@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
+#include <linux/stringhash.h>
 
 #include "kernfs-internal.h"
 

@@ -616,7 +617,53 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_node_from_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int kernfs_node_init_security(struct kernfs_node *parent,
+				     struct kernfs_node *kn)
+{
+	struct simple_xattrs xattr_child, xattr_parent, *pxattr_parent;
+	struct iattr iattr_child, iattr_parent, *piattr_parent;
+	struct qstr q;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!parent->iattr) {
+		kernfs_iattr_init(&iattr_parent, parent);
+		simple_xattrs_init(&xattr_parent);
+		piattr_parent = &iattr_parent;
+		pxattr_parent = &xattr_parent;
+	} else {
+		piattr_parent = &parent->iattr->ia_iattr;
+		pxattr_parent = &parent->iattr->xattrs_security;
+	}
+
+	kernfs_iattr_init(&iattr_child, kn);
+	simple_xattrs_init(&xattr_child);
+
+	q.name = kn->name;
+	q.hash_len = hashlen_string(parent, kn->name);
+
+	ret = security_kernfs_init_security(&q, piattr_parent, pxattr_parent,
+					    &iattr_child, &xattr_child);
+	if (pxattr_parent == &xattr_parent)
+		simple_xattrs_free(&xattr_parent);
+	if (!ret && !simple_xattrs_empty(&xattr_child)) {
+		/*
+		 * Child has new security xattrs, allocate its kernfs_iattrs
+		 * and put our local xattrs in there.
+		 */
+		struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs = kernfs_iattrs(kn);
+
+		if (!attrs) {
+			simple_xattrs_free(&xattr_child);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		simple_xattrs_move(&attrs->xattrs_security, &xattr_child);
+	}
+	simple_xattrs_free(&xattr_child);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
+					     struct kernfs_node *parent,
 					     const char *name, umode_t mode,
 					     kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid,
 					     unsigned flags)

@@ -673,6 +720,12 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
 			goto err_out3;
 	}
 
+	if (parent) {
+		ret = kernfs_node_init_security(parent, kn);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_out3;
+	}
+
 	return kn;
 
  err_out3:

@@ -691,7 +744,7 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_node *parent,
 {
 	struct kernfs_node *kn;
 
-	kn = __kernfs_new_node(kernfs_root(parent),
+	kn = __kernfs_new_node(kernfs_root(parent), parent,
 			       name, mode, uid, gid, flags);
 	if (kn) {
 		kernfs_get(parent);

@@ -961,7 +1014,7 @@ struct kernfs_root *kernfs_create_root(struct kernfs_syscall_ops *scops,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&root->supers);
 	root->next_generation = 1;
 
-	kn = __kernfs_new_node(root, "", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
+	kn = __kernfs_new_node(root, NULL, "", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
 			       GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID,
 			       KERNFS_DIR);
 	if (!kn) {

@@ -31,11 +31,22 @@ static const struct inode_operations kernfs_iops = {
 	.listxattr	= kernfs_iop_listxattr,
 };
 
-static struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn)
+void kernfs_iattr_init(struct iattr *iattrs, struct kernfs_node *kn)
+{
+	/* assign default attributes */
+	iattrs->ia_mode = kn->mode;
+	iattrs->ia_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
+	iattrs->ia_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
+
+	ktime_get_real_ts64(&iattrs->ia_atime);
+	iattrs->ia_mtime = iattrs->ia_atime;
+	iattrs->ia_ctime = iattrs->ia_atime;
+}
+
+struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 {
 	static DEFINE_MUTEX(iattr_mutex);
 	struct kernfs_iattrs *ret;
-	struct iattr *iattrs;
 
 	mutex_lock(&iattr_mutex);
 

@@ -45,16 +56,8 @@ static struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 	kn->iattr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kernfs_iattrs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!kn->iattr)
 		goto out_unlock;
-	iattrs = &kn->iattr->ia_iattr;
-
-	/* assign default attributes */
-	iattrs->ia_mode = kn->mode;
-	iattrs->ia_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
-	iattrs->ia_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
 
-	ktime_get_real_ts64(&iattrs->ia_atime);
-	iattrs->ia_mtime = iattrs->ia_atime;
-	iattrs->ia_ctime = iattrs->ia_atime;
+	kernfs_iattr_init(&kn->iattr->ia_iattr, kn);
 
 	simple_xattrs_init(&kn->iattr->xattrs_trusted);
 	simple_xattrs_init(&kn->iattr->xattrs_security);

@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ int kernfs_iop_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 		       u32 request_mask, unsigned int query_flags);
 ssize_t kernfs_iop_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t size);
 int __kernfs_setattr(struct kernfs_node *kn, const struct iattr *iattr);
+void kernfs_iattr_init(struct iattr *iattrs, struct kernfs_node *kn);
+struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn);
 
 /*
  * dir.c

@@ -108,4 +108,19 @@ ssize_t simple_xattr_list(struct inode *inode, struct simple_xattrs *xattrs, cha
 void simple_xattr_list_add(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
 			   struct simple_xattr *new_xattr);
 
+static inline int simple_xattrs_empty(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs)
+{
+	return list_empty(&xattrs->head);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Move the xattr list from @src to @dst, leaving @src empty.
+ */
+static inline void simple_xattrs_move(struct simple_xattrs *dst,
+				      struct simple_xattrs *src)
+{
+	simple_xattrs_free(dst);
+	list_replace_init(&src->head, &dst->head);
+}
+
 #endif	/* _LINUX_XATTR_H */