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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
	LSM List <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] fs: detect that the i_rwsem has already been taken exclusively
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 20:26:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+55aFzZXBBn+HgLD_4C6DgpSiOMAP2WzuGPWRUkEXZJuz+QBQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1506649980.5691.100.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 6:53 PM, Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> The locking issue isn't with validating the file hash, but with the
> setxattr, chmod, chown syscalls.  Each of these syscalls takes the
> i_rwsem exclusively before IMA (or EVM) is called.

Read my email again.

> In setxattr, chmod, chown syscalls, IMA (and EVM) are called after the
> i_rwsem is already taken.  So the locking would be:
>
> lock: i_rwsem
> lock: iint->mutex

No.

Two locks. One inner, one outer. Only the actual ones that calculates
the hash would take the outer one. Read my email.

           Linus

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: torvalds@linux-foundation.org (Linus Torvalds)
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 3/3] fs: detect that the i_rwsem has already been taken exclusively
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 20:26:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+55aFzZXBBn+HgLD_4C6DgpSiOMAP2WzuGPWRUkEXZJuz+QBQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1506649980.5691.100.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 6:53 PM, Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> The locking issue isn't with validating the file hash, but with the
> setxattr, chmod, chown syscalls.  Each of these syscalls takes the
> i_rwsem exclusively before IMA (or EVM) is called.

Read my email again.

> In setxattr, chmod, chown syscalls, IMA (and EVM) are called after the
> i_rwsem is already taken.  So the locking would be:
>
> lock: i_rwsem
> lock: iint->mutex

No.

Two locks. One inner, one outer. Only the actual ones that calculates
the hash would take the outer one. Read my email.

           Linus
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  reply	other threads:[~2017-09-29  3:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-28 12:39 [RFC PATCH 0/3] define new read_iter file operation rwf flag Mimi Zohar
2017-09-28 12:39 ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-28 12:39 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] fs: define new read_iter " Mimi Zohar
2017-09-28 12:39   ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-28 13:54   ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-09-28 13:54     ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-09-28 14:33     ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-28 14:33       ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-28 15:51     ` Linus Torvalds
2017-09-28 15:51       ` Linus Torvalds
2017-09-28 12:39 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] integrity: use call_read_iter to calculate the file hash Mimi Zohar
2017-09-28 12:39   ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-28 12:39 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] fs: detect that the i_rwsem has already been taken exclusively Mimi Zohar
2017-09-28 12:39   ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-28 22:02   ` Dave Chinner
2017-09-28 22:02     ` Dave Chinner
2017-09-28 23:39     ` Linus Torvalds
2017-09-28 23:39       ` Linus Torvalds
2017-09-29  0:12       ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-29  0:12         ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-29  0:12         ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-29  0:33         ` Linus Torvalds
2017-09-29  0:33           ` Linus Torvalds
2017-09-29  1:53           ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-29  1:53             ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-29  1:53             ` Mimi Zohar
2017-09-29  3:26             ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2017-09-29  3:26               ` Linus Torvalds
2017-10-01  1:33               ` Eric W. Biederman
2017-10-01  1:33                 ` Eric W. Biederman
     [not found]                 ` <CA+55aFx726wT4VprN-sHm6s8Q_PV_VjhTBC4goEbMcerYU1Tig@mail.gmail.com>
2017-10-01 12:08                   ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-01 12:08                     ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-01 12:08                     ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-01 18:41                     ` Linus Torvalds
2017-10-01 18:41                       ` Linus Torvalds
2017-10-01 22:34                       ` Dave Chinner
2017-10-01 22:34                         ` Dave Chinner
2017-10-01 23:15                         ` Linus Torvalds
2017-10-01 23:15                           ` Linus Torvalds
2017-10-02  3:54                           ` Dave Chinner
2017-10-02  3:54                             ` Dave Chinner
2017-10-01 23:42                         ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-01 23:42                           ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-01 23:42                           ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-02  3:25                           ` Eric W. Biederman
2017-10-02  3:25                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2017-10-02  3:25                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2017-10-02 12:25                             ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-02 12:25                               ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-02 12:25                               ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-02  4:35                           ` Dave Chinner
2017-10-02  4:35                             ` Dave Chinner
2017-10-02  4:35                             ` Dave Chinner
2017-10-02  4:35                             ` Dave Chinner
2017-10-02 12:09                             ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-02 12:09                               ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-02 12:09                               ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-02 12:43                               ` Jeff Layton
2017-10-02 12:43                                 ` Jeff Layton
2017-10-01 22:06                   ` Eric W. Biederman
2017-10-01 22:06                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2017-10-01 22:20                     ` Linus Torvalds
2017-10-01 22:20                       ` Linus Torvalds
2017-10-01 23:54                       ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-01 23:54                         ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-01 23:54                         ` Mimi Zohar

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