linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 5/9] rust: security: add abstraction for secctx

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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 22:04:52 -0500
From: Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/9] rust: security: add abstraction for secctx

On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 5:57 AM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Adds an abstraction for viewing the string representation of a security
> context.

Adds -> add

> This is needed by Rust Binder because it has feature where a process can

has feature -> has a feature

> view the string representation of the security context for incoming
> transactions. The process can use that to authenticate incoming
> transactions, and since the feature is provided by the kernel, the
> process can trust that the security context is legitimate.
>
> Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
> ---
> [...]
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/cred.rs b/rust/kernel/cred.rs
> index fabc50e48c9e..0640356a8c29 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/cred.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/cred.rs
> @@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ pub unsafe fn from_ptr<'a>(ptr: *const bindings::cred) -> &'a Credential {
>          unsafe { &*ptr.cast() }
>      }
>
> +    /// Get the id for this security context.
> +    pub fn get_secid(&self) -> u32 {

Since this is used in multiple places, would a typedef be useful?

    type SecurityId = u32;

> [...]

Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>