[PATCH 2/8] securityfs: pin filesystem only for objects directly in root

From: Al Viro
Date: Tue May 14 2024 - 10:46:00 EST


Nothing on securityfs ever changes parents, so we don't need
to pin the internal mount if it's already pinned for parent.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/inode.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index 58cc60c50498..19ab99feeee3 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -112,18 +112,20 @@ static struct dentry *securityfs_create_dentry(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *dentry;
struct inode *dir, *inode;
int error;
+ bool pinned = false;

if (!(mode & S_IFMT))
mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;

pr_debug("securityfs: creating file '%s'\n",name);

- error = simple_pin_fs(&fs_type, &mount, &mount_count);
- if (error)
- return ERR_PTR(error);
-
- if (!parent)
+ if (!parent) {
+ error = simple_pin_fs(&fs_type, &mount, &mount_count);
+ if (error)
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
+ pinned = true;
parent = mount->mnt_root;
+ }

dir = d_inode(parent);

@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@ static struct dentry *securityfs_create_dentry(const char *name, umode_t mode,
dentry = ERR_PTR(error);
out:
inode_unlock(dir);
- simple_release_fs(&mount, &mount_count);
+ if (pinned)
+ simple_release_fs(&mount, &mount_count);
return dentry;
}

@@ -307,13 +310,15 @@ void securityfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
}
inode_unlock(dir);
- simple_release_fs(&mount, &mount_count);
+ if (dir != dir->i_sb->s_root->d_inode)
+ simple_release_fs(&mount, &mount_count);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(securityfs_remove);

static void remove_one(struct dentry *victim)
{
- simple_release_fs(&mount, &mount_count);
+ if (victim->d_parent != victim->d_sb->s_root)
+ simple_release_fs(&mount, &mount_count);
}

/**
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