Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] VFS: Introduce new O_DENY* open flags

[Jeff Layton]

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:18:47 +0000
One Thousand Gnomes  wrote:
> > +#define ESHAREDENIED	258	/* File is locked with a sharelock */
>
> Have you prepared C library patches to match this ?
>
> (and why not just use EPERM, it has the meaning you want already)

Tough call...

On the one hand, ESHAREDENIED is a distinct error code so an
application has the ability to determine what happened when an open or
unlink fails.

OTOH, a lot of applications won't understand ESHAREDENIED and may barf
on it. Those apps might handle EPERM better.

I'm not sure what the right approach is there...
> > -
> > - Check to see if there's a share_reservation conflict. LOCK_READ/LOCK_WRITE
> > -
> > - tell us whether the reservation allows other readers and writers.
> > - */
> >
> > +static int
> > +locks_mand_conflict(struct file_lock *caller_fl, struct file_lock *sys_fl)
> > +{
>
> Shouldn't this also check for CAP_SYS_DAC or some similar permission so
> that root can override such a mess (eg to fix full disks in an
> emergency) ?

Agreed. This needs a mechanism that allows you to override it, IMO.

CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE doesn't seem quite like the right thing since this
isn't dealing with permissions, per-se. A new capability bit may even be
warranted.
> > -
> > - /*
> > -
> > * For sharelock mounts if a file was created but not opened, we need
> > -
> > * to keep parent i_mutex until we finish the open to prevent races when
> > -
> > * somebody opens newly created by us file and locks it with a sharelock
> > -
> > * before we open it.
> > -
> > */
> > - if (IS_SHARELOCK(dir->d_inode) && error > 0 && *opened & FILE_CREATED) {
> > -
> > /* Don't check for write permission, don't truncate */
> > -
> > open_flag &= ~O_TRUNC;
> > -
> > will_truncate = false;
> > -
> > acc_mode = MAY_OPEN;
> > -
> > path_to_nameidata(path, nd);
> > -
> > -
> > error = may_open(&nd->path, acc_mode, open_flag);
> > -
> > if (error) {
> > -
> > 	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
> > -
> > 	goto out;
> > -
> > }
> > -
> > file->f_path.mnt = nd->path.mnt;
> > -
> > error = finish_open(file, nd->path.dentry, NULL, opened);
> > -
> > if (error) {
> > -
> > 	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
> > -
> > 	if (error == -EOPENSTALE)
> > -
> > 		goto stale_open;
> > -
> > 	goto out;
> > -
> > }
> > -
> > error = sharelock_lock_file(file);
> > -
> > mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
> > -
> > if (error)
> > -
> > 	goto exit_fput;
> > -
> > goto opened;
> > - }
> > - mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
>
> What stops the file system changing mount flags via a remount between
> these two ?
> > if (error <= 0) {
> > @@ -3034,6 +3073,18 @@ finish_open_created:
> >    		goto stale_open;
> >    	goto out;
> >    }
> > -
> > - if (IS_SHARELOCK(dir->d_inode)) {
> > -
> > /*
> > -
> >  * Lock parent i_mutex to prevent races with sharelocks on
> > -
> >  * newly created files.
> > -
> >  */
> > -
> > mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
> > -
> > error = sharelock_lock_file(file);
> > -
> > mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
> > -
> > if (error)
> > -
> > 	goto exit_fput;
> > - }
> >
> > opened:
>
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