[PATCH v2 1/2] lsm: Clarify documentation of vm_enough_memory hook

From: Roberto Sassu
Date: Mon Nov 28 2022 - 09:44:08 EST


From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>

include/linux/lsm_hooks.h reports the result of the LSM infrastructure to
the callers, not what LSMs should return to the LSM infrastructure.

Clarify that and add that if all LSMs return a positive value
__vm_enough_memory() will be called with cap_sys_admin set. If at least one
LSM returns 0 or negative, it will be called with cap_sys_admin cleared.

Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index 2831efebde69..c35e260efd8c 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -1398,7 +1398,11 @@
* Check permissions for allocating a new virtual mapping.
* @mm contains the mm struct it is being added to.
* @pages contains the number of pages.
- * Return 0 if permission is granted.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted by the LSM infrastructure to the
+ * caller. If all LSMs return a positive value, __vm_enough_memory() will
+ * be called with cap_sys_admin set. If at least one LSM returns 0 or
+ * negative, __vm_enough_memory() will be called with cap_sys_admin
+ * cleared.
*
* @ismaclabel:
* Check if the extended attribute specified by @name
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