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From: Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com>
To: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>,
	selinux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jwcart2@gmail.com, Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libselinux: selinux_restorecon(): fstat() if skip_multilink set
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:40:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tsqisoop.fsf@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260628004130.28649-1-stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>

Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com> writes:

> selinux_restorecon() must call fstat() on every entry if skip_multilink
> is set to fetch the st_nlink value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com>

> ---
>  libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c b/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c
> index 0159fb7f..b34d8e60 100644
> --- a/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c
> +++ b/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c
> @@ -1271,13 +1271,15 @@ static int walk_next(struct rest_state *state, int *ent_fd, int *rd_fd,
>  
>  		/*
>  		 * Skip fstat() when d_type already gives the file type and
> -		 * neither xdev (st_dev) nor add_assoc (st_ino) is needed.
> +		 * none of xdev (st_dev), add_assoc (st_ino), or
> +		 * skip_multilink (st_nlink) are needed.
>  		 * Directories always fstat for cycle detection and walk_push().
>  		 */
>  		mode_t mode_from_dtype = d_type_to_mode(de->d_type);
>  		bool need_fstat =
>  			mode_from_dtype == 0 || S_ISDIR(mode_from_dtype) ||
> -			state->flags.set_xdev || state->flags.add_assoc;
> +			state->flags.set_xdev || state->flags.add_assoc ||
> +			state->flags.skip_multilink;
>  
>  		if (need_fstat) {
>  			if (fstat(fd, ent_sb) < 0) {
> -- 
> 2.54.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-01 15:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-28  0:41 [PATCH] libselinux: selinux_restorecon(): fstat() if skip_multilink set Stephen Smalley
2026-07-01 15:40 ` Petr Lautrbach [this message]
2026-07-01 16:02   ` Petr Lautrbach

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