The patch titled IPC: introduce ipc_update_perm() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: IPC: introduce ipc_update_perm() From: Pierre Peiffer <pierre.peiffer@xxxxxxxx> The IPC_SET command performs the same permission setting for all IPCs. This patch introduces a common ipc_update_perm() function to update these permissions and makes use of it for all IPCs. Signed-off-by: Pierre Peiffer <pierre.peiffer@xxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/msg.c | 5 +---- ipc/sem.c | 5 +---- ipc/shm.c | 5 +---- ipc/util.c | 13 +++++++++++++ ipc/util.h | 1 + 5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff -puN ipc/msg.c~ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm ipc/msg.c --- a/ipc/msg.c~ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm +++ a/ipc/msg.c @@ -484,10 +484,7 @@ static int msgctl_down(struct ipc_namesp msq->q_qbytes = msqid64.msg_qbytes; - ipcp->uid = msqid64.msg_perm.uid; - ipcp->gid = msqid64.msg_perm.gid; - ipcp->mode = (ipcp->mode & ~S_IRWXUGO) | - (S_IRWXUGO & msqid64.msg_perm.mode); + ipc_update_perm(&msqid64.msg_perm, ipcp); msq->q_ctime = get_seconds(); /* sleeping receivers might be excluded by * stricter permissions. diff -puN ipc/sem.c~ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm ipc/sem.c --- a/ipc/sem.c~ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm +++ a/ipc/sem.c @@ -913,10 +913,7 @@ static int semctl_down(struct ipc_namesp freeary(ns, ipcp); goto out_up; case IPC_SET: - ipcp->uid = semid64.sem_perm.uid; - ipcp->gid = semid64.sem_perm.gid; - ipcp->mode = (ipcp->mode & ~S_IRWXUGO) - | (semid64.sem_perm.mode & S_IRWXUGO); + ipc_update_perm(&semid64.sem_perm, ipcp); sma->sem_ctime = get_seconds(); break; default: diff -puN ipc/shm.c~ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm ipc/shm.c --- a/ipc/shm.c~ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm +++ a/ipc/shm.c @@ -657,10 +657,7 @@ static int shmctl_down(struct ipc_namesp do_shm_rmid(ns, ipcp); goto out_up; case IPC_SET: - ipcp->uid = shmid64.shm_perm.uid; - ipcp->gid = shmid64.shm_perm.gid; - ipcp->mode = (ipcp->mode & ~S_IRWXUGO) - | (shmid64.shm_perm.mode & S_IRWXUGO); + ipc_update_perm(&shmid64.shm_perm, ipcp); shp->shm_ctim = get_seconds(); break; default: diff -puN ipc/util.c~ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm ipc/util.c --- a/ipc/util.c~ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm +++ a/ipc/util.c @@ -811,6 +811,19 @@ int ipcget(struct ipc_namespace *ns, str return ipcget_public(ns, ids, ops, params); } +/** + * ipc_update_perm - update the permissions of an IPC. + * @in: the permission given as input. + * @out: the permission of the ipc to set. + */ +void ipc_update_perm(struct ipc64_perm *in, struct kern_ipc_perm *out) +{ + out->uid = in->uid; + out->gid = in->gid; + out->mode = (out->mode & ~S_IRWXUGO) + | (in->mode & S_IRWXUGO); +} + #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION diff -puN ipc/util.h~ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm ipc/util.h --- a/ipc/util.h~ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm +++ a/ipc/util.h @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_lock(struct ip void kernel_to_ipc64_perm(struct kern_ipc_perm *in, struct ipc64_perm *out); void ipc64_perm_to_ipc_perm(struct ipc64_perm *in, struct ipc_perm *out); +void ipc_update_perm(struct ipc64_perm *in, struct kern_ipc_perm *out); #if defined(__ia64__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__hppa__) || defined(__XTENSA__) /* On IA-64, we always use the "64-bit version" of the IPC structures. */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from pierre.peiffer@xxxxxxxx are origin.patch ipc-use-ipc_buildid-directly-from-ipc_addid.patch ipc-use-ipc_buildid-directly-from-ipc_addid-cleanup.patch ipc-scale-msgmni-to-the-amount-of-lowmem.patch ipc-scale-msgmni-to-the-number-of-ipc-namespaces.patch ipc-define-the-slab_memory_callback-priority-as-a-constant.patch ipc-recompute-msgmni-on-memory-add--remove.patch ipc-invoke-the-ipcns-notifier-chain-as-a-work-item.patch ipc-recompute-msgmni-on-ipc-namespace-creation-removal.patch ipc-do-not-recompute-msgmni-anymore-if-explicitly-set-by-user.patch ipc-re-enable-msgmni-automatic-recomputing-msgmni-if-set-to-negative.patch ipc-semaphores-code-factorisation.patch ipc-shared-memory-introduce-shmctl_down.patch ipc-message-queues-introduce-msgctl_down.patch ipc-semaphores-move-the-rwmutex-handling-inside-semctl_down.patch ipc-semaphores-remove-one-unused-parameter-from-semctl_down.patch ipc-get-rid-of-the-use-_setbuf-structure.patch ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm.patch ipc-consolidate-all-xxxctl_down-functions.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html