netdev - [PATCH 04/16] backing-file: use credential guards for writes

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Message-Id: <20251103-work-creds-guards-simple-v1-4-a3e156839e7f@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:26:52 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-aio@...ck.org, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, 
 cgroups@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 04/16] backing-file: use credential guards for writes

Use credential guards for scoped credential override with automatic
restoration on scope exit.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
---
 fs/backing-file.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/backing-file.c b/fs/backing-file.c
index 4cb7276e7ead..9bea737d5bef 100644
--- a/fs/backing-file.c
+++ b/fs/backing-file.c
@@ -210,11 +210,47 @@ ssize_t backing_file_read_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_read_iter);
 
+static int do_backing_file_write_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
+				      struct kiocb *iocb, int flags,
+				      void (*end_write)(struct kiocb *, ssize_t))
+{
+	struct backing_aio *aio;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
+		rwf_t rwf = iocb_to_rw_flags(flags);
+
+		ret = vfs_iter_write(file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos, rwf);
+		if (end_write)
+			end_write(iocb, ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = backing_aio_init_wq(iocb);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	aio = kmem_cache_zalloc(backing_aio_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!aio)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	aio->orig_iocb = iocb;
+	aio->end_write = end_write;
+	kiocb_clone(&aio->iocb, iocb, get_file(file));
+	aio->iocb.ki_flags = flags;
+	aio->iocb.ki_complete = backing_aio_queue_completion;
+	refcount_set(&aio->ref, 2);
+	ret = vfs_iocb_iter_write(file, &aio->iocb, iter);
+	backing_aio_put(aio);
+	if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
+		backing_aio_cleanup(aio, ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 ssize_t backing_file_write_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
 				struct kiocb *iocb, int flags,
 				struct backing_file_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)))
@@ -237,40 +273,8 @@ ssize_t backing_file_write_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	 */
 	flags &= ~IOCB_DIO_CALLER_COMP;
 
-	old_cred = override_creds(ctx->cred);
-	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
-		rwf_t rwf = iocb_to_rw_flags(flags);
-
-		ret = vfs_iter_write(file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos, rwf);
-		if (ctx->end_write)
-			ctx->end_write(iocb, ret);
-	} else {
-		struct backing_aio *aio;
-
-		ret = backing_aio_init_wq(iocb);
-		if (ret)
-			goto out;
-
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		aio = kmem_cache_zalloc(backing_aio_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!aio)
-			goto out;
-
-		aio->orig_iocb = iocb;
-		aio->end_write = ctx->end_write;
-		kiocb_clone(&aio->iocb, iocb, get_file(file));
-		aio->iocb.ki_flags = flags;
-		aio->iocb.ki_complete = backing_aio_queue_completion;
-		refcount_set(&aio->ref, 2);
-		ret = vfs_iocb_iter_write(file, &aio->iocb, iter);
-		backing_aio_put(aio);
-		if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
-			backing_aio_cleanup(aio, ret);
-	}
-out:
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
-
-	return ret;
+	with_creds(ctx->cred);
+	return do_backing_file_write_iter(file, iter, iocb, flags, ctx->end_write);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_write_iter);
 

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2.47.3