[PATCH] blkdev: cgroup whitelist permission fix

[Chris Wright]

The cgroup device whitelist code gets confused when trying to grant
permission to a disk partition that is not currently open.  Part of
blkdev_open() includes __blkdev_get() on the whole disk.  This simply
avoids the cgroup check for the whole disk case when opening a
partition.  This bug describes the details.  

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589662

Basically, the only ways to reliably allow a cgroup access to a partition
on a block device when using the whitelist are to 1) also give it access
to the whole block device or 2) make sure the partition is already open
in a different context.

Seems valid for 2.6.35 and -stable to me, as it's currently broken and
causes libvirt's container support to fail.

Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/block_dev.c |   10 ++++++----
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 7346c96..09b107e 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1315,10 +1315,12 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 	/*
 	 * hooks: /n/, see "layering violations".
 	 */
-	ret = devcgroup_inode_permission(bdev->bd_inode, perm);
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		bdput(bdev);
-		return ret;
+	if (!for_part) {
+		ret = devcgroup_inode_permission(bdev->bd_inode, perm);
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			bdput(bdev);
+			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	lock_kernel();
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