linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH 16/30] r/o bind mounts: elevate write count for do

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Message-Id: <20080208222708.1F0A8D16@kernel>
Date:	Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:27:08 -0800
From:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	hch@....de, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, viro@....linux.org.uk,
	miklos@...redi.hu, Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 16/30] r/o bind mounts: elevate write count for do_utimes()


Now includes fix for oops seen by akpm.

"never let a libc developer write your kernel code" - hch

"nor, apparently, a kernel developer" - akpm

Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---

 linux-2.6.git-dave/fs/utimes.c |   18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/utimes.c~r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-do_utimes fs/utimes.c
--- linux-2.6.git/fs/utimes.c~r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-do_utimes	2008-02-08 13:04:53.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.git-dave/fs/utimes.c	2008-02-08 13:04:53.000000000 -0800
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ long do_utimes(int dfd, char __user *fil
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct iattr newattrs;
 	struct file *f = NULL;
+	struct vfsmount *mnt;
 
 	error = -EINVAL;
 	if (times && (!nsec_valid(times[0].tv_nsec) ||
@@ -79,18 +81,20 @@ long do_utimes(int dfd, char __user *fil
 		if (!f)
 			goto out;
 		dentry = f->f_path.dentry;
+		mnt = f->f_path.mnt;
 	} else {
 		error = __user_walk_fd(dfd, filename, (flags & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) ? 0 : LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 
 		dentry = nd.dentry;
+		mnt = nd.mnt;
 	}
 
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
-	error = -EROFS;
-	if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
+	error = mnt_want_write(mnt);
+	if (error)
 		goto dput_and_out;
 
 	/* Don't worry, the checks are done in inode_change_ok() */
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ long do_utimes(int dfd, char __user *fil
 	if (times) {
 		error = -EPERM;
                 if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
-                        goto dput_and_out;
+			goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
 
 		if (times[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
 			newattrs.ia_valid &= ~ATTR_ATIME;
@@ -118,22 +122,24 @@ long do_utimes(int dfd, char __user *fil
 	} else {
 		error = -EACCES;
                 if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
-                        goto dput_and_out;
+			goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
 
 		if (!is_owner_or_cap(inode)) {
 			if (f) {
 				if (!(f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
-					goto dput_and_out;
+					goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
 			} else {
 				error = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_WRITE);
 				if (error)
-					goto dput_and_out;
+					goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	error = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+mnt_drop_write_and_out:
+	mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 dput_and_out:
 	if (f)
 		fput(f);
_
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