fs/cachefiles/security.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/fs/cachefiles/security.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
fs/cachefiles/security.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 2556 bytes
- Lines
- 113
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- VFS And Filesystem Core
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/fs.hlinux/cred.hinternal.h
Detected Declarations
function Copyrightfunction cachefiles_check_cache_dirfunction cachefiles_determine_cache_security
Annotated Snippet
if (ret < 0) {
put_cred(new);
pr_err("Security denies permission to nominate security context: error %d\n",
ret);
goto error;
}
}
cache->cache_cred = new;
ret = 0;
error:
_leave(" = %d", ret);
return ret;
}
/*
* see if mkdir and create can be performed in the root directory
*/
static int cachefiles_check_cache_dir(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
struct dentry *root)
{
int ret;
ret = security_inode_mkdir(d_backing_inode(root), root, 0);
if (ret < 0) {
pr_err("Security denies permission to make dirs: error %d",
ret);
return ret;
}
ret = security_inode_create(d_backing_inode(root), root, 0);
if (ret < 0)
pr_err("Security denies permission to create files: error %d",
ret);
return ret;
}
/*
* check the security details of the on-disk cache
* - must be called with security override in force
* - must return with a security override in force - even in the case of an
* error
*/
int cachefiles_determine_cache_security(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
struct dentry *root,
const struct cred **_saved_cred)
{
struct cred *new;
int ret;
_enter("");
/* duplicate the cache creds for COW (the override is currently in
* force, so we can use prepare_creds() to do this) */
new = prepare_creds();
if (!new)
return -ENOMEM;
cachefiles_end_secure(cache, *_saved_cred);
/* use the cache root dir's security context as the basis with
* which create files */
ret = set_create_files_as(new, d_backing_inode(root));
if (ret < 0) {
abort_creds(new);
cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, _saved_cred);
_leave(" = %d [cfa]", ret);
return ret;
}
put_cred(cache->cache_cred);
cache->cache_cred = new;
cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, _saved_cred);
ret = cachefiles_check_cache_dir(cache, root);
if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
ret = 0;
_leave(" = %d", ret);
return ret;
}
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/fs.h`, `linux/cred.h`, `internal.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function Copyright`, `function cachefiles_check_cache_dir`, `function cachefiles_determine_cache_security`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / VFS And Filesystem Core.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.