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From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Remove restricted_chown parameter
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:36:25 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48E15869.6080506@sandeen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080929215325.GB30363@lst.de>

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> From: Tim Shimmin <tes@sgi.com>
> 
> On Linux all filesystems are supposed to be operating under
> Posix' restricted chown. Restricted chown means it restricts
> chown to the owner unless you have CAP_FOWNER.
> 
> [hch: forward-ported to the current tree]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tim Shimmin <tes@sgi.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Looks fine to me, but you should also update
Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt too, and remove the docs for the knob
(or maybe mark it obsolete, w/ the above explanation?)

-Eric

> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_globals.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_globals.c	2008-09-29 18:26:31.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_globals.c	2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
>   */
>  xfs_param_t xfs_params = {
>  			  /*	MIN		DFLT		MAX	*/
> -	.restrict_chown	= {	0,		1,		1	},
>  	.sgid_inherit	= {	0,		0,		1	},
>  	.symlink_mode	= {	0,		0,		1	},
>  	.panic_mask	= {	0,		0,		255	},
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h	2008-09-29 18:18:43.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h	2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -112,7 +112,6 @@
>  #define HAVE_DMAPI
>  #endif
>  
> -#define restricted_chown	xfs_params.restrict_chown.val
>  #define irix_sgid_inherit	xfs_params.sgid_inherit.val
>  #define irix_symlink_mode	xfs_params.symlink_mode.val
>  #define xfs_panic_mask		xfs_params.panic_mask.val
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c	2008-09-29 18:18:43.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c	2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -56,17 +56,6 @@ xfs_stats_clear_proc_handler(
>  
>  static ctl_table xfs_table[] = {
>  	{
> -		.ctl_name	= XFS_RESTRICT_CHOWN,
> -		.procname	= "restrict_chown",
> -		.data		= &xfs_params.restrict_chown.val,
> -		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
> -		.mode		= 0644,
> -		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec_minmax,
> -		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
> -		.extra1		= &xfs_params.restrict_chown.min,
> -		.extra2		= &xfs_params.restrict_chown.max
> -	},
> -	{
>  		.ctl_name	= XFS_SGID_INHERIT,
>  		.procname	= "irix_sgid_inherit",
>  		.data		= &xfs_params.sgid_inherit.val,
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.h	2008-09-29 18:18:43.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.h	2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_sysctl_val {
>  } xfs_sysctl_val_t;
>  
>  typedef struct xfs_param {
> -	xfs_sysctl_val_t restrict_chown;/* Root/non-root can give away files.*/
>  	xfs_sysctl_val_t sgid_inherit;	/* Inherit S_ISGID if process' GID is
>  					 * not a member of parent dir GID. */
>  	xfs_sysctl_val_t symlink_mode;	/* Link creat mode affected by umask */
> @@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_param {
>  enum {
>  	/* XFS_REFCACHE_SIZE = 1 */
>  	/* XFS_REFCACHE_PURGE = 2 */
> -	XFS_RESTRICT_CHOWN = 3,
> +	/* XFS_RESTRICT_CHOWN = 3 */
>  	XFS_SGID_INHERIT = 4,
>  	XFS_SYMLINK_MODE = 5,
>  	XFS_PANIC_MASK = 6,
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c	2008-09-29 18:24:44.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c	2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1106,10 +1106,6 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr(
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Change file ownership.  Must be the owner or privileged.
> -	 * If the system was configured with the "restricted_chown"
> -	 * option, the owner is not permitted to give away the file,
> -	 * and can change the group id only to a group of which he
> -	 * or she is a member.
>  	 */
>  	if (mask & FSX_PROJID) {
>  		/*
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c	2008-09-29 18:25:13.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c	2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -210,10 +210,6 @@ xfs_setattr(
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Change file ownership.  Must be the owner or privileged.
> -	 * If the system was configured with the "restricted_chown"
> -	 * option, the owner is not permitted to give away the file,
> -	 * and can change the group id only to a group of which he
> -	 * or she is a member.
>  	 */
>  	if (mask & (ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID)) {
>  		/*
> @@ -237,9 +233,8 @@ xfs_setattr(
>  		 * shall be equal to either the group ID or one of the
>  		 * supplementary group IDs of the calling process.
>  		 */
> -		if (restricted_chown &&
> -		    (iuid != uid || (igid != gid &&
> -				     !in_group_p((gid_t)gid))) &&
> +		if ((iuid != uid ||
> +		     (igid != gid && !in_group_p((gid_t)gid))) &&
>  		    !capable(CAP_CHOWN)) {
>  			code = XFS_ERROR(EPERM);
>  			goto error_return;
> @@ -433,10 +428,6 @@ xfs_setattr(
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Change file ownership.  Must be the owner or privileged.
> -	 * If the system was configured with the "restricted_chown"
> -	 * option, the owner is not permitted to give away the file,
> -	 * and can change the group id only to a group of which he
> -	 * or she is a member.
>  	 */
>  	if (mask & (ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID)) {
>  		/*
> 
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-29 22:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-29 21:53 [PATCH 2/3] Remove restricted_chown parameter Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-29 22:36 ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
2008-09-30  9:33   ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-10-01 13:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-10-07 20:29   ` Christoph Hellwig
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-10-26 20:35 [PATCH 2/3] remove " Christoph Hellwig
2008-10-27 13:36 Christoph Hellwig
2008-10-28  2:54 ` Dave Chinner

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