[net-next,v4,0/3] Permission checks for dynamic POSIX clocks

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Wojtek Wasko March 3, 2025, 4:13 p.m. UTC

Dynamic clocks - such as PTP clocks - extend beyond the standard POSIX
clock API by using ioctl calls. While file permissions are enforced for
standard POSIX operations, they are not implemented for ioctl calls,
since the POSIX layer cannot differentiate between calls which modify
the clock's state (like enabling PPS output generation) and those that
don't (such as retrieving the clock's PPS capabilities).

On the other hand, drivers implementing the dynamic clocks lack the
necessary information context to enforce permission checks themselves.

Additionally, POSIX clock layer requires the WRITE permission even for
readonly adjtime() operations before invoking the callback.

Add a struct file pointer to the POSIX clock context and use it to
implement the appropriate permission checks on PTP chardevs. Permit
readonly adjtime() for dynamic clocks. Add a readonly option to testptp.

Changes in v4:
- Allow readonly adjtime() for dynamic clocks, as suggested by Thomas

Changes in v3:
- Reword the log message for commit against posix-clock and fix
  documentation of struct posix_clock_context, as suggested by Thomas

Changes in v2:
- Store file pointer in POSIX clock context rather than fmode in the PTP
  clock's private data, as suggested by Richard.
- Move testptp.c changes into separate patch.

Wojtek Wasko (3):
  posix-clock: Store file pointer in struct posix_clock_context
  ptp: Add PHC file mode checks. Allow RO adjtime() without FMODE_WRITE.
  testptp: Add option to open PHC in readonly mode

 drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c             | 16 ++++++++++++
 include/linux/posix-clock.h           |  6 ++++-
 kernel/time/posix-clock.c             |  3 ++-
 tools/testing/selftests/ptp/testptp.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++----------
 4 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)