On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:23:13 -0500
Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Functions to facilitate reading and writing to the eCryptfs
> miscellaneous device handle. This will replace the netlink interface
> as the preferred mechanism for communicating with the userspace
> eCryptfs daemon.
>
> Each user has his own daemon, which registers itself by opening the
> eCryptfs device handle. Only one daemon per euid may be registered at
> any given time. The eCryptfs module sends a message to a daemon by
> adding its message to the daemon's outgoing message queue. The daemon
> reads the device handle to get the oldest message off the queue.
>
> Incoming messages from the userspace daemon are immediately
> handled. If the message is a response, then the corresponding process
> that is blocked waiting for the response is awakened.
>
This is a drastic change, but the changelog doesn't tell us why it is being
made!
> ...
> + rc = ecryptfs_find_daemon_by_euid(&daemon, current->euid);
> + if (daemon->pid != current->pid) {
> + rc = ecryptfs_find_daemon_by_euid(&daemon, current->euid);
> + BUG_ON(current->euid != daemon->euid);
> + BUG_ON(current->pid != daemon->pid);
This code uses pids and uids all over the place. Will it operate correctly
in a containerised environment?
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