Re: libsemage patch to not compile modules for seusers and fcontext

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Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> Updated patch.  Comments inlined.
> 
> Stephen Smalley wrote:
>> On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 15:46 -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>> Patch speeds up semanage command from 17-20 seconds to 3-4 seconds.
>>
> plain text document attachment (libsemanage-rhat.patch)
> diff --exclude-from=exclude -N -u -r nsalibsemanage/src/direct_api.c
> libsemanage-2.0.27/src/direct_api.c
> --- nsalibsemanage/src/direct_api.c	2008-06-12 23:25:16.000000000 -0400
> +++ libsemanage-2.0.27/src/direct_api.c	2008-08-14 11:51:15.000000000 -0400
> @@ -489,12 +489,6 @@
>  	modified |= ifaces->dtable->is_modified(ifaces->dbase);
>  	modified |= nodes->dtable->is_modified(nodes->dbase);
> 
> -	/* FIXME: get rid of these, once we support loading the existing policy,
> -	 * instead of rebuilding it */
> -	modified |= seusers_modified;
> -	modified |= fcontexts_modified;
> -	modified |= users_extra_modified;
> -
>  	/* If there were policy changes, or explicitly requested, rebuild the
> policy */
>  	if (sh->do_rebuild || modified) {
> 
> @@ -667,11 +661,34 @@
>  		retval = semanage_verify_kernel(sh);
>  		if (retval < 0)
>  			goto cleanup;
> -	}
> +	} else {
> +		sepol_policydb_create(&out);
> 
>> We should test for failure here (out of memory condition possible).
> 
> Ok I will modify
> 
> 
> +		modified |= seusers_modified;
> +		modified |= fcontexts_modified;
> +		modified |= users_extra_modified;
> 
>> Should we be setting modified here or just testing for these other
>> _modified flags where needed?
> 
> Ditto
> +		
> +		retval = semanage_read_policydb(sh, out);
> 
>> Are there any other situations where we can re-use the existing kernel
>> policy like this?  e.g. Do we really need to re-link/expand the modules
>> if we aren't actually modifying modules?  Although there I suppose we
>> might want a copy of the policy before merging local customizations.
> 
> Maybe although you would need someone who understands the library better
> then I do.
> 
>> Also reminds me of the whole question of why we don't do incremental
>> linking to avoid having to re-link each time.
> 
> That sounds good to me.
> +		if (retval < 0)
> +			goto cleanup;
> +		
> +		dbase_policydb_attach((dbase_policydb_t *) pusers_base->dbase,out);
> +		dbase_policydb_attach((dbase_policydb_t *) pports->dbase, out);
> +		dbase_policydb_attach((dbase_policydb_t *) pifaces->dbase, out);
> +		dbase_policydb_attach((dbase_policydb_t *) pbools->dbase, out);
> +		dbase_policydb_attach((dbase_policydb_t *) pnodes->dbase, out);
> 
>> Ivan suggested these shouldn't be necessary as long as you make the
>> later detach conditional.  But he also raised a concern about merging
>> with the base seusers or users_extra from the modules?  
> 
> Removed and only detach if modified is set.
> 
> -	/* FIXME: else if !modified, but seusers_modified,
> -	 * load the existing policy instead of rebuilding */
> +		if (seusers_modified) {
> +			retval = pseusers->dtable->clear(sh, pseusers->dbase);
> +			if (retval < 0)
> +				goto cleanup;
> 
>> I'm a little unclear on what this is doing - can you clarify?
> This is clearing the existing seusers.final file, otherwise delete was
> not working.
> 
> 
> +		}
> 
> +		retval = semanage_base_merge_components(sh);
> +		if (retval < 0)
> +		  goto cleanup;
> +
> +		/* Seusers */
> +	}
>  	/* ======= Post-process: Validate non-policydb components ===== */
> 
>  	/* Validate local modifications to file contexts.
> diff --exclude-from=exclude -N -u -r nsalibsemanage/src/semanage_store.c
> libsemanage-2.0.27/src/semanage_store.c
> --- nsalibsemanage/src/semanage_store.c	2008-06-12 23:25:16.000000000 -0400
> +++ libsemanage-2.0.27/src/semanage_store.c	2008-08-08
> 15:23:20.000000000 -0400
> @@ -1648,6 +1648,47 @@
>  }
> 
>  /**
> + * Read the policy from the sandbox (kernel)
> + */
> +int semanage_read_policydb(semanage_handle_t * sh, sepol_policydb_t * in)
> +{
> +
> +	int retval = STATUS_ERR;
> +	const char *kernel_filename = NULL;
> +	struct sepol_policy_file *pf = NULL;
> +	FILE *infile = NULL;
> +
> +	if ((kernel_filename =
> +	     semanage_path(SEMANAGE_ACTIVE, SEMANAGE_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
> +		goto cleanup;
> +	}
> +	if ((infile = fopen(kernel_filename, "r")) == NULL) {
> +		ERR(sh, "Could not open kernel policy %s for reading.",
> +		    kernel_filename);
> +		goto cleanup;
> +	}
> +	__fsetlocking(infile, FSETLOCKING_BYCALLER);
> +	if (sepol_policy_file_create(&pf)) {
> +		ERR(sh, "Out of memory!");
> +		goto cleanup;
> +	}
> +	sepol_policy_file_set_fp(pf, infile);
> +	sepol_policy_file_set_handle(pf, sh->sepolh);
> +	if (sepol_policydb_read(in, pf) == -1) {
> +		ERR(sh, "Error while reading kernel policy from %s.",
> +		    kernel_filename);
> +		goto cleanup;
> +	}
> +	retval = STATUS_SUCCESS;
> +
> +      cleanup:
> +	if (infile != NULL) {
> +		fclose(infile);
> +	}
> +	sepol_policy_file_free(pf);
> +	return retval;
> +}
> +/**
>   * Writes the final policy to the sandbox (kernel)
>   */
>  int semanage_write_policydb(semanage_handle_t * sh, sepol_policydb_t * out)
> diff --exclude-from=exclude -N -u -r nsalibsemanage/src/semanage_store.h
> libsemanage-2.0.27/src/semanage_store.h
> --- nsalibsemanage/src/semanage_store.h	2008-06-12 23:25:16.000000000 -0400
> +++ libsemanage-2.0.27/src/semanage_store.h	2008-08-11
> 09:05:16.000000000 -0400
> @@ -97,6 +97,9 @@
>  			    sepol_module_package_t * base,
>  			    sepol_policydb_t ** policydb);
> 
> +int semanage_read_policydb(semanage_handle_t * sh,
> +			    sepol_policydb_t * policydb);
> +
>  int semanage_write_policydb(semanage_handle_t * sh,
>  			    sepol_policydb_t * policydb);
> 
> 
> 
> diff --exclude-from=exclude -N -u -r nsalibsemanage/src/genhomedircon.c libsemanage-2.0.27/src/genhomedircon.c
> --- nsalibsemanage/src/genhomedircon.c        2008-08-05 09:57:28.000000000 -0400
> +++ libsemanage-2.0.27/src/genhomedircon.c    2008-08-26 10:30:30.000000000 -0400
> @@ -487,7 +487,6 @@
>                                 const char *role_prefix)
>  {
>       replacement_pair_t repl[] = {
> -             {.search_for = TEMPLATE_SEUSER,.replace_with = seuser},
>               {.search_for = TEMPLATE_HOME_DIR,.replace_with = home},
>               {.search_for = TEMPLATE_ROLE,.replace_with = role_prefix},
>               {NULL, NULL}
> @@ -547,7 +546,6 @@
>       replacement_pair_t repl[] = {
>               {.search_for = TEMPLATE_USER,.replace_with = user},
>               {.search_for = TEMPLATE_ROLE,.replace_with = role_prefix},
> -             {.search_for = TEMPLATE_SEUSER,.replace_with = seuser},
>               {NULL, NULL}
>       };
>       Ustr *line = USTR_NULL;

I was with you up until this, why remove seuser from genhomedircon?

> diff --exclude-from=exclude -N -u -r nsalibsemanage/src/semanage.conf libsemanage-2.0.27/src/semanage.conf
> --- nsalibsemanage/src/semanage.conf  2008-06-12 23:25:16.000000000 -0400
> +++ libsemanage-2.0.27/src/semanage.conf      2008-08-14 14:53:32.000000000 -0400
> @@ -35,4 +35,4 @@
>  # given in <sepol/policydb.h>.  Change this setting if a different
>  # version is necessary.
>  #policy-version = 19
> -
> +expand-check=0

nack on this hunk. don't worry about updating the patch just for this change, I'll remove it when I merge.
                                                                                                                         

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