Re: [PATCH] tomoyo: don't special case PF_IO_WORKER for PF_KTHREAD

[Casey Schaufler]

On 3/25/2021 5:44 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> The io_uring PF_IO_WORKER threads no longer have PF_KTHREAD set, so no
> need to special case them for credential checks.

Could you cite the commit where that change was made?

>
> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  security/tomoyo/network.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/tomoyo/network.c b/security/tomoyo/network.c
> index 478f757ff843..8dc61335f65e 100644
> --- a/security/tomoyo/network.c
> +++ b/security/tomoyo/network.c
> @@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int tomoyo_check_unix_address(struct sockaddr *addr,
>  static bool tomoyo_kernel_service(void)
>  {
>  	/* Nothing to do if I am a kernel service. */
> -	return (current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER)) == PF_KTHREAD;
> +	return current->flags & PF_KTHREAD;
>  }
>  
>  /**