Re: [PATCH] configfs: initialize inode with owner

From: Gwendal Grignou
Date: Wed Mar 07 2018 - 19:11:29 EST


This patch is not correct: When listed with ls, configfs attributes
have the uid/gid of the user who list them, but looks wrong.

I will test it more and repost.

Gwendal.

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 7:36 PM, Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Use standard helper to set inode owner when created from user space.
> This is a noop when the owner is root.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h | 5 ++++-
> fs/configfs/inode.c | 14 ++++++++------
> fs/configfs/mount.c | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
> index b65d1ef532d5..772fce1fd222 100644
> --- a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
> +++ b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
> @@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *configfs_dir_cachep;
>
> extern int configfs_is_root(struct config_item *item);
>
> -extern struct inode * configfs_new_inode(umode_t mode, struct configfs_dirent *, struct super_block *);
> +extern struct inode *configfs_new_inode(umode_t mode,
> + struct configfs_dirent *sd,
> + struct inode *p_inode,
> + struct super_block *s);
> extern int configfs_create(struct dentry *, umode_t mode, void (*init)(struct inode *));
>
> extern int configfs_create_file(struct config_item *, const struct configfs_attribute *);
> diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
> index eae87575e681..93db05a2db1f 100644
> --- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
> @@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ int configfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
> return error;
> }
>
> -static inline void set_default_inode_attr(struct inode * inode, umode_t mode)
> +static inline void set_default_inode_attr(struct inode *inode,
> + struct inode *p_inode,
> + umode_t mode)
> {
> - inode->i_mode = mode;
> + inode_init_owner(inode, p_inode, mode);
> inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
> }
>
> @@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ static inline void set_inode_attr(struct inode * inode, struct iattr * iattr)
> }
>
> struct inode *configfs_new_inode(umode_t mode, struct configfs_dirent *sd,
> - struct super_block *s)
> + struct inode *p_inode, struct super_block *s)
> {
> struct inode * inode = new_inode(s);
> if (inode) {
> @@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ struct inode *configfs_new_inode(umode_t mode, struct configfs_dirent *sd,
> */
> set_inode_attr(inode, sd->s_iattr);
> } else
> - set_default_inode_attr(inode, mode);
> + set_default_inode_attr(inode, p_inode, mode);
> }
> return inode;
> }
> @@ -190,11 +192,11 @@ int configfs_create(struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode, void (*init)(struct in
> return -EEXIST;
>
> sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
> - inode = configfs_new_inode(mode, sd, dentry->d_sb);
> + p_inode = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
> + inode = configfs_new_inode(mode, sd, p_inode, dentry->d_sb);
> if (!inode)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> - p_inode = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
> p_inode->i_mtime = p_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
> configfs_set_inode_lock_class(sd, inode);
>
> diff --git a/fs/configfs/mount.c b/fs/configfs/mount.c
> index a8f3b589a2df..23aede27c502 100644
> --- a/fs/configfs/mount.c
> +++ b/fs/configfs/mount.c
> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int configfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
> sb->s_time_gran = 1;
>
> inode = configfs_new_inode(S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
> - &configfs_root, sb);
> + &configfs_root, NULL, sb);
> if (inode) {
> inode->i_op = &configfs_root_inode_operations;
> inode->i_fop = &configfs_dir_operations;
> --
> 2.16.2.660.g709887971b-goog
>