Re: [PATCH v2] hibernate: Allow uswsusp to write to swap

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On Wednesday, March 4, 2020 6:06:46 PM CET Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> From: Domenico Andreoli <domenico.andreoli@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> It turns out that there is one use case for programs being able to
> write to swap devices, and that is the userspace hibernation code.
> 
> Quick fix: disable the S_SWAPFILE check if hibernation is configured.
> 
> Fixes: dc617f29dbe5 ("vfs: don't allow writes to swap files")
> Reported-by: Domenico Andreoli <domenico.andreoli@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Marian Klein <mkleinsoft@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Domenico Andreoli <domenico.andreoli@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> v2:
>  - use hibernation_available() instead of IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HIBERNATE)
>  - make Fixes: point to the right commit

This looks OK to me.

Has it been taken care of already, or am I expected to apply it?

> ---
>  fs/block_dev.c |    4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: b/fs/block_dev.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a/fs/block_dev.c
> +++ b/fs/block_dev.c
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
>  #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
>  #include <linux/falloc.h>
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> +#include <linux/suspend.h>
>  #include "internal.h"
>  
>  struct bdev_inode {
> @@ -2001,7 +2002,8 @@ ssize_t blkdev_write_iter(struct kiocb *
>  	if (bdev_read_only(I_BDEV(bd_inode)))
>  		return -EPERM;
>  
> -	if (IS_SWAPFILE(bd_inode))
> +	/* uswsusp needs write permission to the swap */
> +	if (IS_SWAPFILE(bd_inode) && !hibernation_available())
>  		return -ETXTBSY;
>  
>  	if (!iov_iter_count(from))
> 







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