From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-aio@kvack.org, linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, samba-technical@lists.samba.org,
cgroups@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 04/16] backing-file: use credential guards for writes
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:26:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251103-work-creds-guards-simple-v1-4-a3e156839e7f@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251103-work-creds-guards-simple-v1-0-a3e156839e7f@kernel.org>
Use credential guards for scoped credential override with automatic
restoration on scope exit.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.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);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-03 11:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-03 11:26 [PATCH 00/16] credentials guards: the easy cases Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:26 ` [PATCH 01/16] cred: add {scoped_}with_creds() guards Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:26 ` [PATCH 02/16] aio: use credential guards Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:26 ` [PATCH 03/16] backing-file: use credential guards for reads Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:26 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2025-11-03 13:24 ` [PATCH 04/16] backing-file: use credential guards for writes Amir Goldstein
2025-11-03 11:26 ` [PATCH 05/16] backing-file: use credential guards for splice read Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:26 ` [PATCH 06/16] backing-file: use credential guards for splice write Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:26 ` [PATCH 07/16] backing-file: use credential guards for mmap Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:26 ` [PATCH 08/16] binfmt_misc: use credential guards Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:26 ` [PATCH 09/16] erofs: " Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:26 ` [PATCH 10/16] nfs: use credential guards in nfs_local_call_read() Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:26 ` [PATCH 11/16] nfs: use credential guards in nfs_local_call_write() Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:27 ` [PATCH 12/16] nfs: use credential guards in nfs_idmap_get_key() Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:27 ` [PATCH 13/16] smb: use credential guards in cifs_get_spnego_key() Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:27 ` [PATCH 14/16] act: use credential guards in acct_write_process() Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 23:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-11-04 9:45 ` Amir Goldstein
2025-11-04 11:40 ` Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:27 ` [PATCH 15/16] cgroup: use credential guards in cgroup_attach_permissions() Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 11:27 ` [PATCH 16/16] net/dns_resolver: use credential guards in dns_query() Christian Brauner
2025-11-03 13:29 ` [PATCH 00/16] credentials guards: the easy cases Amir Goldstein
2025-11-03 14:53 ` Christian Brauner
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