Re: [RFC PATCH v4 1/2] fuse: introduce new fs_type flag FS_IMA_NO_CACHE

[Mimi Zohar]

On Wed, 2018-02-07 at 10:21 +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 7:06 PM, Dongsu Park <dongsu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Alban Crequy <alban@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This new fs_type flag FS_IMA_NO_CACHE means files should be re-measured,
> > re-appraised and re-audited each time. Cached integrity results should
> > not be used.
> >
> > It is useful in FUSE because the userspace FUSE process can change the
> > underlying files at any time without notifying the kernel.
> >
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-integrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Dongsu Park <dongsu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Alban Crequy <alban@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/fuse/inode.c    | 2 +-
> >  include/linux/fs.h | 1 +
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
> > index 624f18bb..0a9e5164 100644
> > --- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
> > +++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
> > @@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ static void fuse_kill_sb_anon(struct super_block *sb)
> >  static struct file_system_type fuse_fs_type = {
> >         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
> >         .name           = "fuse",
> > -       .fs_flags       = FS_HAS_SUBTYPE,
> > +       .fs_flags       = FS_HAS_SUBTYPE | FS_IMA_NO_CACHE,
> >         .mount          = fuse_mount,
> >         .kill_sb        = fuse_kill_sb_anon,
> >  };
> > diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> > index 511fbaab..ced841ba 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> > @@ -2075,6 +2075,7 @@ struct file_system_type {
> >  #define FS_BINARY_MOUNTDATA    2
> >  #define FS_HAS_SUBTYPE         4
> >  #define FS_USERNS_MOUNT                8       /* Can be mounted by userns root */
> > +#define FS_IMA_NO_CACHE                16      /* Force IMA to re-measure, re-appraise, re-audit files */
> 
> I think it would be more logical to change the order of the patches
> (i.e. first patch adds this constant and the code handling it, and
> second patch just adds it to fuse's .fs_flags).
> 
> Otherwise
> 
> Acked-by:   Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>

Sure, thank you!

Mimi