linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] bpf: Add bpf_verify

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Date:   Fri, 10 Jun 2022 09:30:26 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" 
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] bpf: Add bpf_verify_signature() helper

On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 6:59 AM Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com> wrote:
> +       keyring = (keyring_id == U16_MAX) ?
> +                 cred->session_keyring : (struct key *)keyring_id;

This is too limiting.
bpf prog should be able to do what *key syscalls can do.
By doing lookup_user_key(id) -> keyring.
Maybe it's ok to have a special reserved id that does
cred->sessions_keyring as a shortcut, but that's an optimization.