Re: [PATCH 06/14] VFS: Implement fsmount() to effect a pre-configured mount [ver #6]

From: Miklos Szeredi
Date: Tue Oct 10 2017 - 04:00:10 EST


On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 5:49 PM, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Provide a system call by which a filesystem opened with fsopen() and
> configured by a series of writes can be mounted:
>
> int ret = fsmount(int fsfd, int dfd, const char *path,
> unsigned int at_flags, unsigned int flags);
>
> where fsfd is the fd returned by fsopen(), dfd, path and at_flags locate
> the mountpoint and flags are the applicable MS_* flags. dfd can be
> AT_FDCWD or an fd open to a directory.
>
> In the event that fsmount() fails, it may be possible to get an error
> message by calling read(). If no message is available, ENODATA will be
> reported.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1
> arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1
> fs/namespace.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/syscalls.h | 2 +
> kernel/sys_ni.c | 1
> 5 files changed, 87 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
> index 9bf8d4c62f85..abe6ea95e0e6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
> @@ -392,3 +392,4 @@
> 383 i386 statx sys_statx
> 384 i386 arch_prctl sys_arch_prctl compat_sys_arch_prctl
> 385 i386 fsopen sys_fsopen
> +386 i386 fsmount sys_fsmount
> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
> index 9b198c5fc412..0977c5079831 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
> @@ -340,6 +340,7 @@
> 331 common pkey_free sys_pkey_free
> 332 common statx sys_statx
> 333 common fsopen sys_fsopen
> +334 common fsmount sys_fsmount
>
> #
> # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
> diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
> index d6b0b0067f6d..8676658b6b2c 100644
> --- a/fs/namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/namespace.c
> @@ -3188,6 +3188,88 @@ struct vfsmount *kern_mount_data(struct file_system_type *type, void *data)
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kern_mount_data);
>
> /*
> + * Mount a new, prepared superblock (specified by fs_fd) on the location
> + * specified by dfd and dir_name. dfd can be AT_FDCWD, a dir fd or a container
> + * fd. This cannot be used for binding, moving or remounting mounts.
> + */
> +SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fsmount, int, fs_fd, int, dfd, const char __user *, dir_name,
> + unsigned int, at_flags, unsigned int, flags)
> +{
> + struct fs_context *fc;
> + struct path mountpoint;
> + struct fd f;
> + unsigned int lookup_flags, mnt_flags = 0;
> + long ret;
> +
> + if ((at_flags & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT |
> + AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + if (flags & ~(MS_RDONLY | MS_NOSUID | MS_NODEV | MS_NOEXEC |
> + MS_NOATIME | MS_NODIRATIME | MS_RELATIME | MS_STRICTATIME))
> + return -EINVAL;

How about propagation flags? Those are also mount specific.




> +
> + if (flags & MS_RDONLY)
> + mnt_flags |= MNT_READONLY;
> + if (flags & MS_NOSUID)
> + mnt_flags |= MNT_NOSUID;
> + if (flags & MS_NODEV)
> + mnt_flags |= MNT_NODEV;
> + if (flags & MS_NOEXEC)
> + mnt_flags |= MNT_NOEXEC;
> + if (flags & MS_NODIRATIME)
> + mnt_flags |= MNT_NODIRATIME;
> +
> + if (flags & MS_STRICTATIME) {
> + if (flags & MS_NOATIME)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + } else if (flags & MS_NOATIME) {
> + mnt_flags |= MNT_NOATIME;
> + } else {
> + mnt_flags |= MNT_RELATIME;
> + }

I'm not sure reusing the MS_FLAGS is the right choice. Why not export
MNT_* to userspace? That would get us a clean namespace without
confusion with sb flags and no need to convert back and forth.

> +
> + f = fdget(fs_fd);
> + if (!f.file)
> + return -EBADF;
> +
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + if (f.file->f_op != &fs_fs_fops)
> + goto err_fsfd;
> +
> + fc = f.file->private_data;
> +
> + ret = -EPERM;
> + if (!may_mount() ||
> + ((fc->sb_flags & MS_MANDLOCK) && !may_mandlock()))
> + goto err_fsfd;
> +
> + /* There must be a valid superblock or we can't mount it */
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + if (!fc->root)
> + goto err_fsfd;
> +
> + /* Find the mountpoint. A container can be specified in dfd. */
> + lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT;
> + if (at_flags & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)
> + lookup_flags &= ~LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
> + if (at_flags & AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT)
> + lookup_flags &= ~LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT;
> + if (at_flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
> + lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
> + ret = user_path_at(dfd, dir_name, lookup_flags, &mountpoint);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + goto err_fsfd;
> +
> + ret = do_new_mount_fc(fc, &mountpoint, mnt_flags);
> +
> + path_put(&mountpoint);
> +err_fsfd:
> + fdput(f);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> * Return true if path is reachable from root
> *
> * namespace_sem or mount_lock is held
> diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> index 7cd1b65a4152..e82dde171ce8 100644
> --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
> +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> @@ -942,5 +942,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_statx(int dfd, const char __user *path, unsigned flags,
> unsigned mask, struct statx __user *buffer);
> asmlinkage long sys_fsopen(const char *fs_name, unsigned int flags,
> void *reserved3, void *reserved4, void *reserved5);
> +asmlinkage long sys_fsmount(int fsfd, int dfd, const char *path, unsigned int at_flags,
> + unsigned int flags);
>
> #endif
> diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
> index de1dc63e7e47..a0fe764bd5dd 100644
> --- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
> +++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
> @@ -261,3 +261,4 @@ cond_syscall(sys_pkey_free);
>
> /* fd-based mount */
> cond_syscall(sys_fsopen);
> +cond_syscall(sys_fsmount);
>