[Devel] Re: [patch 4/9] unprivileged mounts: propagate error values from clone_mnt

Serge E. Hallyn serue at us.ibm.com
Mon Jan 14 14:23:05 PST 2008


Quoting Miklos Szeredi (miklos at szeredi.hu):
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi at suse.cz>
> 
> Allow clone_mnt() to return errors other than ENOMEM.  This will be used for
> returning a different error value when the number of user mounts goes over the
> limit.
> 
> Fix copy_tree() to return EPERM for unbindable mounts.
> 
> Don't propagate further from dup_mnt_ns() as that copy_tree() can only fail
> with -ENOMEM.

I see what you're saying, but it just seems like it's bound to be more
confusing this way.

What's the reason to insist on doing this?  To force people to think
about it as a form of documentation?

Still,

> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi at suse.cz>

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue at us.ibm.com>

> ---
> 
> Index: linux/fs/namespace.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/fs/namespace.c	2008-01-04 13:47:09.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/fs/namespace.c	2008-01-04 13:47:49.000000000 +0100
> @@ -512,41 +512,42 @@ static struct vfsmount *clone_mnt(struct
>  	struct super_block *sb = old->mnt_sb;
>  	struct vfsmount *mnt = alloc_vfsmnt(old->mnt_devname);
> 
> -	if (mnt) {
> -		mnt->mnt_flags = old->mnt_flags;
> -		atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
> -		mnt->mnt_sb = sb;
> -		mnt->mnt_root = dget(root);
> -		mnt->mnt_mountpoint = mnt->mnt_root;
> -		mnt->mnt_parent = mnt;
> -
> -		/* don't copy the MNT_USER flag */
> -		mnt->mnt_flags &= ~MNT_USER;
> -		if (flag & CL_SETUSER)
> -			set_mnt_user(mnt);
> -
> -		if (flag & CL_SLAVE) {
> -			list_add(&mnt->mnt_slave, &old->mnt_slave_list);
> -			mnt->mnt_master = old;
> -			CLEAR_MNT_SHARED(mnt);
> -		} else if (!(flag & CL_PRIVATE)) {
> -			if ((flag & CL_PROPAGATION) || IS_MNT_SHARED(old))
> -				list_add(&mnt->mnt_share, &old->mnt_share);
> -			if (IS_MNT_SLAVE(old))
> -				list_add(&mnt->mnt_slave, &old->mnt_slave);
> -			mnt->mnt_master = old->mnt_master;
> -		}
> -		if (flag & CL_MAKE_SHARED)
> -			set_mnt_shared(mnt);
> +	if (!mnt)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> 
> -		/* stick the duplicate mount on the same expiry list
> -		 * as the original if that was on one */
> -		if (flag & CL_EXPIRE) {
> -			spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
> -			if (!list_empty(&old->mnt_expire))
> -				list_add(&mnt->mnt_expire, &old->mnt_expire);
> -			spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
> -		}
> +	mnt->mnt_flags = old->mnt_flags;
> +	atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
> +	mnt->mnt_sb = sb;
> +	mnt->mnt_root = dget(root);
> +	mnt->mnt_mountpoint = mnt->mnt_root;
> +	mnt->mnt_parent = mnt;
> +
> +	/* don't copy the MNT_USER flag */
> +	mnt->mnt_flags &= ~MNT_USER;
> +	if (flag & CL_SETUSER)
> +		set_mnt_user(mnt);
> +
> +	if (flag & CL_SLAVE) {
> +		list_add(&mnt->mnt_slave, &old->mnt_slave_list);
> +		mnt->mnt_master = old;
> +		CLEAR_MNT_SHARED(mnt);
> +	} else if (!(flag & CL_PRIVATE)) {
> +		if ((flag & CL_PROPAGATION) || IS_MNT_SHARED(old))
> +			list_add(&mnt->mnt_share, &old->mnt_share);
> +		if (IS_MNT_SLAVE(old))
> +			list_add(&mnt->mnt_slave, &old->mnt_slave);
> +		mnt->mnt_master = old->mnt_master;
> +	}
> +	if (flag & CL_MAKE_SHARED)
> +		set_mnt_shared(mnt);
> +
> +	/* stick the duplicate mount on the same expiry list
> +	 * as the original if that was on one */
> +	if (flag & CL_EXPIRE) {
> +		spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
> +		if (!list_empty(&old->mnt_expire))
> +			list_add(&mnt->mnt_expire, &old->mnt_expire);
> +		spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
>  	}
>  	return mnt;
>  }
> @@ -1021,11 +1022,11 @@ struct vfsmount *copy_tree(struct vfsmou
>  	struct nameidata nd;
> 
>  	if (!(flag & CL_COPY_ALL) && IS_MNT_UNBINDABLE(mnt))
> -		return NULL;
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
> 
>  	res = q = clone_mnt(mnt, dentry, flag);
> -	if (!q)
> -		goto Enomem;
> +	if (IS_ERR(q))
> +		goto error;
>  	q->mnt_mountpoint = mnt->mnt_mountpoint;
> 
>  	p = mnt;
> @@ -1046,8 +1047,8 @@ struct vfsmount *copy_tree(struct vfsmou
>  			nd.path.mnt = q;
>  			nd.path.dentry = p->mnt_mountpoint;
>  			q = clone_mnt(p, p->mnt_root, flag);
> -			if (!q)
> -				goto Enomem;
> +			if (IS_ERR(q))
> +				goto error;
>  			spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
>  			list_add_tail(&q->mnt_list, &res->mnt_list);
>  			attach_mnt(q, &nd);
> @@ -1055,7 +1056,7 @@ struct vfsmount *copy_tree(struct vfsmou
>  		}
>  	}
>  	return res;
> -Enomem:
> + error:
>  	if (res) {
>  		LIST_HEAD(umount_list);
>  		spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
> @@ -1063,7 +1064,7 @@ Enomem:
>  		spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
>  		release_mounts(&umount_list);
>  	}
> -	return NULL;
> +	return q;
>  }
> 
>  struct vfsmount *collect_mounts(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
> @@ -1262,13 +1263,13 @@ static int do_loopback(struct nameidata 
>  		goto out;
> 
>  	clone_fl = (flags & MS_SETUSER) ? CL_SETUSER : 0;
> -	err = -ENOMEM;
>  	if (flags & MS_REC)
>  		mnt = copy_tree(old_nd.path.mnt, old_nd.path.dentry, clone_fl);
>  	else
>  		mnt = clone_mnt(old_nd.path.mnt, old_nd.path.dentry, clone_fl);
> 
> -	if (!mnt)
> +	err = PTR_ERR(mnt);
> +	if (IS_ERR(mnt))
>  		goto out;
> 
>  	err = graft_tree(mnt, nd);
> @@ -1840,7 +1841,7 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *dup_mnt_ns(
>  	/* First pass: copy the tree topology */
>  	new_ns->root = copy_tree(mnt_ns->root, mnt_ns->root->mnt_root,
>  					CL_COPY_ALL | CL_EXPIRE);
> -	if (!new_ns->root) {
> +	if (IS_ERR(new_ns->root)) {
>  		up_write(&namespace_sem);
>  		kfree(new_ns);
>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);;
> Index: linux/fs/pnode.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/fs/pnode.c	2008-01-04 13:45:46.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/fs/pnode.c	2008-01-04 13:47:49.000000000 +0100
> @@ -189,8 +189,9 @@ int propagate_mnt(struct vfsmount *dest_
> 
>  		source =  get_source(m, prev_dest_mnt, prev_src_mnt, &type);
> 
> -		if (!(child = copy_tree(source, source->mnt_root, type))) {
> -			ret = -ENOMEM;
> +		child = copy_tree(source, source->mnt_root, type);
> +		if (IS_ERR(child)) {
> +			ret = PTR_ERR(child);
>  			list_splice(tree_list, tmp_list.prev);
>  			goto out;
>  		}
> 
> --
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