• Linus Torvalds's avatar
    Merge tag 'keys-request-20190626' of... · c236b6dd
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Merge tag 'keys-request-20190626' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs
    
    Pull request_key improvements from David Howells:
     "These are all request_key()-related, including a fix and some improvements:
    
       - Fix the lack of a Link permission check on a key found by
         request_key(), thereby enabling request_key() to link keys that
         don't grant this permission to the target keyring (which must still
         grant Write permission).
    
         Note that the key must be in the caller's keyrings already to be
         found.
    
       - Invalidate used request_key authentication keys rather than
         revoking them, so that they get cleaned up immediately rather than
         hanging around till the expiry time is passed.
    
       - Move the RCU locks outwards from the keyring search functions so
         that a request_key_rcu() can be provided. This can be called in RCU
         mode, so it can't sleep and can't upcall - but it can be called
         from LOOKUP_RCU pathwalk mode.
    
       - Cache the latest positive result of request_key*() temporarily in
         task_struct so that filesystems that make a lot of request_key()
         calls during pathwalk can take advantage of it to avoid having to
         redo the searching. This requires CONFIG_KEYS_REQUEST_CACHE=y.
    
         It is assumed that the key just found is likely to be used multiple
         times in each step in an RCU pathwalk, and is likely to be reused
         for the next step too.
    
         Note that the cleanup of the cache is done on TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME,
         just before userspace resumes, and on exit"
    
    * tag 'keys-request-20190626' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs:
      keys: Kill off request_key_async{,_with_auxdata}
      keys: Cache result of request_key*() temporarily in task_struct
      keys: Provide request_key_rcu()
      keys: Move the RCU locks outwards from the keyring search functions
      keys: Invalidate used request_key authentication keys
      keys: Fix request_key() lack of Link perm check on found key
    c236b6dd
request_key_auth.c 7.09 KB