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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2023-08-28 11:25:27 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2023-08-28 11:25:27 -0700 |
commit | 475d4df82719225510625b4263baa1105665f4b3 (patch) | |
tree | 41dfcac836db2241fe81b49b50557d4908654a3d /include/linux | |
parent | 511fb5bafed197ff76d9adf5448de67f1d0558ae (diff) | |
parent | 71214379532794b5a05ea760524cdfb1c4ddbfcb (diff) |
Merge tag 'v6.6-vfs.fchmodat2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull fchmodat2 system call from Christian Brauner:
"This adds the fchmodat2() system call. It is a revised version of the
fchmodat() system call, adding a missing flag argument. Support for
both AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW and AT_EMPTY_PATH are included.
Adding this system call revision has been a longstanding request but
so far has always fallen through the cracks. While the kernel
implementation of fchmodat() does not have a flag argument the libc
provided POSIX-compliant fchmodat(3) version does. Both glibc and musl
have to implement a workaround in order to support AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
(see [1] and [2]).
The workaround is brittle because it relies not just on O_PATH and
O_NOFOLLOW semantics and procfs magic links but also on our rather
inconsistent symlink semantics.
This gives userspace a proper fchmodat2() system call that libcs can
use to properly implement fchmodat(3) and allows them to get rid of
their hacks. In this case it will immediately benefit them as the
current workaround is already defunct because of aformentioned
inconsistencies.
In addition to AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW, give userspace the ability to use
AT_EMPTY_PATH with fchmodat2(). This is already possible with
fchownat() so there's no reason to not also support it for
fchmodat2().
The implementation is simple and comes with selftests. Implementation
of the system call and wiring up the system call are done as separate
patches even though they could arguably be one patch. But in case
there are merge conflicts from other system call additions it can be
beneficial to have separate patches"
Link: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fchmodat.c;h=17eca54051ee28ba1ec3f9aed170a62630959143;hb=a492b1e5ef7ab50c6fdd4e4e9879ea5569ab0a6c#l35 [1]
Link: https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/stat/fchmodat.c?id=718f363bc2067b6487900eddc9180c84e7739f80#n28 [2]
* tag 'v6.6-vfs.fchmodat2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
selftests: fchmodat2: remove duplicate unneeded defines
fchmodat2: add support for AT_EMPTY_PATH
selftests: Add fchmodat2 selftest
arch: Register fchmodat2, usually as syscall 452
fs: Add fchmodat2()
Non-functional cleanup of a "__user * filename"
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/syscalls.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h index 03e3d0121d5e..5690aef7b3a8 100644 --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h @@ -438,8 +438,10 @@ asmlinkage long sys_chdir(const char __user *filename); asmlinkage long sys_fchdir(unsigned int fd); asmlinkage long sys_chroot(const char __user *filename); asmlinkage long sys_fchmod(unsigned int fd, umode_t mode); -asmlinkage long sys_fchmodat(int dfd, const char __user * filename, +asmlinkage long sys_fchmodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, umode_t mode); +asmlinkage long sys_fchmodat2(int dfd, const char __user *filename, + umode_t mode, unsigned int flags); asmlinkage long sys_fchownat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, uid_t user, gid_t group, int flag); asmlinkage long sys_fchown(unsigned int fd, uid_t user, gid_t group); |