linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH 22/30] r/o bind mounts: elevate write count for chmod/chown callers

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Message-Id: <20080208222717.73677C5A@kernel>
Date:	Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:27:17 -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 22/30] r/o bind mounts: elevate write count for chmod/chown callers


chown/chmod,etc...  don't call permission in the same way that the normal
"open for write" calls do.  They still write to the filesystem, so bump the
write count during these operations.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---

 linux-2.6.git-dave/fs/open.c |   39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/open.c~r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-writer-count-for-chown-and-friends fs/open.c
--- linux-2.6.git/fs/open.c~r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-writer-count-for-chown-and-friends	2008-02-08 13:04:57.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.git-dave/fs/open.c	2008-02-08 13:04:57.000000000 -0800
@@ -571,12 +571,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchmod(unsigned int 
 
 	audit_inode(NULL, dentry);
 
-	err = -EROFS;
-	if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
+	err = mnt_want_write(file->f_vfsmnt);
+	if (err)
 		goto out_putf;
 	err = -EPERM;
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
-		goto out_putf;
+		goto out_drop_write;
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	if (mode == (mode_t) -1)
 		mode = inode->i_mode;
@@ -585,6 +585,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchmod(unsigned int 
 	err = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
+out_drop_write:
+	mnt_drop_write(file->f_vfsmnt);
 out_putf:
 	fput(file);
 out:
@@ -604,13 +606,13 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchmodat(int dfd, co
 		goto out;
 	inode = nd.dentry->d_inode;
 
-	error = -EROFS;
-	if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
+	error = mnt_want_write(nd.mnt);
+	if (error)
 		goto dput_and_out;
 
 	error = -EPERM;
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
-		goto dput_and_out;
+		goto out_drop_write;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	if (mode == (mode_t) -1)
@@ -620,6 +622,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchmodat(int dfd, co
 	error = notify_change(nd.dentry, &newattrs);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
+out_drop_write:
+	mnt_drop_write(nd.mnt);
 dput_and_out:
 	path_release(&nd);
 out:
@@ -642,9 +646,6 @@ static int chown_common(struct dentry * 
 		printk(KERN_ERR "chown_common: NULL inode\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
-	error = -EROFS;
-	if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
-		goto out;
 	error = -EPERM;
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
 		goto out;
@@ -675,7 +676,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_chown(const char __u
 	error = user_path_walk(filename, &nd);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
+	error = mnt_want_write(nd.mnt);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_release;
 	error = chown_common(nd.dentry, user, group);
+	mnt_drop_write(nd.mnt);
+out_release:
 	path_release(&nd);
 out:
 	return error;
@@ -695,7 +701,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchownat(int dfd, co
 	error = __user_walk_fd(dfd, filename, follow, &nd);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
+	error = mnt_want_write(nd.mnt);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_release;
 	error = chown_common(nd.dentry, user, group);
+	mnt_drop_write(nd.mnt);
+out_release:
 	path_release(&nd);
 out:
 	return error;
@@ -709,7 +720,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_lchown(const char __
 	error = user_path_walk_link(filename, &nd);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
+	error = mnt_want_write(nd.mnt);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_release;
 	error = chown_common(nd.dentry, user, group);
+	mnt_drop_write(nd.mnt);
+out_release:
 	path_release(&nd);
 out:
 	return error;
@@ -726,9 +742,14 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchown(unsigned int 
 	if (!file)
 		goto out;
 
+	error = mnt_want_write(file->f_vfsmnt);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_fput;
 	dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	audit_inode(NULL, dentry);
 	error = chown_common(dentry, user, group);
+	mnt_drop_write(file->f_vfsmnt);
+out_fput:
 	fput(file);
 out:
 	return error;
_
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