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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	LSM List <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
	NetFilter <netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/13] fs: check FMODE_WRITE in __kernel_write
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:39:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=whfMo7gvco8N5qEjh+jSqezv+bd+N-7txpNokD39t=dhQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200615121257.798894-6-hch@lst.de>

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 5:13 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:
>
> We still need to check if the fѕ is open write, even for the low-level
> helper.

Is there actually a way to trigger something like this? I'm wondering
if it's worth a WARN_ON_ONCE()?

It doesn't sound sensible to have some kernel functionality try to
write to a file it didn't open for write, and sounds like a kernel bug
if this case were to ever trigger..

                Linus

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-06-15 16:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-15 12:12 clean up kernel_{read,write} & friends v4 Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 01/13] cachefiles: switch to kernel_write Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 02/13] autofs: " Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 03/13] bpfilter: " Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 04/13] fs: unexport __kernel_write Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 05/13] fs: check FMODE_WRITE in __kernel_write Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:34   ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-06-15 13:48     ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 16:39   ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2020-06-15 16:42     ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-17 14:59     ` David Laight
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 06/13] fs: implement kernel_write using __kernel_write Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 07/13] fs: remove __vfs_write Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 08/13] fs: don't change the address limit for ->write_iter in __kernel_write Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 09/13] fs: add a __kernel_read helper Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 10/13] integrity/ima: switch to using __kernel_read Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 16:46   ` Linus Torvalds
2020-06-15 16:56     ` Linus Torvalds
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 11/13] fs: implement kernel_read " Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 12/13] fs: remove __vfs_read Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-15 12:12 ` [PATCH 13/13] fs: don't change the address limit for ->read_iter in __kernel_read Christoph Hellwig

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