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Message-ID: <159497094193.3166.11625094942627698345@kwain>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:29:02 +0200
From: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
To: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu
Cc: matthew.weber@...kwellcollins.com, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] create_inode: set xattrs to the root directory as well
Hello,
Gentle ping. Does anyone have a comment on this patch?
Thanks!
Antoine
Quoting Antoine Tenart (2020-07-01 17:34:04)
> __populate_fs do copy the xattrs for all files and directories, but the
> root directory is skipped and as a result its extended attributes aren't
> set. This is an issue when using mkfs to build a full system image that
> can be used with SElinux in enforcing mode without making any runtime
> fix at first boot.
>
> This patch adds logic to set the root directory's extended attributes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
> ---
> misc/create_inode.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/misc/create_inode.c b/misc/create_inode.c
> index e8d1df6b55a5..0a6e4dc23d16 100644
> --- a/misc/create_inode.c
> +++ b/misc/create_inode.c
> @@ -820,7 +820,29 @@ static errcode_t __populate_fs(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_ino_t parent_ino,
>
> for (i = 0; i < num_dents; free(dent[i]), i++) {
> name = dent[i]->d_name;
> - if ((!strcmp(name, ".")) || (!strcmp(name, "..")))
> + if (!strcmp(name, ".")) {
> + retval = ext2fs_namei(fs, root, parent_ino, ".", &ino);
> + if (retval) {
> + com_err(name, retval, 0);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Take special care for the root directory, to copy its
> + * extended attributes.
> + */
> + if (ino == root) {
> + retval = set_inode_xattr(fs, ino, ".");
> + if (retval) {
> + com_err(__func__, retval,
> + _("while setting xattrs for ."));
> + goto out;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + continue;
> + }
> + if (!strcmp(name, ".."))
> continue;
> if (lstat(name, &st)) {
> retval = errno;
> --
> 2.26.2
>
--
Antoine Ténart, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
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