linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/16] vfs: atomic open v4 (part 1)

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Date:	Fri, 25 May 2012 16:58:46 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] vfs: atomic open v4 (part 1)

David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> writes:

> I've been looking at your patches when they're all applied, and I suspect
> you're missing some security calls.
>
> For instance, in lookup_open(), you call security_path_mknod() prior to
> calling vfs_create(), but you don't call it prior to calling atomic_open() or
> in, say, nfs_atomic_open().

We call security_path_mknod() before ->atomic_open() in may_o_create().

>   You do need to, however, though I can see it's
> difficult to work out where.  Is it possible to call it if O_CREAT is
> specified and d_inode is NULL right before calling atomic_open()?
>
> I'm also wondering if you're missing an audit_inode() call in the if (created)
> path after the retry_lookup label.

There's no audit_inode() on the created dentry neither in the original
code nor in the modified code.

But that may be a bug regardless, it's just independent of my changes.
At least AFAICS.

Thanks,
Miklos
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