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[v3,2/2] security: Update file_set_fowner documentation

Message ID 20240821095609.365176-2-mic@digikod.net (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Paul Moore
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Series [v3,1/2] fs: Fix file_set_fowner LSM hook inconsistencies | expand

Commit Message

Mickaël Salaün Aug. 21, 2024, 9:56 a.m. UTC
Highlight that the file_set_fowner hook is now called with a lock held.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
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Changes since v2:
- Split the doc update into a separate patch to ease backporting.
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 security/security.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 8cee5b6c6e6d..dc2cd7354015 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -2931,6 +2931,8 @@  int security_file_fcntl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
  * Save owner security information (typically from current->security) in
  * file->f_security for later use by the send_sigiotask hook.
  *
+ * This hook is called with file->f_owner.lock held.
+ *
  * Return: Returns 0 on success.
  */
 void security_file_set_fowner(struct file *file)