On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 01:24:30PM +0200, Bernd Schubert wrote: > File systems want to hold a shared lock for DIO writes, > but may need to drop file priveliges - that a requires an s/priveliges/privileges/ s/that a requires/that requires/ > exclusive lock. The new export function file_needs_remove_privs() > is added in order to first check if that is needed. > > Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Dharmendra Singh <dsingh@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-btrfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Bernd Schubert <bschubert@xxxxxxx> > --- > fs/inode.c | 8 ++++++++ > include/linux/fs.h | 1 + > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c > index 67611a360031..9b05db602e41 100644 > --- a/fs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/inode.c > @@ -2013,6 +2013,14 @@ int dentry_needs_remove_privs(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, > return mask; > } > > +int file_needs_remove_privs(struct file *file) > +{ > + struct dentry *dentry = file_dentry(file); > + > + return dentry_needs_remove_privs(file_mnt_idmap(file), dentry); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(file_needs_remove_privs); > + > static int __remove_privs(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, > struct dentry *dentry, int kill) > { > diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h > index 562f2623c9c9..9245f0de00bc 100644 > --- a/include/linux/fs.h > +++ b/include/linux/fs.h > @@ -2721,6 +2721,7 @@ extern struct inode *new_inode_pseudo(struct super_block *sb); > extern struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb); > extern void free_inode_nonrcu(struct inode *inode); > extern int setattr_should_drop_suidgid(struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *); > +int file_needs_remove_privs(struct file *); > extern int file_remove_privs(struct file *); > int setattr_should_drop_sgid(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, > const struct inode *inode); > -- > 2.39.2 >