behavior will determine if the default policy is to deny all device access unless for the ones in the exception list. This variable will be used in the next patches to convert device_cgroup internally into a default policy + rules. v2: - renamed deny_all to behavior Cc: Tejun Heo Cc: Li Zefan Cc: James Morris Cc: Pavel Emelyanov Cc: Serge Hallyn Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski --- security/device_cgroup.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) Index: github/security/device_cgroup.c =================================================================== --- github.orig/security/device_cgroup.c 2012-08-21 09:49:38.698415513 -0400 +++ github/security/device_cgroup.c 2012-08-21 10:50:34.650810797 -0400 @@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ struct dev_cgroup { struct cgroup_subsys_state css; struct list_head whitelist; + enum { + DEVCG_DEFAULT_ALLOW, + DEVCG_DEFAULT_DENY, + } behavior; }; static inline struct dev_cgroup *css_to_devcgroup(struct cgroup_subsys_state *s) @@ -178,12 +182,14 @@ wh->minor = wh->major = ~0; wh->type = DEV_ALL; wh->access = ACC_MASK; + dev_cgroup->behavior = DEVCG_DEFAULT_ALLOW; list_add(&wh->list, &dev_cgroup->whitelist); } else { parent_dev_cgroup = cgroup_to_devcgroup(parent_cgroup); mutex_lock(&devcgroup_mutex); ret = dev_whitelist_copy(&dev_cgroup->whitelist, &parent_dev_cgroup->whitelist); + dev_cgroup->behavior = parent_dev_cgroup->behavior; mutex_unlock(&devcgroup_mutex); if (ret) { kfree(dev_cgroup); @@ -409,9 +415,11 @@ case DEVCG_ALLOW: if (!parent_has_perm(devcgroup, &wh)) return -EPERM; + devcgroup->behavior = DEVCG_DEFAULT_ALLOW; return dev_whitelist_add(devcgroup, &wh); case DEVCG_DENY: dev_whitelist_rm(devcgroup, &wh); + devcgroup->behavior = DEVCG_DEFAULT_DENY; break; default: return -EINVAL;