linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] tracing/selftests: Add ownership modification tests for eventfs

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Message-ID: <80b5ef43-7b3d-4af0-8efd-0bb080e99ccf@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:03:19 -0700
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, LKML
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Linux Trace Kernel <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Shuah Khan
 <shuah@...nel.org>, Linux selftests <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
 Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] tracing/selftests: Add ownership modification tests
 for eventfs

On 12/22/23 09:34, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 
> As there were bugs found with the ownership of eventfs dynamic file
> creation. Add a test to test it.
> 
> It will remount tracefs with a different gid and check the ownership of
> the eventfs directory, as well as the system and event directories. It
> will also check the event file directories.
> 
> It then does a chgrp on each of these as well to see if they all get
> updated as expected.
> 
> Then it remounts the tracefs file system back to the original group and
> makes sure that all the updated files and directories were reset back to
> the original ownership.
> 
> It does the same for instances that change the ownership of he instance
> directory.
> 
> Note, because the uid is not reset by a remount, it is tested for every
> file by switching it to a new owner and then back again.
> 
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> ---
> Changes since v3: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20231221211229.13398ef3@gandalf.local.home
> 
> - Added missing SPDX and removed exec permission from file (Shuah Khan)
> 

Thank you. Applied to linux-kselftest next branch for Linux 6.8-rc1

thanks,
-- Shuah