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David Howells 7743c48e54 keys: Cache result of request_key*() temporarily in task_struct 
If a filesystem uses keys to hold authentication tokens, then it needs a
token for each VFS operation that might perform an authentication check -
either by passing it to the server, or using to perform a check based on
authentication data cached locally.

For open files this isn't a problem, since the key should be cached in the
file struct since it represents the subject performing operations on that
file descriptor.

During pathwalk, however, there isn't anywhere to cache the key, except
perhaps in the nameidata struct - but that isn't exposed to the
filesystems.  Further, a pathwalk can incur a lot of operations, calling
one or more of the following, for instance:

	->lookup()
	->permission()
	->d_revalidate()
	->d_automount()
	->get_acl()
	->getxattr()

on each dentry/inode it encounters - and each one may need to call
request_key().  And then, at the end of pathwalk, it will call the actual
operation:

	->mkdir()
	->mknod()
	->getattr()
	->open()
	...

which may need to go and get the token again.

However, it is very likely that all of the operations on a single
dentry/inode - and quite possibly a sequence of them - will all want to use
the same authentication token, which suggests that caching it would be a
good idea.

To this end:

 (1) Make it so that a positive result of request_key() and co. that didn't
     require upcalling to userspace is cached temporarily in task_struct.

 (2) The cache is 1 deep, so a new result displaces the old one.

 (3) The key is released by exit and by notify-resume.

 (4) The cache is cleared in a newly forked process.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2019-06-19 16:10:15 +01:00
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bpf bpf: fix undefined behavior in narrow load handling 2019-05-13 02:05:50 +02:00
cgroup kernel/sched/psi.c: expose pressure metrics on root cgroup 2019-05-14 19:52:48 -07:00
configs
debug kdb: Fix bound check compiler warning 2019-05-14 13:44:24 +01:00
dma DMA mapping updates for 5.2 2019-05-09 08:40:55 -07:00
events mm/mmu_notifier: use correct mmu_notifier events for each invalidation 2019-05-14 09:47:49 -07:00
gcov gcov: clang support 2019-05-14 19:52:51 -07:00
irq Merge branch 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-05-19 10:58:45 -07:00
livepatch The major changes in this tracing update includes: 2019-05-15 16:05:47 -07:00
locking locking/rwsem: Prevent decrement of reader count before increment 2019-05-07 08:46:46 +02:00
power Power management updates for 5.2-rc1 2019-05-06 19:40:31 -07:00
printk panic: add an option to replay all the printk message in buffer 2019-05-18 15:52:26 -07:00
rcu The major changes in this tracing update includes: 2019-05-15 16:05:47 -07:00
sched kernel/sched/psi.c: expose pressure metrics on root cgroup 2019-05-14 19:52:48 -07:00
time Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-05-16 11:00:20 -07:00
trace The major changes in this tracing update includes: 2019-05-15 16:05:47 -07:00
.gitignore Provide in-kernel headers to make extending kernel easier 2019-04-29 16:48:03 +02:00
acct.c acct_on(): don't mess with freeze protection 2019-04-04 21:04:13 -04:00
async.c treewide: Switch printk users from %pf and %pF to %ps and %pS, respectively 2019-04-09 14:19:06 +02:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit_compare_dname_path(): switch to const struct qstr * 2019-04-28 20:33:43 -04:00
audit_tree.c fsnotify: switch send_to_group() and ->handle_event to const struct qstr * 2019-04-26 13:51:03 -04:00
audit_watch.c audit_compare_dname_path(): switch to const struct qstr * 2019-04-28 20:33:43 -04:00
audit.c audit: connect LOGIN record to its syscall record 2019-03-20 20:57:48 -04:00
audit.h audit_compare_dname_path(): switch to const struct qstr * 2019-04-28 20:33:43 -04:00
auditfilter.c Merge branch 'work.dcache' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-05-07 20:03:32 -07:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'work.dcache' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-05-07 20:03:32 -07:00
backtracetest.c backtrace-test: Simplify stack trace handling 2019-04-29 12:37:47 +02:00
bounds.c
capability.c LSM: add SafeSetID module that gates setid calls 2019-01-25 11:22:43 -08:00
compat.c kernel/compat.c: mark expected switch fall-throughs 2019-05-15 08:16:14 -07:00
configs.c kernel/configs: use .incbin directive to embed config_data.gz 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-05-06 14:50:46 -07:00
crash_core.c kexec: export PG_offline to VMCOREINFO 2019-03-05 21:07:14 -08:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c keys: Cache result of request_key*() temporarily in task_struct 2019-06-19 16:10:15 +01:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c mm: change mm_update_next_owner() to update mm->owner with WRITE_ONCE 2019-05-14 19:52:47 -07:00
extable.c
fail_function.c treewide: Switch printk users from %pf and %pF to %ps and %pS, respectively 2019-04-09 14:19:06 +02:00
fork.c kernel/latencytop.c: rename clear_all_latency_tracing to clear_tsk_latency_tracing 2019-05-14 19:52:49 -07:00
freezer.c
futex.c mm/gup: change GUP fast to use flags rather than a write 'bool' 2019-05-14 09:47:46 -07:00
gen_ikh_data.sh Provide in-kernel headers to make extending kernel easier 2019-04-29 16:48:03 +02:00
groups.c
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: Use continuously blocked time when reporting. 2019-03-07 18:31:59 -08:00
iomem.c mm/resource: Use resource_overlaps() to simplify region_intersects() 2019-04-19 12:59:36 +02:00
irq_work.c irq_work: Do not raise an IPI when queueing work on the local CPU 2019-04-18 14:07:52 +02:00
jump_label.c locking/static_key: Don't take sleeping locks in __static_key_slow_dec_deferred() 2019-04-29 08:29:21 +02:00
kallsyms.c bpf: Add module name [bpf] to ksymbols for bpf programs 2019-01-21 17:38:56 -03:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks Remove Mysterious Macro Intended to Obscure Weird Behaviours (mmiowb()) 2019-05-06 16:57:52 -07:00
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: convert kcov.refcount to refcount_t 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
kexec_core.c power/suspend: Add function to disable secondaries for suspend 2019-05-03 19:42:41 +02:00
kexec_file.c mm: memblock: make keeping memblock memory opt-in rather than opt-out 2019-05-14 09:47:50 -07:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c
kheaders.c Provide in-kernel headers to make extending kernel easier 2019-04-29 16:48:03 +02:00
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Fix error check when reusing optimized probes 2019-04-16 09:38:16 +02:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c include/: refactor headers to allow kthread.h inclusion in psi_types.h 2019-05-14 19:52:48 -07:00
latencytop.c kernel/latencytop.c: rename clear_all_latency_tracing to clear_tsk_latency_tracing 2019-05-14 19:52:49 -07:00
Makefile kernel/Makefile: don't assume that kernel/gen_ikh_data.sh is executable 2019-05-14 19:52:47 -07:00
memremap.c kernel/memremap.c: remove the unused device_private_entry_fault() export 2019-05-14 09:47:51 -07:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h kallsyms: store type information in its own array 2019-03-28 15:00:37 +01:00
module.c Modules updates for v5.2 2019-05-14 10:55:54 -07:00
notifier.c kernel/notifier.c: double register detection 2019-05-14 19:52:49 -07:00
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: Replace padata_attr_type default_attrs field with groups 2019-04-25 22:06:11 +02:00
panic.c panic: add an option to replay all the printk message in buffer 2019-05-18 15:52:26 -07:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c
pid.c kernel/pid.c: remove unneeded hash header file 2019-05-14 19:52:51 -07:00
profile.c
ptrace.c ptrace: take into account saved_sigmask in PTRACE{GET,SET}SIGMASK 2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c panic/reboot: allow specifying reboot_mode for panic only 2019-05-14 19:52:51 -07:00
relay.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 13:27:20 -07:00
resource.c mm/resource: Use resource_overlaps() to simplify region_intersects() 2019-04-19 12:59:36 +02:00
rseq.c rseq: Remove superfluous rseq_len from task_struct 2019-04-19 12:39:32 +02:00
seccomp.c audit/stable-5.2 PR 20190507 2019-05-07 19:06:04 -07:00
signal.c signal: unconditionally leave the frozen state in ptrace_stop() 2019-05-16 10:43:58 -07:00
smp.c cpu/hotplug: Fix "SMT disabled by BIOS" detection for KVM 2019-01-30 19:27:00 +01:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Remove tasklet_hrtimer 2019-03-22 14:36:02 +01:00
stackleak.c
stacktrace.c stacktrace: Provide common infrastructure 2019-04-29 12:37:57 +02:00
stop_machine.c treewide: Switch printk users from %pf and %pF to %ps and %pS, respectively 2019-04-09 14:19:06 +02:00
sys_ni.c signal: support CLONE_PIDFD with pidfd_send_signal 2019-05-07 14:31:03 +02:00
sys.c kernel/sys.c: prctl: fix false positive in validate_prctl_map() 2019-05-14 09:47:44 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
sysctl.c kernel/sysctl.c: fix proc_do_large_bitmap for large input buffers 2019-05-14 19:52:51 -07:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c genetlink: optionally validate strictly/dumps 2019-04-27 17:07:22 -04:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Don't try to offline the last CPU 2019-03-26 14:42:53 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c umh: add exit routine for UMH process 2019-01-11 18:05:40 -08:00
up.c
user_namespace.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c kernel/user.c: clean up some leftover code 2019-05-14 19:52:49 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog_hld.c kernel/watchdog_hld.c: hard lockup message should end with a newline 2019-04-19 09:46:05 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: Fix typo in comment 2019-04-18 14:05:51 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h sched/core, workqueues: Distangle worker accounting from rq lock 2019-04-16 16:55:15 +02:00
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2019-05-09 13:48:52 -07:00