Re: [PATCH v4] landlock: Expand restrict flags example for ABI version 8

Mickaël Salaün
2026-03-24T15:06:08Z

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 10:48:29AM +0100, Günther Noack wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 07:56:21PM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> > Thanks! I pushed your patch in next with a minor fix.
> >
> > Günther, does it look good to you?
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 07:13:04PM +0100, Panagiotis "Ivory" Vasilopoulos wrote:
> > > Add LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC to the backwards compatibility example
> > > for restrict flags. This introduces completeness, similar to that of
> > > the ruleset attributes example. However, as the new example can impact
> > > enforcement in certain cases, an appropriate warning is also included.
> > >
> > > Additionally, I modified the two comments of the example to make them
> > > more consistent with the ruleset attributes example's.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Panagiotis 'Ivory' Vasilopoulos <git@n0toose.net>
> > > Co-developed-by: Dan Cojocaru <dan@dcdev.ro>
> > > Signed-off-by: Dan Cojocaru <dan@dcdev.ro>
> > > ---
> > > Changes in v4:
> > > - Make warning somewhat more terse, merge comments.
> > > - Remove some sensationalization. ("Don't copy-paste this just yet!")
> > > - Apply Günther's suggestion (v3 "recycled" some phrases, was long)
> > > - ... but also retain some of the wording on ABI differences
> > > - Provide a brief overview that contextualizes the example further:
> > > - Clarify the difference behind ABI < 8 & ABI v8, to avoid
> > > misunderstandings on which option is the default.
> > > - Make "linear reading" easier.
> > > - Based on Mickaël's feedback: Avoid cans of worms w.r.t. use cases
> > > - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260228-landlock-docs-add-tsync-example-v3-1-140ab50f0524@n0toose.net
> > >
> > > Changes in v3:
> > > - Add __attribute__((fallthrough)) like in earlier example.
> > > - Improve comment for LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC (ABI < 8) example.
> > > - Add relevant warning for ABI < 8 example based on Günther's feedback.
> > > - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260221-landlock-docs-add-tsync-example-v2-1-60990986bba5@n0toose.net
> > >
> > > Changes in v2:
> > > - Fix formatting error.
> > > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260221-landlock-docs-add-tsync-example-v1-1-f89383809eb4@n0toose.net
> > > ---
> > > Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
> > > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
> > > index 13134bccdd39d78ddce3daf454f32dda162ce91b..64c7138a788d74f99da0a71428da392b3d873bf8 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
> > > +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
> > > @@ -196,13 +196,27 @@ similar backwards compatibility check is needed for the restrict flags
> > > (see sys_landlock_restrict_self() documentation for available flags):
> > >
> > > .. code-block:: c
> > > -
> > > - __u32 restrict_flags = LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_LOG_NEW_EXEC_ON;
> > > - if (abi < 7) {
> > > - /* Clear logging flags unsupported before ABI 7. */
> > > + __u32 restrict_flags =
> > > + LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_LOG_NEW_EXEC_ON |
> > > + LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC;
> > > + switch (abi) {
> > > + case 1 ... 6:
> > > + /* Clear logging flags unsupported for ABI < 7 */
> > > restrict_flags &= ~(LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_LOG_SAME_EXEC_OFF |
> > > LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_LOG_NEW_EXEC_ON |
> > > LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_LOG_SUBDOMAINS_OFF);
> > > + __attribute__((fallthrough));
> > > + case 7:
> > > + /*
> > > + * Removes multithreaded enforcement flag unsupported for ABI < 8
> > > + *
> > > + * WARNING: Without this flag, calling landlock_restrict_self(2) is
> > > + * only equivalent if the calling process is single-threaded. Below
> > > + * ABI v8 (and as of ABI v8, when not using this flag), a Landlock
> > > + * policy would only be enforced for the calling thread and its
> > > + * children (and not for all threads, including parents and siblings).
> > > + */
> > > + restrict_flags &= ~LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC;
> > > }
> > >
> > > The next step is to restrict the current thread from gaining more privileges
> > >
> > > ---
> > > base-commit: ceb977bfe9e8715e6cd3a4785c7aab8ea5cd2b77
> > > change-id: 20260221-landlock-docs-add-tsync-example-e8fd5c64a366
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > --
> > > Panagiotis "Ivory" Vasilopoulos <git@n0toose.net>
> > >
> > >
>
> Apologies for the delay, this must have slipped through the cracks.
> Thanks for bringing it up again. Yes, this looks good.
>
> Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com>

Shouldn't it be a Reviewed-by?