Re: [PATCH v22 06/12] fs,security: Add sb_delete hook

From: Jann Horn
Date: Wed Oct 28 2020 - 21:07:03 EST


On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 9:04 PM Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The sb_delete security hook is called when shutting down a superblock,
> which may be useful to release kernel objects tied to the superblock's
> lifetime (e.g. inodes).
>
> This new hook is needed by Landlock to release (ephemerally) tagged
> struct inodes. This comes from the unprivileged nature of Landlock
> described in the next commit.
>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>