linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v7 06/16] fscrypt: add FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION

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Message-ID: <20190728185003.GF6088@mit.edu>
Date:   Sun, 28 Jul 2019 14:50:03 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        Paul Crowley <paulcrowley@...gle.com>,
        Satya Tangirala <satyat@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 06/16] fscrypt: add FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl

On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 03:41:31PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> Add a new fscrypt ioctl, FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY.  This ioctl adds an
> encryption key to the filesystem's fscrypt keyring ->s_master_keys,
> making any files encrypted with that key appear "unlocked".

Note: it think it's going to be useful to make the keyring id
available someplace like /sys/fs/<fs>/<blkdev>/keyring, or preferably
in the new fsinfo system call.  Yes, the system administrator can paw
through /proc/keys and try to figure it out, but it will be nicer if
there's a direct way to do that.

For that matter, we could just add a new ioctl which returns the file
system's keyring id.  That way an application program won't have to
try to figure out what a file's underlying sb->s_id happens to be.
(Especially if things like overlayfs are involved.)

> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fscrypt.h b/include/uapi/linux/fscrypt.h
> index 29a945d165def..93d6eabaa7de4 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/fscrypt.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/fscrypt.h
> +
> +struct fscrypt_key_specifier {
> +#define FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR	1
> +	__u32 type;
> +	__u32 __reserved;

Can you move the definition of FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR
outside of the structure definition, and then add a comment about what
is a "descriptor" key spec?  (And then in a later patch, please add a
comment about what is an "identifier" key type.)  There's an
explanation in Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst, I know, but a
one or two line comment plus a pointer to
Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst in the header file would be
really helpful.

Otherwise, it looks good.   Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>

						- Ted