[PATCH v1] landlock: Remove warning in collect_domain_accesses()

Günther Noack gnoack at google.com
Mon Jun 23 10:44:54 UTC 2025


On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 03:47:31PM +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> As in is_access_to_paths_allowed(), it is also possible to reach
> disconnected root directories in collect_domain_accesses().
> 
> Remove a wrong WARN_ON_ONCE() canary in collect_domain_accesses() and
> fix comment.  Using an unlikely() annotation doesn't seem appropriate
> here.  A following patch from Tingmao tests this case [1].
> 
> Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack at google.com>
> Reported-by: Tingmao Wang <m at maowtm.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/09b24128f86973a6022e6aa8338945fcfb9a33e4.1749925391.git.m@maowtm.org [1]
> Fixes: b91c3e4ea756 ("landlock: Add support for file reparenting with LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER")
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net>
> ---
>  security/landlock/fs.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/landlock/fs.c b/security/landlock/fs.c
> index 6fee7c20f64d..1d6c4e728f92 100644
> --- a/security/landlock/fs.c
> +++ b/security/landlock/fs.c
> @@ -1061,8 +1061,8 @@ static bool collect_domain_accesses(
>  			break;
>  		}
>  
> -		/* We should not reach a root other than @mnt_root. */
> -		if (dir == mnt_root || WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ROOT(dir)))
> +		/* Stops at the mount point or disconnected root directories. */
> +		if (dir == mnt_root || IS_ROOT(dir))
>  			break;
>  
>  		parent_dentry = dget_parent(dir);
> -- 
> 2.49.0
> 

Reviewed-by: Günther Noack <gnoack at google.com>



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