Re: [RESEND v5 2/4] fs: debugfs: Add write functionality to debugfs blobs

[Avadhut Naik]

On 11/16/2023 12:44, Luck, Tony wrote:
>>> The minimalist change here would be to s/0444/0666/
>>>
>> Just realized that s/0444/0644/ might be an even more minimalist change since you anyways,
>> I think, need to be root for error injection through einj. Does that sound good?
> 
> You need write access. I don't think you need to be root. E.g. a validation system might
> set up an "einj" group and "chmod" all these files to 0664. But that's nitpicking.
> 
>>
>> In any case, using 0666 will result in the below checkpatch warning:
>>
>> [root avadnaik-linux]# ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict -g HEAD
>> WARNING: Exporting world writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.
>> #84: FILE: fs/debugfs/file.c:1063:
>> +       return debugfs_create_file_unsafe(name, mode & 0666, parent, blob, &fops_blob);
>>
>> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 54 lines checked
> 
> The warning is dubious. This code isn't necessarily exporting a world writeable file. But
> it does allow a caller of this routine to do that.
> 
>>
>> Would you be okay with s/0444/0644/?
> 
>> -       return debugfs_create_file_unsafe(name, mode & 0444, parent, blob, &fops_blob);
>> +       return debugfs_create_file_unsafe(name, mode & 0644, parent, blob, &fops_blob);
> 
> 
> Yes. This is fine (better). Make sure to mention in the commit comment that this allows
> callers to create files writeable by owner.
> 
Will do. Thanks for the confirmation!
> -Tony
> 
> 

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Thanks,
Avadhut Naik