[PATCH v2 06/12] LSM: Remove double path_rename hook calls for RENAME_EXCHANGE

[Paul Moore]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 8:51 AM Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net> wrote:
>
> From: Mickaël Salaün <mic at linux.microsoft.com>
>
> In order to be able to identify a file exchange with renameat2(2) and
> RENAME_EXCHANGE, which will be useful for Landlock [1], propagate the
> rename flags to LSMs.  This may also improve performance because of the
> switch from two set of LSM hook calls to only one, and because LSMs
> using this hook may optimize the double check (e.g. only one lock,
> reduce the number of path walks).
>
> AppArmor, Landlock and Tomoyo are updated to leverage this change.  This
> should not change the current behavior (same check order), except
> (different level of) speed boosts.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220221212522.320243-1-mic@digikod.net
>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris at namei.org>
> Cc: Kentaro Takeda <takedakn at nttdata.co.jp>
> Cc: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
> Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>
> Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen at canonical.com>
> Acked-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel at I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic at linux.microsoft.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220329125117.1393824-7-mic@digikod.net
> ---
>
> Changes since v1:
> * Import patch from
>   https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220222175332.384545-1-mic@digikod.net
> * Add Acked-by: Tetsuo Handa.
> * Add Acked-by: John Johansen.
> ---
>  include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h |  2 +-
>  include/linux/lsm_hooks.h     |  1 +
>  security/apparmor/lsm.c       | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  security/landlock/fs.c        | 12 ++++++++++--
>  security/security.c           |  9 +--------
>  security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c      | 11 ++++++++++-
>  6 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

Seems like a nice improvement to me, and while I'm not an AppArmor,
Tomoyo, or Landlock expert the changes looked pretty straightforward.

Reviewed-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>

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