linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v2 2/3] io_uring: add IOURING_REGISTER

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Date:   Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:26:51 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Aleksa Sarai <asarai@...e.de>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        Sargun Dhillon <sargun@...gun.me>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, io-uring@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 2/3] io_uring: add IOURING_REGISTER_RESTRICTIONS
 opcode

On 7/16/20 6:48 AM, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
> index efc50bd0af34..0774d5382c65 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
> @@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ enum {
>  	IORING_REGISTER_PROBE,
>  	IORING_REGISTER_PERSONALITY,
>  	IORING_UNREGISTER_PERSONALITY,
> +	IORING_REGISTER_RESTRICTIONS,
>  
>  	/* this goes last */
>  	IORING_REGISTER_LAST
> @@ -293,4 +294,30 @@ struct io_uring_probe {
>  	struct io_uring_probe_op ops[0];
>  };
>  
> +struct io_uring_restriction {
> +	__u16 opcode;
> +	union {
> +		__u8 register_op; /* IORING_RESTRICTION_REGISTER_OP */
> +		__u8 sqe_op;      /* IORING_RESTRICTION_SQE_OP */
> +	};
> +	__u8 resv;
> +	__u32 resv2[3];
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * io_uring_restriction->opcode values
> + */
> +enum {
> +	/* Allow an io_uring_register(2) opcode */
> +	IORING_RESTRICTION_REGISTER_OP,
> +
> +	/* Allow an sqe opcode */
> +	IORING_RESTRICTION_SQE_OP,
> +
> +	/* Only allow fixed files */
> +	IORING_RESTRICTION_FIXED_FILES_ONLY,
> +
> +	IORING_RESTRICTION_LAST
> +};
> +

Not sure I totally love this API. Maybe it'd be cleaner to have separate
ops for this, instead of muxing it like this. One for registering op
code restrictions, and one for disallowing other parts (like fixed
files, etc).

I think that would look a lot cleaner than the above.

-- 
Jens Axboe