[PATCH 3/5] fs: Provide function telling whether file_remove_privs() will do anything

[Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>]

Provide function telling whether file_remove_privs() will do anything.
Currently we only have should_remove_suid() and that does something
slightly different.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 fs/inode.c         | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 include/linux/fs.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index fcc0886c5824..77942fac4121 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1598,7 +1598,32 @@ int should_remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(should_remove_suid);
 
-static int __remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry, int kill)
+/*
+ * Return mask of changes for notify_change() that need to be done as a
+ * response to write or truncate. Return 0 if nothing has to be changed.
+ * Negative value on error (change should be denied).
+ */
+int file_needs_remove_privs(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int mask = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (IS_NOSEC(inode))
+		return 0;
+
+	mask = should_remove_suid(dentry);
+	ret = security_inode_need_killpriv(dentry);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	if (ret)
+		mask |= ATTR_KILL_PRIV;
+	return mask;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_needs_remove_privs);
+
+static int __remove_privs(struct dentry *dentry, int kill)
 {
 	struct iattr newattrs;
 
@@ -1618,23 +1643,18 @@ int file_remove_privs(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	int killsuid;
-	int killpriv;
+	int kill;
 	int error = 0;
 
 	/* Fast path for nothing security related */
 	if (IS_NOSEC(inode))
 		return 0;
 
-	killsuid = should_remove_suid(dentry);
-	killpriv = security_inode_need_killpriv(dentry);
-
-	if (killpriv < 0)
-		return killpriv;
-	if (killpriv)
-		error = security_inode_killpriv(dentry);
-	if (!error && killsuid)
-		error = __remove_suid(dentry, killsuid);
+	kill = file_needs_remove_privs(file);
+	if (kill < 0)
+		return kill;
+	if (kill)
+		error = __remove_privs(dentry, kill);
 	if (!error && (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_NOSEC) &&
 	    !is_sxid(inode->i_mode))
 		inode->i_flags |= S_NOSEC;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 96b2d6a9a6cb..aac707cced66 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2429,6 +2429,7 @@ extern struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void free_inode_nonrcu(struct inode *inode);
 extern int should_remove_suid(struct dentry *);
 extern int file_remove_privs(struct file *);
+extern int file_needs_remove_privs(struct file *file);
 
 extern void __insert_inode_hash(struct inode *, unsigned long hashval);
 static inline void insert_inode_hash(struct inode *inode)
-- 
1.8.4.5

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