Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2021-03-26

Re: [PATCH] tomoyo: don't special case PF_IO_WORKER for PF_KTHREAD

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From: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Date: 2021-03-26 16:04:32
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On 3/25/2021 5:44 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
The io_uring PF_IO_WORKER threads no longer have PF_KTHREAD set, so no
need to special case them for credential checks.
Could you cite the commit where that change was made?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
 security/tomoyo/network.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/network.c b/security/tomoyo/network.c
index 478f757ff843..8dc61335f65e 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/network.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/network.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int tomoyo_check_unix_address(struct sockaddr *addr,
 static bool tomoyo_kernel_service(void)
 {
 	/* Nothing to do if I am a kernel service. */
-	return (current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER)) == PF_KTHREAD;
+	return current->flags & PF_KTHREAD;
 }
 
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