[PATCH bpf-next] bpf: add small subset of SECURITY_PATH hooks to BPF sleepable_lsm_hooks list

KP Singh kpsingh at kernel.org
Tue Dec 12 18:45:08 UTC 2023


On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 4:32 PM Matt Bobrowski <mattbobrowski at google.com> wrote:
>
> security_path_* based LSM hooks appear to be generally missing from
> the sleepable_lsm_hooks list. Initially add a small subset of them to
> the preexisting sleepable_lsm_hooks list so that sleepable BPF helpers
> like bpf_d_path() can be used from sleepable BPF LSM based programs.
>
> The security_path_* hooks added in this patch are similar to the
> security_inode_* counterparts that already exist in the
> sleepable_lsm_hooks list, and are called in roughly similar points and
> contexts. Presumably, making them OK to be also annotated as
> sleepable.
>
> Building a kernel with DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP options enabled and running
> reasonable workloads stimulating activity that would be intercepted by
> such security hooks didn't show any splats.
>
> Notably, I haven't added all the security_path_* LSM hooks that are
> available as I don't need them at this point in time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Bobrowski <mattbobrowski at google.com>

Acked-by: KP Singh <kpsingh at kernel.org>



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