Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] vfs: iversion truncate bug fix

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:39:41 -0800
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> wrote:

> > > Please, go read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to
> > > properly submit patches to the stable kernel tree.  The information here
> > > needs to be in the patch changelog itself, not in some random email
> > > thread that will get lost instantly into my email-archive-from-hell
> > > after I am done reading this.
> > > 
> > > greg k-h
> > 
> > Yes, I've read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt and think this
> > patch meets the criteria for being backported.
> > 
> > As far as I'm aware, this patch hasn't been upstreamed yet and is
> > waiting for someone, besides myself, to Ack it.  Once Acked, either
> > Dmitry or I can send a pull request with an updated patch description.
> > Should this patch go in via the security tree?
> 
> If it hasn't been upstreamed yet, just make sure you put
> 
> cc: stable@kernel.org
> 
> In the signoffs of the patch you're sending upstream and the backport
> will occur automatically when the patch is finally upstreamed.

Mimi didn't write or send the patch.

This happily git-free maintainer simply goes in and edits the
changelog.  I do this very very frequently.


Here's what I currently have.  I plan to send this to Rip Van Viro.




From: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@intel.com>
Subject: vfs: increment iversion when a file is truncated

When a file is truncated with truncate()/ftruncate() and then closed,
iversion is not updated.  This patch uses ATTR_SIZE flag as an indication
to increment iversion.

Mimi said:

On fput(), i_version is used to detect and flag files that have changed
and need to be re-measured in the IMA measurement policy.  When a file
is truncated with truncate()/ftruncate() and then closed, i_version is
not updated.  As a result, although the file has changed, it will not be
re-measured and added to the IMA measurement list on subsequent access.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@intel.com>
Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/attr.c |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff -puN fs/attr.c~vfs-increment-iversion-when-a-file-is-truncated fs/attr.c
--- a/fs/attr.c~vfs-increment-iversion-when-a-file-is-truncated
+++ a/fs/attr.c
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
 
+	if ((ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) && IS_I_VERSION(inode)) {
+		if (attr->ia_size != inode->i_size)
+			inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+	}
+
 	if ((ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)) {
 		umode_t amode = attr->ia_mode;
 		/* Flag setting protected by i_mutex */
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