Re: [PATCH] nvmet: Replace sock_create with sock_create_kern

[David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:17:08 +0800
shaopeijie@cestc.cn wrote:

> From: Peijie Shao <shaopeijie@cestc.cn>
> 
> Replacing sock_create() with sock_create_kern()
> changes the socket object's label to kernel_t,
> thereby bypassing unnecessary SELinux permission
> checks. It also helps to avoid copy and paste bugs.

Does sock_create_kern() hold a reference on the namespace?
It hadn't used to and sock_create() will take one.

	David

> 
> Signed-off-by: Peijie Shao <shaopeijie@cestc.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
> index 4f9cac8a5abe..216afacc8179 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
> @@ -2049,7 +2049,8 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_add_port(struct nvmet_port *nport)
>  	if (port->nport->inline_data_size < 0)
>  		port->nport->inline_data_size = NVMET_TCP_DEF_INLINE_DATA_SIZE;
>  
> -	ret = sock_create(port->addr.ss_family, SOCK_STREAM,
> +	ret = sock_create_kern(current->nsproxy->net_ns,
> +				port->addr.ss_family, SOCK_STREAM,
>  				IPPROTO_TCP, &port->sock);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		pr_err("failed to create a socket\n");