+ autofs-use-inode-permission-method-for-write-access.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

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

The patch titled
     Subject: autofs: use inode permission method for write access
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     autofs-use-inode-permission-method-for-write-access.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/autofs-use-inode-permission-method-for-write-access.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Subject: autofs: use inode permission method for write access
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:43:01 +0800

Patch series "autofs: misc patches".

This series contains several patches that resulted mostly from comments
made by Al Viro (quite a long time ago now).


This patch (of 5):

Eliminate some code duplication from mkdir/rmdir/symlink/unlink methods by
using the inode operation .permission().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/165724445154.30914.10970894936827635879.stgit@donald.themaw.net
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/165724458096.30914.13499431569758625806.stgit@donald.themaw.net
Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/autofs/root.c |   63 +++++++++++++++------------------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/autofs/root.c~autofs-use-inode-permission-method-for-write-access
+++ a/fs/autofs/root.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "autofs_i.h"
 
+static int autofs_dir_permission(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, int);
 static int autofs_dir_symlink(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *,
 			      struct dentry *, const char *);
 static int autofs_dir_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ const struct file_operations autofs_dir_
 
 const struct inode_operations autofs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= autofs_lookup,
+	.permission	= autofs_dir_permission,
 	.unlink		= autofs_dir_unlink,
 	.symlink	= autofs_dir_symlink,
 	.mkdir		= autofs_dir_mkdir,
@@ -526,11 +528,30 @@ static struct dentry *autofs_lookup(stru
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int autofs_dir_permission(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+				 struct inode *inode, int mask)
+{
+	if (mask & MAY_WRITE) {
+		struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs_sbi(inode->i_sb);
+
+		if (!autofs_oz_mode(sbi))
+			return -EACCES;
+
+		/* autofs_oz_mode() needs to allow path walks when the
+		 * autofs mount is catatonic but the state of an autofs
+		 * file system needs to be preserved over restarts.
+		 */
+		if (sbi->flags & AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC)
+			return -EACCES;
+	}
+
+	return generic_permission(mnt_userns, inode, mask);
+}
+
 static int autofs_dir_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 			      struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			      const char *symname)
 {
-	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs_sbi(dir->i_sb);
 	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs_dentry_ino(dentry);
 	struct autofs_info *p_ino;
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -539,16 +560,6 @@ static int autofs_dir_symlink(struct use
 
 	pr_debug("%s <- %pd\n", symname, dentry);
 
-	if (!autofs_oz_mode(sbi))
-		return -EACCES;
-
-	/* autofs_oz_mode() needs to allow path walks when the
-	 * autofs mount is catatonic but the state of an autofs
-	 * file system needs to be preserved over restarts.
-	 */
-	if (sbi->flags & AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC)
-		return -EACCES;
-
 	BUG_ON(!ino);
 
 	autofs_clean_ino(ino);
@@ -601,16 +612,6 @@ static int autofs_dir_unlink(struct inod
 	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs_dentry_ino(dentry);
 	struct autofs_info *p_ino;
 
-	if (!autofs_oz_mode(sbi))
-		return -EACCES;
-
-	/* autofs_oz_mode() needs to allow path walks when the
-	 * autofs mount is catatonic but the state of an autofs
-	 * file system needs to be preserved over restarts.
-	 */
-	if (sbi->flags & AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC)
-		return -EACCES;
-
 	ino->count--;
 	p_ino = autofs_dentry_ino(dentry->d_parent);
 	p_ino->count--;
@@ -683,16 +684,6 @@ static int autofs_dir_rmdir(struct inode
 
 	pr_debug("dentry %p, removing %pd\n", dentry, dentry);
 
-	if (!autofs_oz_mode(sbi))
-		return -EACCES;
-
-	/* autofs_oz_mode() needs to allow path walks when the
-	 * autofs mount is catatonic but the state of an autofs
-	 * file system needs to be preserved over restarts.
-	 */
-	if (sbi->flags & AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC)
-		return -EACCES;
-
 	if (ino->count != 1)
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 
@@ -726,16 +717,6 @@ static int autofs_dir_mkdir(struct user_
 	struct autofs_info *p_ino;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	if (!autofs_oz_mode(sbi))
-		return -EACCES;
-
-	/* autofs_oz_mode() needs to allow path walks when the
-	 * autofs mount is catatonic but the state of an autofs
-	 * file system needs to be preserved over restarts.
-	 */
-	if (sbi->flags & AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC)
-		return -EACCES;
-
 	pr_debug("dentry %p, creating %pd\n", dentry, dentry);
 
 	BUG_ON(!ino);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from raven@themaw.net are

autofs-use-inode-permission-method-for-write-access.patch
autofs-make-dentry-info-count-consistent.patch
autofs-use-dentry-info-count-instead-of-simple_empty.patch
autofs-add-comment-about-autofs_mountpoint_changed.patch
autofs-remove-unused-ino-field-inode.patch