From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs/kernfs/dir: obey S_ISGID
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 06:59:47 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZWoRA52jPacJCiqs@slm.duckdns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231201125638.1699026-2-max.kellermann@ionos.com>
On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 01:56:38PM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote:
> Handling of S_ISGID is usually done by inode_init_owner() in all other
> filesystems, but kernfs doesn't use that function. In kernfs, struct
> kernfs_node is the primary data structure, and struct inode is only
> created from it on demand. Therefore, inode_init_owner() can't be
> used and we need to imitate its behavior.
>
> S_ISGID support is useful for the cgroup filesystem; it allows
> subtrees managed by an unprivileged process to retain a certain owner
> gid, which then enables sharing access to the subtree with another
> unprivileged process.
>
> Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Thanks.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-12-01 16:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-01 12:56 [PATCH 1/2] kernel/cgroup: use kernfs_create_dir_ns() Max Kellermann
2023-12-01 12:56 ` [PATCH 2/2] fs/kernfs/dir: obey S_ISGID Max Kellermann
2023-12-01 16:59 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2023-12-04 7:20 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-12-04 12:43 ` Max Kellermann
2023-12-01 16:59 ` [PATCH 1/2] kernel/cgroup: use kernfs_create_dir_ns() Tejun Heo
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