs translator.*/
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation,
  Inc.  Written by Sergiu Ivanov <unlimitedscolobb@gmail.com>.

  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
  License, or * (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
  USA.*/
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <argz.h>
#include <hurd/fsys.h>
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#include "debug.h"
#include "node.h"
#include "options.h"
#include "lib.h"
#include "nsmux.h"
#include "ncache.h"
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*--------Global Variables---------------------------------------------------*/
/*The lock protecting the underlying filesystem*/
pthread_mutex_t ulfs_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*--------Functions----------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Derives a new node from `lnode` and adds a reference to `lnode`*/
error_t node_create (lnode_t * lnode, node_t ** node)
{
  error_t err = 0;

  /*Create a new netnode */
  netnode_t *netnode_new = malloc (sizeof (netnode_t));

  /*Reset the memory allocated for the new netnode (just in case :-) ) */
  memset (netnode_new, 0, sizeof (netnode_t));

  /*If the memory could not be allocated */
  if (netnode_new == NULL)
    err = ENOMEM;
  else
    {
      /*create a new node from the netnode */
      node_t *node_new = netfs_make_node (netnode_new);

      /*If the creation failed */
      if (node_new == NULL)
	{
	  /*set the error code */
	  err = ENOMEM;

	  /*destroy the netnode created above */
	  free (netnode_new);

	  /*stop */
	  return err;
	}

      node_new->nn->type = NODE_TYPE_NORMAL;

      /*link the lnode to the new node */
      lnode->node = node_new;

      /*setup the references in the newly created node */
      node_new->nn->lnode = lnode;
      lnode_ref_add (lnode);

      /*setup the information in the netnode */
      node_new->nn->flags = 0;
      node_new->nn->ncache_next = node_new->nn->ncache_prev = NULL;

      /*initialize the data fields dealing with positioning this node
	in the dynamic translator stack */
      node_new->nn->dyntrans = NULL;
      node_new->nn->below = NULL;

      /*store the result of creation in the second parameter */
      *node = node_new;
    }

  /*Return the result of operations */
  return err;
}				/*node_create */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Derives a new proxy from `lnode`*/
error_t node_create_proxy (lnode_t * lnode, node_t ** node)
{
  error_t err = 0;

  /*Create a new netnode */
  netnode_t *netnode_new = malloc (sizeof (netnode_t));

  /*Reset the memory allocated for the new netnode. We do this here
     since lnode_add_proxy will try to reference the `lnode` in this
     netnode and will do bad writes to memory. */
  memset (netnode_new, 0, sizeof (netnode_t));

  /*If the memory could not be allocated */
  if (netnode_new == NULL)
    err = ENOMEM;
  else
    {
      /*create a new node from the netnode */
      node_t *node_new = netfs_make_node (netnode_new);

      /*If the creation failed */
      if (node_new == NULL)
	{
	  /*set the error code */
	  err = ENOMEM;

	  /*destroy the netnode created above */
	  free (netnode_new);

	  /*stop */
	  return err;
	}

      node_new->nn->type = NODE_TYPE_PROXY;

      /*add this new node to the list of proxies of `lnode` */
      lnode_add_proxy (lnode, node_new);

      /*setup the information in the netnode */
      node_new->nn->flags = 0;
      node_new->nn->ncache_next = node_new->nn->ncache_prev = NULL;

      /*initialize the data fields dealing with positioning this node
	in the dynamic translator stack */
      node_new->nn->dyntrans = NULL;
      node_new->nn->below = NULL;

      /*store the result of creation in the second parameter */
      *node = node_new;
    }

  /*Return the result of operations */
  return err;
}				/*node_create_proxy */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Creates a proxy (or a shadow) node for the supplied port*/
error_t node_create_from_port (mach_port_t port, node_t ** node)
{
  error_t err = 0;

  /*Create a new netnode */
  netnode_t * netnode_new = malloc (sizeof (netnode_t));

  /*Reset the memory allocated for the new netnode (just in case :-) ) */
  memset (netnode_new, 0, sizeof (netnode_t));

  /*If the memory could not be allocated */
  if (netnode_new == NULL)
    err = ENOMEM;
  else
    {
      /*create a new node from the netnode */
      node_t * node_new = netfs_make_node (netnode_new);

      /*If the creation failed */
      if (node_new == NULL)
	{
	  /*set the error code */
	  err = ENOMEM;

	  /*destroy the netnode created above */
	  free (netnode_new);

	  /*stop */
	  return err;
	}

      /*The caller may want to change this to NODE_TYPE_SHADOW if it's
	the case. */
      node_new->nn->type = NODE_TYPE_PROXY;

      /*this node is ``orphan'' -- it is not associated to any lnode
	and has some service functions only */
      node_new->nn->lnode = NULL;

      /*setup the information in the netnode */
      node_new->nn->flags = 0;
      node_new->nn->ncache_next = node_new->nn->ncache_prev = NULL;
      node_new->nn->port = port;

      /*initialize the data fields dealing with positioning this node
	in the dynamic translator stack */
      node_new->nn->dyntrans = NULL;
      node_new->nn->below = NULL;

      /*store the result of creation in the second parameter */
      *node = node_new;
    }

  /*Return the result of operations */
  return err;
}				/*node_create_from_port */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Destroys the specified node and removes a light reference from the
  associated light node*/
void node_destroy (node_t * np)
{
  /*Die if the node does not belong to node cache */
  assert (!np->nn->ncache_next || !np->nn->ncache_prev);

  /*Destroy the port to the underlying filesystem allocated to the node */
  if (np->nn->port != MACH_PORT_NULL)
    PORT_DEALLOC (np->nn->port);

  /*TODO: If this node is a shadow node, kill the translator sitting
    on this node. */

  /*If there is an lnode associated with the current node, detach
    it */
  if (np->nn->lnode)
    {
      if (np->nn->lnode->node == np)
	{
	  pthread_mutex_lock (&np->nn->lnode->lock);

	  /*orphan the light node */
	  np->nn->lnode->node = NULL;

	  lnode_ref_remove (np->nn->lnode);
	}
      else
	/*remove a reference to this node from the list of proxies */
	lnode_remove_proxy (np->nn->lnode, np);
    }

  /*Free the netnode and the node itself */
  free (np->nn);
  free (np);
}				/*node_destroy */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Creates the root node and the corresponding lnode*/
error_t node_create_root (node_t ** root_node)
{
  /*Try to create a new lnode */
  lnode_t *lnode;
  error_t err = lnode_create (NULL, &lnode);

  /*Stop, if the creation failed */
  if (err)
    return err;

  /*Try to derive the node corresponding to `lnode` */
  node_t *node;
  err = node_create (lnode, &node);

  /*If the operation failed */
  if (err)
    {
      /*destroy the created lnode */
      lnode_destroy (lnode);

      /*stop */
      return err;
    }

  /*Release the lock on the lnode */
  pthread_mutex_unlock (&lnode->lock);

  /*Store the result in the parameter */
  *root_node = node;

  /*Return the result */
  return err;
}				/*node_create_root */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Initializes the port to the underlying filesystem for the root node*/
error_t node_init_root (node_t * node	/*the root node */
  )
{
  error_t err = 0;

  /*Acquire a lock for operations on the underlying filesystem */
  pthread_mutex_lock (&ulfs_lock);

  /*Open the port to the directory specified in `dir` */
  node->nn->port = file_name_lookup (dir, O_READ | O_DIRECTORY, 0);

  /*If the directory could not be opened */
  if (node->nn->port == MACH_PORT_NULL)
    {
      /*set the error code accordingly */
      err = errno;
      LOG_MSG ("node_init_root: Could not open the port for %s.", dir);

      /*release the lock and stop */
      pthread_mutex_unlock (&ulfs_lock);
      return err;
    }

  LOG_MSG ("node_init_root: Port for %s opened successfully.", dir);
  LOG_MSG ("\tPort: 0x%lX", (unsigned long) node->nn->port);

  /*Stat the root node */
  err = io_stat (node->nn->port, &node->nn_stat);
  if (err)
    {
      /*deallocate the port */
      PORT_DEALLOC (node->nn->port);

      LOG_MSG ("node_init_root: Could not stat the root node.");

      /*unlock the mutex and exit */
      pthread_mutex_unlock (&ulfs_lock);
      return err;
    }

  /*Set the path to the corresponding lnode to `dir` */
  node->nn->lnode->path = strdup (dir);
  if (!node->nn->lnode->path)
    {
      /*deallocate the port */
      PORT_DEALLOC (node->nn->port);

      /*unlock the mutex */
      pthread_mutex_unlock (&ulfs_lock);

      LOG_MSG ("node_init_root: Could not strdup the directory.");
      return ENOMEM;
    }

  /*The current position in dir */
  char *p = dir + strlen (dir);

  /*Go through the path from end to beginning */
  for (; p >= dir; --p)
    {
      /*If the current character is a '/' */
      if (*p == '/')
	{
	  /*If p is not the first character */
	  if (p > dir)
	    {
	      /*if this slash is escaped, skip it */
	      if (*(p - 1) == '\\')
		continue;
	    }

	  /*advance the pointer to the first character after the slash */
	  ++p;

	  /*stop */
	  break;
	}
    }

  LOG_MSG ("node_init_root: The name of root node is %s.", p);

  /*Set the name of the lnode to the last element in the path to dir */
  node->nn->lnode->name = strdup (p);
  /*If the name of the node could not be duplicated */
  if (!node->nn->lnode->name)
    {
      /*free the name of the path to the node and deallocate teh port */
      free (node->nn->lnode->path);
      PORT_DEALLOC (node->nn->port);

      /*unlock the mutex */
      pthread_mutex_unlock (&ulfs_lock);

      LOG_MSG ("node_init_root: Could not strdup the name of the root node.");
      return ENOMEM;
    }

  /*Compute the length of the name of the root node */
  node->nn->lnode->name_len = strlen (p);

  /*Release the lock for operations on the undelying filesystem */
  pthread_mutex_unlock (&ulfs_lock);

  /*Return the result of operations */
  return err;
}				/*node_init_root */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Frees a list of dirents*/
void node_entries_free (node_dirent_t * dirents)
{
  /*The current and the next elements */
  node_dirent_t *dirent, *dirent_next;

  /*Go through all elements of the list */
  for (dirent = dirents; dirent; dirent = dirent_next)
    {
      /*store the next element */
      dirent_next = dirent->next;

      /*free the dirent stored in the current element of the list */
      free (dirent->dirent);

      /*free the current element */
      free (dirent);
    }
}				/*node_entries_free */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Reads the directory entries from `node`, which must be locked*/
error_t node_entries_get (node_t * node, node_dirent_t ** dirents)
{
  error_t err = 0;

  /*The list of dirents */
  struct dirent **dirent_list, **dirent;

  /*The head of the list of dirents */
  node_dirent_t *node_dirent_list = NULL;

  /*The size of the array of pointers to dirent */
  size_t dirent_data_size;

  /*The array of dirents */
  char *dirent_data;

  /*Obtain the directory entries for the given node */
  err = dir_entries_get
    (node->nn->port, &dirent_data, &dirent_data_size, &dirent_list);
  if (err)
    {
      return err;
    }

  /*The new entry in the list */
  node_dirent_t *node_dirent_new;

  /*The new dirent */
  struct dirent *dirent_new;

  /*LOG_MSG("node_entries_get: Getting entries for %p", node); */

  /*The name of the current dirent */
  char *name;

  /*The length of the current name */
  size_t name_len;

  /*The size of the current dirent */
  size_t size;

  /*Go through all elements of the list of pointers to dirent */
  for (dirent = dirent_list; *dirent; ++dirent)
    {
      /*obtain the name of the current dirent */
      name = &((*dirent)->d_name[0]);

      /*If the current dirent is either '.' or '..', skip it */
      if ((strcmp (name, ".") == 0) || (strcmp (name, "..") == 0))
	continue;

      /*obtain the length of the current name */
      name_len = strlen (name);

      /*obtain the length of the current dirent */
      size = DIRENT_LEN (name_len);

      /*create a new list element */
      node_dirent_new = malloc (sizeof (node_dirent_t));
      if (!node_dirent_new)
	{
	  err = ENOMEM;
	  break;
	}

      /*create a new dirent */
      dirent_new = malloc (size);
      if (!dirent_new)
	{
	  free (node_dirent_new);
	  err = ENOMEM;
	  break;
	}

      /*fill the dirent with information */
      dirent_new->d_ino = (*dirent)->d_ino;
      dirent_new->d_type = (*dirent)->d_type;
      dirent_new->d_reclen = size;
      strcpy ((char *) dirent_new + DIRENT_NAME_OFFS, name);

      /*add the dirent to the list */
      node_dirent_new->dirent = dirent_new;
      node_dirent_new->next = node_dirent_list;
      node_dirent_list = node_dirent_new;
    }

  /*If something went wrong in the loop */
  if (err)
    /*free the list of dirents */
    node_entries_free (node_dirent_list);
  else
    /*store the list of dirents in the second parameter */
    *dirents = node_dirent_list;

  /*Free the list of pointers to dirent */
  free (dirent_list);

  /*Free the results of listing the dirents */
  munmap (dirent_data, dirent_data_size);

  /*Return the result of operations */
  return err;
}				/*node_entries_get */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Makes sure that all ports to the underlying filesystem of `node` are
  up to date*/
error_t node_update (node_t * node)
{
  error_t err = 0;

  /*The full path to this node */
  char *path;

  /*Stat information for `node` */
  io_statbuf_t stat;

  /*The port to the file corresponding to `node` */
  file_t port;

  /*If the specified node is the root node or if it must not be updated */
  if (NODE_IS_ROOT (node) || (node->nn->flags & FLAG_NODE_ULFS_FIXED))
    /*do nothing */
    return err;			/*return 0; actually */

  /*Gain exclusive access to the root node of the filesystem */
  pthread_mutex_lock (&netfs_root_node->lock);

  /*Construct the full path to `node` */
  err = lnode_path_construct (node->nn->lnode, &path);
  if (err)
    {
      pthread_mutex_unlock (&netfs_root_node->lock);
      return err;
    }

  /*Deallocate `node`'s port to the underlying filesystem */
  if (node->nn->port)
    PORT_DEALLOC (node->nn->port);

  /*Try to lookup the file for `node` in its untranslated version */
  err = file_lookup
    (netfs_root_node->nn->port, path, O_READ | O_NOTRANS, O_NOTRANS,
     0, &port, &stat);
  if (err)
    {
      node->nn->port = MACH_PORT_NULL;
      err = 0;			/*failure (?) */
      return err;
    }

  /*If the node looked up is actually the root node of the proxy filesystem */
  if ((stat.st_ino == underlying_node_stat.st_ino)
      && (stat.st_fsid == underlying_node_stat.st_fsid))
    /*set `err` accordingly */
    err = ELOOP;
  else
    {
      /*deallocate the obtained port */
      PORT_DEALLOC (port);

      /*obtain the translated version of the required node */
      err = file_lookup
	(netfs_root_node->nn->port, path, O_READ, 0, 0, &port, &stat);
    }

  /*If there have been errors */
  if (err)
    /*reset the port */
    port = MACH_PORT_NULL;

  /*Store the port in the node */
  node->nn->port = port;

  /*Remove the flag about the invalidity of the current node and set the
     flag that the node is up-to-date */
  node->nn->flags &= ~FLAG_NODE_INVALIDATE;
  node->nn->flags |= FLAG_NODE_ULFS_UPTODATE;

  /*Release the lock on the root node of proxy filesystem */
  pthread_mutex_unlock (&netfs_root_node->lock);

  /*Return the result of operations */
  return err;
}				/*node_update */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Computes the size of the given directory*/
error_t node_get_size (node_t * dir, OFFSET_T * off)
{
  error_t err = 0;

  /*The final size */
  size_t size = 0;

  /*The number of directory entries */
  /*int count = 0; */

  /*The the node in the directory entries list from which we start counting */
  /*node_dirent_t * dirent_start = NULL; */

  /*The currently analyzed dirent */
  node_dirent_t *dirent_current = NULL;

  /*The pointer to the beginning of the list of dirents */
  node_dirent_t *dirent_list = NULL;

  /*The first entry we have to analyze */
  /*int first_entry = 2; */

  /*Takes into consideration the name of the current dirent */
  void bump_size (const char *name)
  {
    /*Increment the current size by the size of the current dirent */
    size += DIRENT_LEN (strlen (name));

    /*Count the current dirent */
    /*++count; */
  }				/*bump_size */

  /*Obtain the list of entries in the current directory */
  err = node_entries_get (dir, &dirent_list);
  if (err)
    return err;

  /*Obtain the pointer to the dirent which has the number first_entry */
  /*Actually, the first element of the list */
  /*This code is included in unionfs, but it's completely useless here */
  /*for
     (
     dirent_start = dirent_list, count = 2;
     dirent_start && count < first_entry;
     dirent_start = dirent_start->next, ++count
     ); */

  /*Reset the count */
  /*count = 0; */

  /*Make space for '.' and '..' entries */
  /*This code is included in unionfs, but it's completely useless here */
  /*if(first_entry == 0)
     bump_size(".");
     if(first_entry <= 1)
     bump_size(".."); */

  /*See how much space is required for the node */
  for (dirent_current = dirent_list /*dirent_start */ ; dirent_current;
       dirent_current = dirent_current->next)
    bump_size (dirent_current->dirent->d_name);

  /*Free the list of dirents */
  node_entries_free (dirent_list);

  /*Return the size */
  *off = size;
  return 0;
}				/*node_get_size */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Remove the file called `name` under `dir`*/
error_t node_unlink_file (node_t * dir, char *name)
{
  error_t err = 0;

  /*The port to the file which will be unlinked */
  mach_port_t p;

  /*Stat information about the file which will be unlinked */
  io_statbuf_t stat;

  /*If port corresponding to `dir` is invalid */
  if (dir->nn->port == MACH_PORT_NULL)
    /*stop with an error */
    return ENOENT; /*FIXME: Is the return value indeed meaningful here? */

  /*Attempt to lookup the specified file */
  err = file_lookup (dir->nn->port, name, O_NOTRANS, O_NOTRANS, 0, &p, &stat);
  if (err)
    return err;

  /*Deallocate the obtained port */
  PORT_DEALLOC (p);

  /*Unlink file `name` under `dir` */
  err = dir_unlink (dir->nn->port, name);
  if (err)
    return err;

  return err;
}				/*node_unlink_file */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Starts translator `trans` on the (shadow) node `np`, which should
  mirror the file `filename`, and returns the port `port` to the root
  of the translator opened as `flags.`*/
error_t 
  node_set_translator
  (struct protid * diruser, node_t * np, char * trans, int flags,
   char * filename, mach_port_t * port)
{
  error_t err;
  mach_port_t p;

  /*An unauthenticated port to the directory containing `np` */
  mach_port_t unauth_dir;

  /*A copy (possibly extended) of the name of the translator */
  char * ext;

  /*The holders of argz-transformed translator name and arguments */
  char * argz = NULL;
  size_t argz_len = 0;

  /*The control port for the active translator */
  mach_port_t active_control;

  /*The PID of the started translator */
  pid_t trans_pid;

  /*A copy of the user information, supplied in `user` */
  struct iouser * user;

  /*A protid for the supplied node */
  struct protid * newpi;

  /*Identity information about the current process (for fsys_getroot) */
  uid_t * uids;
  size_t nuids;

  gid_t * gids;
  size_t ngids;

  /*The retry information returned by fsys_getroot */
  string_t retry_name;
  mach_port_t retry_port;

  /*Try to get the number of effective UIDs */
  nuids = geteuids (0, 0);
  if (nuids < 0)
    return EPERM;

  /*Allocate some memory for the UIDs on the stack */
  uids = alloca (nuids * sizeof (uid_t));

  /*Fetch the UIDs themselves */
  nuids = geteuids (nuids, uids);
  if (nuids < 0)
    return EPERM;

  /*Try to get the number of effective GIDs */
  ngids = getgroups (0, 0);
  if (ngids < 0)
    return EPERM;

  /*Allocate some memory for the GIDs on the stack */
  gids = alloca (ngids * sizeof (gid_t));

  /*Fetch the GIDs themselves */
  ngids = getgroups (ngids, gids);
  if (ngids < 0)
    return EPERM;

  /*Opens the port on which to set the new translator */
  error_t
    open_port
    (int flags, mach_port_t * underlying,
     mach_msg_type_name_t * underlying_type, task_t task, void *cookie)
  {
    err = 0;

    /*Check, whether the user has the permissions to open this node */
    err = check_open_permissions (diruser->user, &np->nn_stat, flags);
    if (err)
      return err;

    if (!np->nn->port)
      {
	/*We have to do the lookup only in case the supplied node does
	  not already have a port. */

	np->nn->port = file_name_lookup_under
	  (diruser->po->np->nn->port, filename, flags, 0);
	if (!np->nn->port)
	  return ENOENT;
      }

    /*Duplicate the supplied user */
    err = iohelp_dup_iouser (&user, diruser->user);
    if (err)
      return err;

    /*Create a protid for this node */
    newpi = netfs_make_protid
      (netfs_make_peropen (np, flags, diruser->po), user);
    if (!newpi)
      {
	iohelp_free_iouser (user);
	return errno;
      }
    LOG_MSG ("node_set_translators.open_port: PASSED");

    /*Obtain the resulting port right and set its type appropriately */
    *underlying = p = ports_get_send_right (newpi);
    *underlying_type = MACH_MSG_TYPE_COPY_SEND;

    /**underlying_type = MACH_MSG_TYPE_COPY_SEND;*/
    /**underlying_type = MACH_MSG_TYPE_MOVE_SEND;*/

    LOG_MSG ("node_set_translators.open_port: %ld", (long) *underlying);

    /*Drop our reference to the port */
    ports_port_deref (newpi);

    /*Store the task ID of the new translator */
    trans_pid = task2pid(task);

    /*
    char buf[256];
    char *_buf = buf;
    size_t len = 256;
    io_read (p, &_buf, &len, 0, len);
    LOG_MSG ("node_set_translator: Read from np: '%s'", buf);
    */    

    /*Return the result of operations (everything should be okay here) */
    return err;
  }				/*open_port */

  /*Adds a "/hurd/" at the beginning of the translator name, if required */
  char * put_in_hurd (const char *name)
  {
    /*If the path to the translator is absolute, return a copy of the name */
    /*TODO: A better decision technique on whether we have to add the prefix */
    if (name[0] == '/')
      return strdup (name);

    /*Compute the length of the name */
    size_t len = strlen (name);

    /*Try to allocate new memory */
    char * full = malloc (6 /*strlen("/hurd/") */  + len + 1);
    if (!full)
      return NULL;

    /*Construct the name */
    strcpy (full, "/hurd/");
    /*LOG_MSG("node_set_translator: %s", full); */
    strcpy (full + 6, name);
    /*LOG_MSG("node_set_translator: %s", full); */
    full[6 + len] = 0;
    /*LOG_MSG("node_set_translator: %s", full); */

    /*Return the full path */
    return full;
  }				/*put_in_hurd */

  /*Obtain the unauthenticated port to the directory */
  err = io_restrict_auth (diruser->po->np->nn->port, &unauth_dir, 0, 0, 0, 0);
  if (err)
    return err;

  /*Obtain a copy (possibly extended) of the name */
  ext = put_in_hurd (trans);
  if (!ext)
    return ENOMEM;

  /*TODO: Better argument-parsing? */

  /*Obtain the argz version of the translator name */
  err = argz_create_sep (ext, ' ', &argz, &argz_len);
  if (err)
    return err;

  /*Start the translator */
  /*The value 60000 for the timeout is the one found in settrans */
  err = fshelp_start_translator
    (open_port, NULL, argz, argz, argz_len, 60000, &active_control);
  if (err)
    return err;

  /*Attempt to set a translator on the port opened by the previous call */
  err = file_set_translator
    (p, 0, FS_TRANS_SET, 0, argz, argz_len,
     active_control, MACH_MSG_TYPE_COPY_SEND);
  PORT_DEALLOC (p);
  if (err)
    return err;

  /*Register the new translator*/
  err = trans_register (active_control, trans_pid, &np->nn->dyntrans);
  LOG_MSG ("node_set_translator: Translator PID: %d", (int)trans_pid);
  if (err)
    return err;

  /*Obtain the port to the top of the newly-set translator */
  err = fsys_getroot
    (active_control, unauth_dir, MACH_MSG_TYPE_COPY_SEND,
     uids, nuids, gids, ngids, flags, &retry_port, retry_name, &p);
  if (err)
    return err;

  /*Return the port */
  *port = p;

  /*Everything is OK here */
  return 0;
}				/*node_set_translator */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Gets the port to the supplied node. */
error_t
  node_get_port
  (struct protid * diruser, node_t * np, int flags, mach_port_t * port)
{
  error_t error = 0;

  /*The new user for the port */
  struct iouser * user;

  /*The protid for the port */
  struct protid * newpi;

  /*Create a port to the supplied node without checking anything. */

  flags &= ~OPENONLY_STATE_MODES;
  error = iohelp_dup_iouser (&user, diruser->user);
  if (error)
    return error;

  newpi = netfs_make_protid 
    (netfs_make_peropen (np, flags, diruser->po), user);
  if (!newpi)
    {
      iohelp_free_iouser (user);
      error = errno;
      return error;
    }
  
  *port = ports_get_right (newpi);
  ports_port_deref (newpi);
  return error;
}				/*node_get_port */

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Gets the send port right to the supplied node. */
error_t
  node_get_send_port
  (struct protid * diruser, node_t * np, int flags, mach_port_t * port)
{
  error_t error = 0;

  /*The new user for the port */
  struct iouser * user;

  /*The protid for the port */
  struct protid * newpi;

  /*Create a port to the supplied node without checking anything. */

  flags &= ~OPENONLY_STATE_MODES;
  error = iohelp_dup_iouser (&user, diruser->user);
  if (error)
    return error;

  newpi = netfs_make_protid 
    (netfs_make_peropen (np, flags, diruser->po), user);
  if (!newpi)
    {
      iohelp_free_iouser (user);
      error = errno;
      return error;
    }
  
  *port = ports_get_send_right (newpi);
  ports_port_deref (newpi);
  return error;
}				/*node_get_send_port */
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/