[PATCH v3 2/2] security: Update file_set_fowner documentation
Mickaël Salaün
mic at digikod.net
Wed Aug 21 09:56:06 UTC 2024
Highlight that the file_set_fowner hook is now called with a lock held.
Cc: Al Viro <viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner at kernel.org>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris at namei.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh at google.com>
Cc: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace at redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>
Cc: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net>
---
Changes since v2:
- Split the doc update into a separate patch to ease backporting.
---
security/security.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
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)
--
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