Return-Path: Received: from fieldses.org ([174.143.236.118]:44902 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757170Ab1IGVvH (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Sep 2011 17:51:07 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 17:50:22 -0400 From: "J. Bruce Fields" To: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" Cc: agruen@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, dhowells@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH -V6 17/26] richacl: Permission check algorithm Message-ID: <20110907215022.GI8074@fieldses.org> References: <1315243548-18664-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1315243548-18664-18-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1315243548-18664-18-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 10:55:39PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > From: Andreas Gruenbacher > > As in the standard POSIX file permission model, each process is the > owner, group, or other file class. A process is > > - in the owner file class if it owns the file, > - in the group file class if it is in the file's owning group or it > matches any of the user or group entries, and > - in the other file class otherwise. > > Each file class is associated with a file mask. > > A richacl grants a requested access if the NFSv4 acl in the richacl > grants the requested permissions (according to the NFSv4 permission > check algorithm) and the file mask that applies to the process includes > the requested permissions. I assume that by default any ui normally recalculates an upper-bound mask automatically when you add an ace, as the posix setfacl does, so the user doesn't have to think about masks too much? Patch looks right. --b. > > Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher > Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V > --- > fs/richacl_base.c | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/linux/richacl.h | 2 + > 2 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/richacl_base.c b/fs/richacl_base.c > index 60a65d7..1f885ad 100644 > --- a/fs/richacl_base.c > +++ b/fs/richacl_base.c > @@ -393,3 +393,102 @@ richacl_chmod(struct richacl *acl, mode_t mode) > return clone; > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(richacl_chmod); > + > +/** > + * richacl_permission - richacl permission check algorithm > + * @inode: inode to check > + * @acl: rich acl of the inode > + * @mask: requested access (ACE4_* bitmask) > + * > + * Checks if the current process is granted @mask flags in @acl. > + */ > +int > +richacl_permission(struct inode *inode, const struct richacl *acl, > + unsigned int mask) > +{ > + const struct richace *ace; > + unsigned int requested = mask, denied = 0; > + int in_owning_group = in_group_p(inode->i_gid); > + int in_owner_or_group_class = in_owning_group; > + > + /* > + * We don't need to know which class the process is in when the acl is > + * not masked. > + */ > + if (!(acl->a_flags & ACL4_MASKED)) > + in_owner_or_group_class = 1; > + > + /* > + * A process is > + * - in the owner file class if it owns the file, > + * - in the group file class if it is in the file's owning group or > + * it matches any of the user or group entries, and > + * - in the other file class otherwise. > + */ > + > + /* > + * Check if the acl grants the requested access and determine which > + * file class the process is in. > + */ > + richacl_for_each_entry(ace, acl) { > + unsigned int ace_mask = ace->e_mask; > + > + if (richace_is_inherit_only(ace)) > + continue; > + if (richace_is_owner(ace)) { > + if (current_fsuid() != inode->i_uid) > + continue; > + goto is_owner; > + } else if (richace_is_group(ace)) { > + if (!in_owning_group) > + continue; > + } else if (richace_is_unix_id(ace)) { > + if (ace->e_flags & ACE4_IDENTIFIER_GROUP) { > + if (!in_group_p(ace->u.e_id)) > + continue; > + } else { > + if (current_fsuid() != ace->u.e_id) > + continue; > + } > + } else > + goto is_everyone; > + > +is_owner: > + /* The process is in the owner or group file class. */ > + in_owner_or_group_class = 1; > + > +is_everyone: > + /* Check which mask flags the ACE allows or denies. */ > + if (richace_is_deny(ace)) > + denied |= ace_mask & mask; > + mask &= ~ace_mask; > + > + /* > + * Keep going until we know which file class > + * the process is in. > + */ > + if (!mask && in_owner_or_group_class) > + break; > + } > + denied |= mask; > + > + if (acl->a_flags & ACL4_MASKED) { > + unsigned int file_mask; > + > + /* > + * The file class a process is in determines which file mask > + * applies. Check if that file mask also grants the requested > + * access. > + */ > + if (current_fsuid() == inode->i_uid) > + file_mask = acl->a_owner_mask; > + else if (in_owner_or_group_class) > + file_mask = acl->a_group_mask; > + else > + file_mask = acl->a_other_mask; > + denied |= requested & ~file_mask; > + } > + > + return denied ? -EACCES : 0; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(richacl_permission); > diff --git a/include/linux/richacl.h b/include/linux/richacl.h > index 6dd8eb2..f46e797 100644 > --- a/include/linux/richacl.h > +++ b/include/linux/richacl.h > @@ -289,5 +289,7 @@ extern unsigned int richacl_mode_to_mask(mode_t); > extern unsigned int richacl_want_to_mask(int); > extern void richacl_compute_max_masks(struct richacl *); > extern struct richacl *richacl_chmod(struct richacl *, mode_t); > +extern int richacl_permission(struct inode *, const struct richacl *, > + unsigned int); > > #endif /* __RICHACL_H */ > -- > 1.7.4.1 >