linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] configfs: make directories inherit uid/gid from creator

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:56:03 -0800
From:   Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] configfs: make directories inherit uid/gid from creator

> > Currently a non-root process can create directories, but cannot
> > create stuff in the directories it creates.
>
> Isn't that on purpose?

Is it?  What's the use case of being able to create empty directories
you can't use?
Why allow their creation in the first place then?

> > +             (void)configfs_setattr(dentry, &ia);
>
> No need for (void), here, right?

Just being clear we're ignoring any potential error return.

> And this feels like a big user-visible change, what is going to break
> with this?

That I don't know, but it's unlikely to break anything, since it's virtually
impossible to use as it is now.  If non-root creates the directory, it's
currently root-owned, so can only be used by root (or something with
appropriate caps).
Something with capabilities will be able to use it even if it is no
longer owned by root.