An update to the inode ctime typically requires the latest clock
value possible. The exception to this rule is when there is a nfsd write
delegation and the server is proxying timestamps from the client.
When nfsd gets a CB_GETATTR response, update the timestamp value in the
inode to the values that the client is tracking. The client doesn't send
a ctime value (since that's always determined by the exported
filesystem), but it can send a mtime value. In the case where it does,
update the ctime to a value commensurate with that instead of the
current time.
If ATTR_DELEG is set, then use ia_ctime value instead of setting the
timestamp to the current time.
With the addition of delegated timestamps, the server may receive a
request to update only the atime, which doesn't involve a ctime update.
Trust the ATTR_CTIME flag in the update and only update the ctime when
it's set.
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> # documentation bits
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241002-mgtime-v10-5-d1c4717f5284@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
The setattr codepath is still using coarse-grained timestamps, even on
multigrain filesystems. To fix this, fetch the timestamp for ctime
updates later, at the point where the assignment occurs in setattr_copy.
On a multigrain inode, ignore the ia_ctime in the attrs, and always
update the ctime to the current clock value. Update the atime and mtime
with the same value (if needed) unless they are being set to other
specific values, a'la utimes().
Do not do this universally however, as some filesystems (e.g. most
networked fs) want to do an explicit update elsewhere before updating
the local inode.
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> # documentation bits
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241002-mgtime-v10-4-d1c4717f5284@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Pull nfsd fixes from Chuck Lever:
- Fix a number of crashers
- Update email address for an NFSD reviewer
* tag 'nfsd-6.11-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cel/linux:
fs/nfsd: fix update of inode attrs in CB_GETATTR
nfsd: fix potential UAF in nfsd4_cb_getattr_release
nfsd: hold reference to delegation when updating it for cb_getattr
MAINTAINERS: Update Olga Kornievskaia's email address
nfsd: prevent panic for nfsv4.0 closed files in nfs4_show_open
nfsd: ensure that nfsd4_fattr_args.context is zeroed out
Currently, we copy the mtime and ctime to the in-core inode and then
mark the inode dirty. This is fine for certain types of filesystems, but
not all. Some require a real setattr to properly change these values
(e.g. ceph or reexported NFS).
Fix this code to call notify_change() instead, which is the proper way
to effect a setattr. There is one problem though:
In this case, the client is holding a write delegation and has sent us
attributes to update our cache. We don't want to break the delegation
for this since that would defeat the purpose. Add a new ATTR_DELEG flag
that makes notify_change bypass the try_break_deleg call.
Fixes: c5967721e1 ("NFSD: handle GETATTR conflict with write delegation")
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Pull lsm updates from Paul Moore:
- Promote IMA/EVM to a proper LSM
This is the bulk of the diffstat, and the source of all the changes
in the VFS code. Prior to the start of the LSM stacking work it was
important that IMA/EVM were separate from the rest of the LSMs,
complete with their own hooks, infrastructure, etc. as it was the
only way to enable IMA/EVM at the same time as a LSM.
However, now that the bulk of the LSM infrastructure supports
multiple simultaneous LSMs, we can simplify things greatly by
bringing IMA/EVM into the LSM infrastructure as proper LSMs. This is
something I've wanted to see happen for quite some time and Roberto
was kind enough to put in the work to make it happen.
- Use the LSM hook default values to simplify the call_int_hook() macro
Previously the call_int_hook() macro required callers to supply a
default return value, despite a default value being specified when
the LSM hook was defined.
This simplifies the macro by using the defined default return value
which makes life easier for callers and should also reduce the number
of return value bugs in the future (we've had a few pop up recently,
hence this work).
- Use the KMEM_CACHE() macro instead of kmem_cache_create()
The guidance appears to be to use the KMEM_CACHE() macro when
possible and there is no reason why we can't use the macro, so let's
use it.
- Fix a number of comment typos in the LSM hook comment blocks
Not much to say here, we fixed some questionable grammar decisions in
the LSM hook comment blocks.
* tag 'lsm-pr-20240312' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/lsm: (28 commits)
cred: Use KMEM_CACHE() instead of kmem_cache_create()
lsm: use default hook return value in call_int_hook()
lsm: fix typos in security/security.c comment headers
integrity: Remove LSM
ima: Make it independent from 'integrity' LSM
evm: Make it independent from 'integrity' LSM
evm: Move to LSM infrastructure
ima: Move IMA-Appraisal to LSM infrastructure
ima: Move to LSM infrastructure
integrity: Move integrity_kernel_module_request() to IMA
security: Introduce key_post_create_or_update hook
security: Introduce inode_post_remove_acl hook
security: Introduce inode_post_set_acl hook
security: Introduce inode_post_create_tmpfile hook
security: Introduce path_post_mknod hook
security: Introduce file_release hook
security: Introduce file_post_open hook
security: Introduce inode_post_removexattr hook
security: Introduce inode_post_setattr hook
security: Align inode_setattr hook definition with EVM
...
As for IMA, move hardcoded EVM function calls from various places in the
kernel to the LSM infrastructure, by introducing a new LSM named 'evm'
(last and always enabled like 'ima'). The order in the Makefile ensures
that 'evm' hooks are executed after 'ima' ones.
Make EVM functions as static (except for evm_inode_init_security(), which
is exported), and register them as hook implementations in init_evm_lsm().
Also move the inline functions evm_inode_remove_acl(),
evm_inode_post_remove_acl(), and evm_inode_post_set_acl() from the public
evm.h header to evm_main.c.
Unlike before (see commit to move IMA to the LSM infrastructure),
evm_inode_post_setattr(), evm_inode_post_set_acl(),
evm_inode_post_remove_acl(), and evm_inode_post_removexattr() are not
executed for private inodes.
Finally, add the LSM_ID_EVM case in lsm_list_modules_test.c
Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
A few additional IMA hooks are needed to reset the cached appraisal
status, causing the file's integrity to be re-evaluated on next access.
Register these IMA-appraisal only functions separately from the rest of IMA
functions, as appraisal is a separate feature not necessarily enabled in
the kernel configuration.
Reuse the same approach as for other IMA functions, move hardcoded calls
from various places in the kernel to the LSM infrastructure. Declare the
functions as static and register them as hook implementations in
init_ima_appraise_lsm(), called by init_ima_lsm().
Also move the inline function ima_inode_remove_acl() from the public ima.h
header to ima_appraise.c.
Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
the inode_post_setattr hook.
At inode_setattr hook, EVM verifies the file's existing HMAC value. At
inode_post_setattr, EVM re-calculates the file's HMAC based on the modified
file attributes and other file metadata.
Other LSMs could similarly take some action after successful file attribute
change.
The new hook cannot return an error and cannot cause the operation to be
reverted.
Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Pull misc vfs updates from Christian Brauner:
"This contains the usual miscellaneous features, cleanups, and fixes
for vfs and individual filesystems.
Features:
- Block mode changes on symlinks and rectify our broken semantics
- Report file modifications via fsnotify() for splice
- Allow specifying an explicit timeout for the "rootwait" kernel
command line option. This allows to timeout and reboot instead of
always waiting indefinitely for the root device to show up
- Use synchronous fput for the close system call
Cleanups:
- Get rid of open-coded lockdep workarounds for async io submitters
and replace it all with a single consolidated helper
- Simplify epoll allocation helper
- Convert simple_write_begin and simple_write_end to use a folio
- Convert page_cache_pipe_buf_confirm() to use a folio
- Simplify __range_close to avoid pointless locking
- Disable per-cpu buffer head cache for isolated cpus
- Port ecryptfs to kmap_local_page() api
- Remove redundant initialization of pointer buf in pipe code
- Unexport the d_genocide() function which is only used within core
vfs
- Replace printk(KERN_ERR) and WARN_ON() with WARN()
Fixes:
- Fix various kernel-doc issues
- Fix refcount underflow for eventfds when used as EFD_SEMAPHORE
- Fix a mainly theoretical issue in devpts
- Check the return value of __getblk() in reiserfs
- Fix a racy assert in i_readcount_dec
- Fix integer conversion issues in various functions
- Fix LSM security context handling during automounts that prevented
NFS superblock sharing"
* tag 'v6.6-vfs.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (39 commits)
cachefiles: use kiocb_{start,end}_write() helpers
ovl: use kiocb_{start,end}_write() helpers
aio: use kiocb_{start,end}_write() helpers
io_uring: use kiocb_{start,end}_write() helpers
fs: create kiocb_{start,end}_write() helpers
fs: add kerneldoc to file_{start,end}_write() helpers
io_uring: rename kiocb_end_write() local helper
splice: Convert page_cache_pipe_buf_confirm() to use a folio
libfs: Convert simple_write_begin and simple_write_end to use a folio
fs/dcache: Replace printk and WARN_ON by WARN
fs/pipe: remove redundant initialization of pointer buf
fs: Fix kernel-doc warnings
devpts: Fix kernel-doc warnings
doc: idmappings: fix an error and rephrase a paragraph
init: Add support for rootwait timeout parameter
vfs: fix up the assert in i_readcount_dec
fs: Fix one kernel-doc comment
docs: filesystems: idmappings: clarify from where idmappings are taken
fs/buffer.c: disable per-CPU buffer_head cache for isolated CPUs
vfs, security: Fix automount superblock LSM init problem, preventing NFS sb sharing
...
Changing the mode of symlinks is meaningless as the vfs doesn't take the
mode of a symlink into account during path lookup permission checking.
However, the vfs doesn't block mode changes on symlinks. This however,
has lead to an untenable mess roughly classifiable into the following
two categories:
(1) Filesystems that don't implement a i_op->setattr() for symlinks.
Such filesystems may or may not know that without i_op->setattr()
defined, notify_change() falls back to simple_setattr() causing the
inode's mode in the inode cache to be changed.
That's a generic issue as this will affect all non-size changing
inode attributes including ownership changes.
Example: afs
(2) Filesystems that fail with EOPNOTSUPP but change the mode of the
symlink nonetheless.
Some filesystems will happily update the mode of a symlink but still
return EOPNOTSUPP. This is the biggest source of confusion for
userspace.
The EOPNOTSUPP in this case comes from POSIX ACLs. Specifically it
comes from filesystems that call posix_acl_chmod(), e.g., btrfs via
if (!err && attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
err = posix_acl_chmod(idmap, dentry, inode->i_mode);
Filesystems including btrfs don't implement i_op->set_acl() so
posix_acl_chmod() will report EOPNOTSUPP.
When posix_acl_chmod() is called, most filesystems will have
finished updating the inode.
Perversely, this has the consequences that this behavior may depend
on two kconfig options and mount options:
* CONFIG_POSIX_ACL={y,n}
* CONFIG_${FSTYPE}_POSIX_ACL={y,n}
* Opt_acl, Opt_noacl
Example: btrfs, ext4, xfs
The only way to change the mode on a symlink currently involves abusing
an O_PATH file descriptor in the following manner:
fd = openat(-1, "/path/to/link", O_CLOEXEC | O_PATH | O_NOFOLLOW);
char path[PATH_MAX];
snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/self/fd/%d", fd);
chmod(path, 0000);
But for most major filesystems with POSIX ACL support such as btrfs,
ext4, ceph, tmpfs, xfs and others this will fail with EOPNOTSUPP with
the mode still updated due to the aforementioned posix_acl_chmod()
nonsense.
So, given that for all major filesystems this would fail with EOPNOTSUPP
and that both glibc (cf. [1]) and musl (cf. [2]) outright block mode
changes on symlinks we should just try and block mode changes on
symlinks directly in the vfs and have a clean break with this nonsense.
If this causes any regressions, we do the next best thing and fix up all
filesystems that do return EOPNOTSUPP with the mode updated to not call
posix_acl_chmod() on symlinks.
But as usual, let's try the clean cut solution first. It's a simple
patch that can be easily reverted. Not marking this for backport as I'll
do that manually if we're reasonably sure that this works and there are
no strong objections.
We could block this in chmod_common() but it's more appropriate to do it
notify_change() as it will also mean that we catch filesystems that
change symlink permissions explicitly or accidently.
Similar proposals were floated in the past as in [3] and [4] and again
recently in [5]. There's also a couple of bugs about this inconsistency
as in [6] and [7].
Link: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fchmodat.c;h=99527a3727e44cb8661ee1f743068f108ec93979;hb=HEAD [1]
Link: https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/stat/fchmodat.c [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20200911065733.GA31579@infradead.org [3]
Link: https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2020-02/msg00518.html [4]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87lefmbppo.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com [5]
Link: https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2020-02/msg00467.html [6]
Link: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14578#c17 [7]
Reviewed-by: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # please backport to all LTSes but not before v6.6-rc2 is tagged
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Suggested-by: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20230712-vfs-chmod-symlinks-v2-1-08cfb92b61dd@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
We've aligned setgid behavior over multiple kernel releases. The details
can be found in the following two merge messages:
cf619f8919 ("Merge tag 'fs.ovl.setgid.v6.2')
426b4ca2d6 ("Merge tag 'fs.setgid.v6.0')
Consistent setgid stripping behavior is now encapsulated in the
setattr_should_drop_sgid() helper which is used by all filesystems that
strip setgid bits outside of vfs proper. Switch nfs to rely on this
helper as well. Without this patch the setgid stripping tests in
xfstests will fail.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Message-Id: <20230313-fs-nfs-setgid-v2-1-9a59f436cfc0@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Pull vfs idmapping updates from Christian Brauner:
- Last cycle we introduced the dedicated struct mnt_idmap type for
mount idmapping and the required infrastucture in 256c8aed2b ("fs:
introduce dedicated idmap type for mounts"). As promised in last
cycle's pull request message this converts everything to rely on
struct mnt_idmap.
Currently we still pass around the plain namespace that was attached
to a mount. This is in general pretty convenient but it makes it easy
to conflate namespaces that are relevant on the filesystem with
namespaces that are relevant on the mount level. Especially for
non-vfs developers without detailed knowledge in this area this was a
potential source for bugs.
This finishes the conversion. Instead of passing the plain namespace
around this updates all places that currently take a pointer to a
mnt_userns with a pointer to struct mnt_idmap.
Now that the conversion is done all helpers down to the really
low-level helpers only accept a struct mnt_idmap argument instead of
two namespace arguments.
Conflating mount and other idmappings will now cause the compiler to
complain loudly thus eliminating the possibility of any bugs. This
makes it impossible for filesystem developers to mix up mount and
filesystem idmappings as they are two distinct types and require
distinct helpers that cannot be used interchangeably.
Everything associated with struct mnt_idmap is moved into a single
separate file. With that change no code can poke around in struct
mnt_idmap. It can only be interacted with through dedicated helpers.
That means all filesystems are and all of the vfs is completely
oblivious to the actual implementation of idmappings.
We are now also able to extend struct mnt_idmap as we see fit. For
example, we can decouple it completely from namespaces for users that
don't require or don't want to use them at all. We can also extend
the concept of idmappings so we can cover filesystem specific
requirements.
In combination with the vfs{g,u}id_t work we finished in v6.2 this
makes this feature substantially more robust and thus difficult to
implement wrong by a given filesystem and also protects the vfs.
- Enable idmapped mounts for tmpfs and fulfill a longstanding request.
A long-standing request from users had been to make it possible to
create idmapped mounts for tmpfs. For example, to share the host's
tmpfs mount between multiple sandboxes. This is a prerequisite for
some advanced Kubernetes cases. Systemd also has a range of use-cases
to increase service isolation. And there are more users of this.
However, with all of the other work going on this was way down on the
priority list but luckily someone other than ourselves picked this
up.
As usual the patch is tiny as all the infrastructure work had been
done multiple kernel releases ago. In addition to all the tests that
we already have I requested that Rodrigo add a dedicated tmpfs
testsuite for idmapped mounts to xfstests. It is to be included into
xfstests during the v6.3 development cycle. This should add a slew of
additional tests.
* tag 'fs.idmapped.v6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/idmapping: (26 commits)
shmem: support idmapped mounts for tmpfs
fs: move mnt_idmap
fs: port vfs{g,u}id helpers to mnt_idmap
fs: port fs{g,u}id helpers to mnt_idmap
fs: port i_{g,u}id_into_vfs{g,u}id() to mnt_idmap
fs: port i_{g,u}id_{needs_}update() to mnt_idmap
quota: port to mnt_idmap
fs: port privilege checking helpers to mnt_idmap
fs: port inode_owner_or_capable() to mnt_idmap
fs: port inode_init_owner() to mnt_idmap
fs: port acl to mnt_idmap
fs: port xattr to mnt_idmap
fs: port ->permission() to pass mnt_idmap
fs: port ->fileattr_set() to pass mnt_idmap
fs: port ->set_acl() to pass mnt_idmap
fs: port ->get_acl() to pass mnt_idmap
fs: port ->tmpfile() to pass mnt_idmap
fs: port ->rename() to pass mnt_idmap
fs: port ->mknod() to pass mnt_idmap
fs: port ->mkdir() to pass mnt_idmap
...
Convert to struct mnt_idmap.
Last cycle we merged the necessary infrastructure in
256c8aed2b ("fs: introduce dedicated idmap type for mounts").
This is just the conversion to struct mnt_idmap.
Currently we still pass around the plain namespace that was attached to a
mount. This is in general pretty convenient but it makes it easy to
conflate namespaces that are relevant on the filesystem with namespaces
that are relevent on the mount level. Especially for non-vfs developers
without detailed knowledge in this area this can be a potential source for
bugs.
Once the conversion to struct mnt_idmap is done all helpers down to the
really low-level helpers will take a struct mnt_idmap argument instead of
two namespace arguments. This way it becomes impossible to conflate the two
eliminating the possibility of any bugs. All of the vfs and all filesystems
only operate on struct mnt_idmap.
Acked-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org>
Convert to struct mnt_idmap.
Remove legacy file_mnt_user_ns() and mnt_user_ns().
Last cycle we merged the necessary infrastructure in
256c8aed2b ("fs: introduce dedicated idmap type for mounts").
This is just the conversion to struct mnt_idmap.
Currently we still pass around the plain namespace that was attached to a
mount. This is in general pretty convenient but it makes it easy to
conflate namespaces that are relevant on the filesystem with namespaces
that are relevent on the mount level. Especially for non-vfs developers
without detailed knowledge in this area this can be a potential source for
bugs.
Once the conversion to struct mnt_idmap is done all helpers down to the
really low-level helpers will take a struct mnt_idmap argument instead of
two namespace arguments. This way it becomes impossible to conflate the two
eliminating the possibility of any bugs. All of the vfs and all filesystems
only operate on struct mnt_idmap.
Acked-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org>
Convert to struct mnt_idmap.
Last cycle we merged the necessary infrastructure in
256c8aed2b ("fs: introduce dedicated idmap type for mounts").
This is just the conversion to struct mnt_idmap.
Currently we still pass around the plain namespace that was attached to a
mount. This is in general pretty convenient but it makes it easy to
conflate namespaces that are relevant on the filesystem with namespaces
that are relevent on the mount level. Especially for non-vfs developers
without detailed knowledge in this area this can be a potential source for
bugs.
Once the conversion to struct mnt_idmap is done all helpers down to the
really low-level helpers will take a struct mnt_idmap argument instead of
two namespace arguments. This way it becomes impossible to conflate the two
eliminating the possibility of any bugs. All of the vfs and all filesystems
only operate on struct mnt_idmap.
Acked-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org>
Convert to struct mnt_idmap.
Last cycle we merged the necessary infrastructure in
256c8aed2b ("fs: introduce dedicated idmap type for mounts").
This is just the conversion to struct mnt_idmap.
Currently we still pass around the plain namespace that was attached to a
mount. This is in general pretty convenient but it makes it easy to
conflate namespaces that are relevant on the filesystem with namespaces
that are relevent on the mount level. Especially for non-vfs developers
without detailed knowledge in this area this can be a potential source for
bugs.
Once the conversion to struct mnt_idmap is done all helpers down to the
really low-level helpers will take a struct mnt_idmap argument instead of
two namespace arguments. This way it becomes impossible to conflate the two
eliminating the possibility of any bugs. All of the vfs and all filesystems
only operate on struct mnt_idmap.
Acked-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org>
Convert to struct mnt_idmap.
Last cycle we merged the necessary infrastructure in
256c8aed2b ("fs: introduce dedicated idmap type for mounts").
This is just the conversion to struct mnt_idmap.
Currently we still pass around the plain namespace that was attached to a
mount. This is in general pretty convenient but it makes it easy to
conflate namespaces that are relevant on the filesystem with namespaces
that are relevent on the mount level. Especially for non-vfs developers
without detailed knowledge in this area this can be a potential source for
bugs.
Once the conversion to struct mnt_idmap is done all helpers down to the
really low-level helpers will take a struct mnt_idmap argument instead of
two namespace arguments. This way it becomes impossible to conflate the two
eliminating the possibility of any bugs. All of the vfs and all filesystems
only operate on struct mnt_idmap.
Acked-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org>
Convert to struct mnt_idmap.
Last cycle we merged the necessary infrastructure in
256c8aed2b ("fs: introduce dedicated idmap type for mounts").
This is just the conversion to struct mnt_idmap.
Currently we still pass around the plain namespace that was attached to a
mount. This is in general pretty convenient but it makes it easy to
conflate namespaces that are relevant on the filesystem with namespaces
that are relevent on the mount level. Especially for non-vfs developers
without detailed knowledge in this area this can be a potential source for
bugs.
Once the conversion to struct mnt_idmap is done all helpers down to the
really low-level helpers will take a struct mnt_idmap argument instead of
two namespace arguments. This way it becomes impossible to conflate the two
eliminating the possibility of any bugs. All of the vfs and all filesystems
only operate on struct mnt_idmap.
Acked-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org>
