From: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
overlayfs <linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org>,
LSM <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] vfs: move cap_convert_nscap() call into vfs_setxattr()
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:04:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJfpegutxHPuEnUxapcwcwiEiND8Swdi7CSOMaU06qV9=uUdXA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJfpegtKMwTZwENX7hrVGUVRWgNTf4Tr_bRxYrPpPAH_D2fH-Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 10:43 AM Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> wrote:
> The following semantics would make a ton more sense, since getting a
> v2 would indicate that rootid is unknown:
>
> - if cap is v2 convert to v3 with zero rootid
> - after this, check if rootid needs to be translated, if not return v3
> - if yes, try to translate to current ns, if succeeds return translated v3
> - if not mappable, return v2
>
> Hmm?
Actually, it would make even more sense to simply skip unconvertible
caps and return -ENODATA. In fact that's what I thought would happen
until I looked at the -EOPNOTSUPP fallback code in vfs_getxattr().
Serge, do you remember what was the reason for the unconverted fallback?
Thanks,
Miklos
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-12 10:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-07 16:32 [PATCH v2 00/10] allow unprivileged overlay mounts Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-07 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] vfs: move cap_convert_nscap() call into vfs_setxattr() Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-09 1:53 ` James Morris
2021-01-01 17:35 ` Eric W. Biederman
2021-01-11 13:49 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-01-12 0:14 ` Eric W. Biederman
2021-01-12 9:43 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-01-12 10:04 ` Miklos Szeredi [this message]
2021-01-12 18:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
2021-01-12 18:49 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-12-07 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] vfs: verify source area in vfs_dedupe_file_range_one() Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-07 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] ovl: check privs before decoding file handle Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-08 13:49 ` Amir Goldstein
2020-12-09 10:13 ` Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-09 16:20 ` Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-09 18:16 ` Amir Goldstein
2020-12-07 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] ovl: make ioctl() safe Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-08 11:11 ` Amir Goldstein
2020-12-10 15:18 ` Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-14 5:44 ` Amir Goldstein
2020-12-14 13:23 ` Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-14 14:47 ` Amir Goldstein
2020-12-09 1:57 ` James Morris
2020-12-10 15:19 ` Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-07 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] ovl: simplify file splice Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-07 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] ovl: user xattr Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-08 13:10 ` Amir Goldstein
2020-12-11 14:55 ` Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-14 5:13 ` Amir Goldstein
2020-12-07 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] ovl: do not fail when setting origin xattr Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-07 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] ovl: do not fail because of O_NOATIME Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-08 11:29 ` Amir Goldstein
2020-12-11 14:44 ` Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-14 5:49 ` Amir Goldstein
2020-12-07 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] ovl: do not get metacopy for userxattr Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-07 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] ovl: unprivieged mounts Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-08 10:27 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] allow unprivileged overlay mounts Tetsuo Handa
2020-12-10 8:56 ` John Johansen
2020-12-10 9:39 ` Miklos Szeredi
2020-12-15 11:03 ` John Johansen
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