[RFC][PATCH 1/3] lsm: Clarify documentation of vm_enough_memory hook

From: Roberto Sassu
Date: Fri Oct 28 2022 - 12:50:43 EST


From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>

include/linux/lsm_hooks.h reports the result of the LSM infrastructure to
the callers, not what LSMs should return to the LSM infrastructure.

Clarify that and add that returning 1 from the LSMs means calling
__vm_enough_memory() with cap_sys_admin set, 0 without.

Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index 4ec80b96c22e..f40b82ca91e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -1411,7 +1411,9 @@
* Check permissions for allocating a new virtual mapping.
* @mm contains the mm struct it is being added to.
* @pages contains the number of pages.
- * Return 0 if permission is granted.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted by LSMs to the caller. LSMs should
+ * return 1 if __vm_enough_memory() should be called with
+ * cap_sys_admin set, 0 if not.
*
* @ismaclabel:
* Check if the extended attribute specified by @name
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