On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 12:24:19PM -0400, Don Dutile wrote:
> On 09/05/2019 02:32 AM, Kelsey Skunberg wrote:
> > sriov_numvfs and sriov_drivers_autoprobe have "unusual" permissions (0664)
> > with no reported or found reason for allowing group write permissions.
> > libvirt runs as root when dealing with PCI, and chowns files for qemu
> > needs. There is not a need for the "0664" permissions.
> >
> > sriov_numvfs was introduced in:
> > commit 1789382a72a5 ("PCI: SRIOV control and status via sysfs")
> >
> > sriov_drivers_autoprobe was introduced in:
> > commit 0e7df22401a3 ("PCI: Add sysfs sriov_drivers_autoprobe to
> > control VF driver binding")
> >
> > Change sriov_numvfs and sriov_drivers_autoprobe from "0664" permissions to
> > "0644" permissions.
> >
> > Exchange DEVICE_ATTR() with DEVICE_ATTR_RW() which sets the mode to "0644".
> > DEVICE_ATTR() should only be used for "unusual" permissions.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kelsey Skunberg <skunberg.kelsey@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/iov.c | 5 ++---
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/iov.c b/drivers/pci/iov.c
> > index b335db21c85e..b3f972e8cfed 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/iov.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/iov.c
> > @@ -375,12 +375,11 @@ static ssize_t sriov_drivers_autoprobe_store(struct device *dev,
> > }
> > static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(sriov_totalvfs);
> > -static DEVICE_ATTR(sriov_numvfs, 0664, sriov_numvfs_show, sriov_numvfs_store);
> > +static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(sriov_numvfs);
> > static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(sriov_offset);
> > static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(sriov_stride);
> > static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(sriov_vf_device);
> > -static DEVICE_ATTR(sriov_drivers_autoprobe, 0664, sriov_drivers_autoprobe_show,
> > - sriov_drivers_autoprobe_store);
> > +static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(sriov_drivers_autoprobe);
> > static struct attribute *sriov_dev_attrs[] = {
> > &dev_attr_sriov_totalvfs.attr,
> >
> Thanks again for the cleanup.
>
> Acked-by: Donald Dutile <ddutile@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
Glad I could contribute. Thanks for your help and the
acknowledgment. :)
-Kelsey
