linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] smack: Remove the redundant lsm_inode

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Message-ID: <f98c7555-50ba-d505-b3bf-c3c8c5b2d290@schaufler-ca.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:11:36 -0700
From:   Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
To:     Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@...wei.com>, jmorris@...ei.org,
        serge@...lyn.com
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] smack: Remove the redundant lsm_inode_alloc

On 6/10/2022 2:23 AM, Xiu Jianfeng wrote:
> It's not possible for inode->i_security to be NULL here because every
> inode will call inode_init_always and then lsm_inode_alloc to alloc
> memory for inode->security, this is what LSM infrastructure management
> do, so remove this redundant code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@...wei.com>

I've taken this for smack-next. Thank you.

> ---
>   security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 7 -------
>   1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> index 6207762dbdb1..001831458fa2 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> @@ -766,13 +766,6 @@ static int smack_set_mnt_opts(struct super_block *sb,
>   	if (sp->smk_flags & SMK_SB_INITIALIZED)
>   		return 0;
>   
> -	if (inode->i_security == NULL) {
> -		int rc = lsm_inode_alloc(inode);
> -
> -		if (rc)
> -			return rc;
> -	}
> -
>   	if (!smack_privileged(CAP_MAC_ADMIN)) {
>   		/*
>   		 * Unprivileged mounts don't get to specify Smack values.