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Message-ID: <20080121203249.GB5536@sergelap.austin.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:32:49 -0600
From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hch@...radead.org, serue@...ibm.com,
viro@....linux.org.uk, kzak@...hat.com,
linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
containers@...ts.osdl.org, util-linux-ng@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 07/10] unprivileged mounts: add sysctl tunable for
"safe" property
Quoting Miklos Szeredi (miklos@...redi.hu):
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
>
> Add the following:
>
> /proc/sys/fs/types/${FS_TYPE}/usermount_safe
>
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
> ---
>
> Index: linux/fs/filesystems.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/fs/filesystems.c 2008-01-16 13:24:52.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/fs/filesystems.c 2008-01-16 13:25:09.000000000 +0100
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
> #include <linux/kmod.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/sysctl.h>
> #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>
> /*
> @@ -51,6 +52,57 @@ static struct file_system_type **find_fi
> return p;
> }
>
> +#define MAX_FILESYSTEM_VARS 1
> +
> +struct filesystem_sysctl_table {
> + struct ctl_table_header *header;
> + struct ctl_table table[MAX_FILESYSTEM_VARS + 1];
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * Create /sys/fs/types/${FSNAME} directory with per fs-type tunables.
> + */
> +static int filesystem_sysctl_register(struct file_system_type *fs)
> +{
> + struct filesystem_sysctl_table *t;
> + struct ctl_path path[] = {
> + { .procname = "fs", .ctl_name = CTL_FS },
> + { .procname = "types", .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED },
> + { .procname = fs->name, .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED },
> + { }
> + };
> +
> + t = kzalloc(sizeof(*t), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!t)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +
> + t->table[0].ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED;
> + t->table[0].procname = "usermount_safe";
> + t->table[0].maxlen = sizeof(int);
> + t->table[0].data = &fs->fs_safe;
> + t->table[0].mode = 0644;
> + t->table[0].proc_handler = &proc_dointvec;
> +
> + t->header = register_sysctl_paths(path, t->table);
> + if (!t->header) {
> + kfree(t);
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> +
> + fs->sysctl_table = t;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void filesystem_sysctl_unregister(struct file_system_type *fs)
> +{
> + struct filesystem_sysctl_table *t = fs->sysctl_table;
> +
> + unregister_sysctl_table(t->header);
> + kfree(t);
> +}
> +
> /**
> * register_filesystem - register a new filesystem
> * @fs: the file system structure
> @@ -80,6 +132,13 @@ int register_filesystem(struct file_syst
> else
> *p = fs;
> write_unlock(&file_systems_lock);
> +
> + if (res == 0) {
> + res = filesystem_sysctl_register(fs);
What do you think about doing this only if FS_SAFE is also set,
so for instance at first only FUSE would allow itself to be
made user-mountable?
A safe thing to do, or overly intrusive?
> + if (res != 0)
> + unregister_filesystem(fs);
> + }
> +
> return res;
> }
>
> @@ -108,6 +167,7 @@ int unregister_filesystem(struct file_sy
> *tmp = fs->next;
> fs->next = NULL;
> write_unlock(&file_systems_lock);
> + filesystem_sysctl_unregister(fs);
> return 0;
> }
> tmp = &(*tmp)->next;
> Index: linux/include/linux/fs.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/include/linux/fs.h 2008-01-16 13:25:09.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/include/linux/fs.h 2008-01-16 13:25:09.000000000 +0100
> @@ -1437,6 +1437,7 @@ struct file_system_type {
> struct module *owner;
> struct file_system_type * next;
> struct list_head fs_supers;
> + struct filesystem_sysctl_table *sysctl_table;
>
> struct lock_class_key s_lock_key;
> struct lock_class_key s_umount_key;
> Index: linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt 2008-01-16 13:25:07.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt 2008-01-16 13:25:09.000000000 +0100
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Table of Contents
> 2.13 /proc/<pid>/oom_score - Display current oom-killer score
> 2.14 /proc/<pid>/io - Display the IO accounting fields
> 2.15 /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter - Core dump filtering settings
> + 2.16 /proc/sys/fs/types - File system type specific parameters
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Preface
> @@ -2283,4 +2284,21 @@ For example:
> $ echo 0x7 > /proc/self/coredump_filter
> $ ./some_program
>
> +2.16 /proc/sys/fs/types/ - File system type specific parameters
> +----------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +There's a separate directory /proc/sys/fs/types/<type>/ for each
> +filesystem type, containing the following files:
> +
> +usermount_safe
> +--------------
> +
> +Setting this to non-zero will allow filesystems of this type to be
> +mounted by unprivileged users (note, that there are other
> +prerequisites as well).
> +
> +Care should be taken when enabling this, since most
> +filesystems haven't been designed with unprivileged mounting
> +in mind.
> +
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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