Introduce a non-repeating system-unique superblock ID that can be used to
tag superblock notification messages. The ID is time-based to make it
harder to use it as a covert communications channel.
Make it so that this ID can be fetched by the fsinfo() system call.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fsinfo.c | 1 +
fs/super.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/fs.h | 3 +++
samples/vfs/test-fsinfo.c | 1 +
4 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/fsinfo.c b/fs/fsinfo.c
index b3d517654c98..127538193b77 100644
--- a/fs/fsinfo.c
+++ b/fs/fsinfo.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static int fsinfo_generic_ids(struct path *path, struct fsinfo_ids *p)
p->f_fstype = sb->s_magic;
p->f_dev_major = MAJOR(sb->s_dev);
p->f_dev_minor = MINOR(sb->s_dev);
+ p->f_sb_id = sb->s_unique_id;
memcpy(&p->f_fsid, &buf.f_fsid, sizeof(p->f_fsid));
strlcpy(p->f_fs_name, path->dentry->d_sb->s_type->name,
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 27b3e41394c8..61819e8e5469 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ static int thaw_super_locked(struct super_block *sb);
static LIST_HEAD(super_blocks);
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sb_lock);
+static u64 sb_last_identifier;
+static u64 sb_identifier_offset;
static char *sb_writers_name[SB_FREEZE_LEVELS] = {
"sb_writers",
@@ -187,6 +189,27 @@ static void destroy_unused_super(struct super_block *s)
destroy_super_work(&s->destroy_work);
}
+/*
+ * Generate a unique identifier for a superblock.
+ */
+static void generate_super_id(struct super_block *s)
+{
+ u64 id = ktime_to_ns(ktime_get());
+
+ spin_lock(&sb_lock);
+
+ id += sb_identifier_offset;
+ if (id <= sb_last_identifier) {
+ id = sb_last_identifier + 1;
+ sb_identifier_offset = sb_last_identifier - id;
+ }
+
+ sb_last_identifier = id;
+ spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+
+ s->s_unique_id = id;
+}
+
/**
* alloc_super - create new superblock
* @type: filesystem type superblock should belong to
@@ -270,6 +293,7 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type, int flags,
goto fail;
if (list_lru_init_memcg(&s->s_inode_lru, &s->s_shrink))
goto fail;
+ generate_super_id(s);
return s;
fail:
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 71ce3b054c42..f1c74596cd77 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1527,6 +1527,9 @@ struct super_block {
spinlock_t s_inode_wblist_lock;
struct list_head s_inodes_wb; /* writeback inodes */
+
+ /* Superblock event notifications */
+ u64 s_unique_id;
} __randomize_layout;
/* Helper functions so that in most cases filesystems will
diff --git a/samples/vfs/test-fsinfo.c b/samples/vfs/test-fsinfo.c
index f865bc1af16f..fadc5e1384fc 100644
--- a/samples/vfs/test-fsinfo.c
+++ b/samples/vfs/test-fsinfo.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static void dump_attr_IDS(union reply *r, int size)
printf("\tdev : %02x:%02x\n", f->f_dev_major, f->f_dev_minor);
printf("\tfs : type=%x name=%s\n", f->f_fstype, f->f_fs_name);
printf("\tfsid : %llx\n", (unsigned long long)f->f_fsid);
+ printf("\tsbid : %llx\n", (unsigned long long)f->f_sb_id);
}
static void dump_attr_LIMITS(union reply *r, int size)
