linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] eventfs: Save ownership and mode

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Date:   Wed, 1 Nov 2023 19:47:55 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Ajay Kaher <akaher@...are.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] eventfs: Save ownership and mode

On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 08:43:32 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:33:30 -0400
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> 
> > From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> > 
> > Now that inodes and dentries are created on the fly, they are also
> > reclaimed on memory pressure. Since the ownership and file mode are saved
> > in the inode, if they are freed, any changes to the ownership and mode
> > will be lost.  
> 
> Do we (need to) allow to change the ownership and mode of the eventfs files?
> I thought it was fixed on the files in tracefs...

Yes, it's the only way to allow non root users access to the tracing directories.

> 
> Otherwise, the code itself looks good to me.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> 

Thanks!

-- Steve