Re: [PATCH RFC 1/4] proc: add proc_fs_info struct to store proc options

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Thu Mar 30 2017 - 15:11:12 EST


On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is a preparation patch that adds a proc_fs_info to be able to store
> different procfs options. Right now some mount options are stored inside
> the pid namespace which make multiple proc share the same mount options.
> This patch will help also to fix this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@xxxxxxxxx>

> static struct dentry *proc_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
> int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
> {
> + int error;
> + struct super_block *sb;
> struct pid_namespace *ns;
> + struct proc_fs_info *fs_info;
> +
> + if (!(flags & MS_KERNMOUNT) && !ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> + return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);

Why is this check needed?

> diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> index 2d2bf59..e1cb9c3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> @@ -6,11 +6,27 @@
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/fs.h>
> +#include <linux/refcount.h>
> +
> +enum {
> + PROC_FS_V1 = 1,
> + PROC_FS_V2 = 2,
> +};
> +
> +struct proc_fs_info {
> + refcount_t users;
> + struct pid_namespace *pid_ns;
> + kgid_t pid_gid;
> + int hide_pid;
> + int version;
> +};

What is version?

Should this patch have just users and pid_ns and move the other stuff
to patch 2?