On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 01:29:38PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> [+cc Bodong, Eli: just FYI since this affects sriov_drivers_autoprobe,
> which you added with 0e7df22401a3]
>
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 12:32:26AM -0600, Kelsey Skunberg wrote:
> > sriov_numvfs and sriov_drivers_autoprobe have "unusual" permissions (0664)
> > with no reported or found reason for allowing group write permissions.
> > libvirt runs as root when dealing with PCI, and chowns files for qemu
> > needs. There is not a need for the "0664" permissions.
> >
> > sriov_numvfs was introduced in:
> > commit 1789382a72a5 ("PCI: SRIOV control and status via sysfs")
> >
> > sriov_drivers_autoprobe was introduced in:
> > commit 0e7df22401a3 ("PCI: Add sysfs sriov_drivers_autoprobe to
> > control VF driver binding")
> >
> > Change sriov_numvfs and sriov_drivers_autoprobe from "0664" permissions to
> > "0644" permissions.
> >
> > Exchange DEVICE_ATTR() with DEVICE_ATTR_RW() which sets the mode to "0644".
> > DEVICE_ATTR() should only be used for "unusual" permissions.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kelsey Skunberg <[email protected]>
>
> Applied with Greg's Reviewed-by and Don's Acked-by to pci/misc for
> v5.4, thanks!
>
Appreciate you adding the cc and applying. Thanks, Bjorn!
-Kelsey
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/iov.c | 5 ++---
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/iov.c b/drivers/pci/iov.c
> > index b335db21c85e..b3f972e8cfed 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/iov.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/iov.c
> > @@ -375,12 +375,11 @@ static ssize_t sriov_drivers_autoprobe_store(struct device *dev,
> > }
> >
> > static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(sriov_totalvfs);
> > -static DEVICE_ATTR(sriov_numvfs, 0664, sriov_numvfs_show, sriov_numvfs_store);
> > +static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(sriov_numvfs);
> > static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(sriov_offset);
> > static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(sriov_stride);
> > static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(sriov_vf_device);
> > -static DEVICE_ATTR(sriov_drivers_autoprobe, 0664, sriov_drivers_autoprobe_show,
> > - sriov_drivers_autoprobe_store);
> > +static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(sriov_drivers_autoprobe);
> >
> > static struct attribute *sriov_dev_attrs[] = {
> > &dev_attr_sriov_totalvfs.attr,
> > --
> > 2.20.1
> >
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