Re: [PATCH -V1 05/22] vfs: Add new file and directory create permission flags

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On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 07:23:01AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 21:44:36 +0530
> "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Some permission models distinguish between the permission to create a
> > non-directory and a directory.  Pass this information down to
> > inode_permission() as mask flags
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/namei.c         | 21 ++++++++++++---------
> >  include/linux/fs.h |  2 ++
> >  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> > index 7d93d195f0e5..028bc8bcf77c 100644
> > --- a/fs/namei.c
> > +++ b/fs/namei.c
> > @@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ static int sb_permission(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode, int mask)
> >   * this, letting us set arbitrary permissions for filesystem access without
> >   * changing the "normal" UIDs which are used for other things.
> >   *
> > - * When checking for MAY_APPEND, MAY_WRITE must also be set in @mask.
> > + * When checking for MAY_APPEND, MAY_CREATE_FILE, MAY_CREATE_DIR,
> > + * MAY_WRITE must also be set in @mask.
> >   */
> >  int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
> >  {
> > @@ -2444,14 +2445,16 @@ static int may_delete(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *victim, bool isdir)
> >   *  3. We should have write and exec permissions on dir
> >   *  4. We can't do it if dir is immutable (done in permission())
> >   */
> > -static inline int may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child)
> > +static inline int may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child, bool isdir)
> >  {
> > +	int mask = isdir ? MAY_CREATE_DIR : MAY_CREATE_FILE;
> > +
> >  	audit_inode_child(dir, child, AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_CREATE);
> >  	if (child->d_inode)
> >  		return -EEXIST;
> >  	if (IS_DEADDIR(dir))
> >  		return -ENOENT;
> > -	return inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
> > +	return inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC | mask);
> >  }
> >  
> >  /*
> > @@ -2501,7 +2504,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_rename);
> >  int vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
> >  		bool want_excl)
> >  {
> > -	int error = may_create(dir, dentry);
> > +	int error = may_create(dir, dentry, 0);
> 
> nit: since the third argument here is a bool, this should be "false"
> and not "0". Ditto for all of the other calls of may_create.

IMO, the third argument should be MAY_CREATE_FILE or MAY_CREATE_DIR,
which is what the boolean evaluates to in may_create()....

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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