@@ -665,3 +665,42 @@ int sysfs_file_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid)
return error;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_file_change_owner);
+
+/**
+ * sysfs_change_owner - change owner of the given object.
+ * @kobj: object.
+ * @kuid: new owner's kuid
+ * @kgid: new owner's kgid
+ */
+int sysfs_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid)
+{
+ int error;
+ const struct kobj_type *ktype;
+
+ if (!kobj->state_in_sysfs)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ error = sysfs_file_change_owner(kobj, kuid, kgid);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+
+ ktype = get_ktype(kobj);
+ if (ktype) {
+ struct attribute **kattr;
+
+ for (kattr = ktype->default_attrs; kattr && *kattr; kattr++) {
+ error = sysfs_file_change_owner_by_name(
+ kobj, (*kattr)->name, kuid, kgid);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+ }
+
+ error = sysfs_groups_change_owner(kobj, ktype->default_groups,
+ kuid, kgid);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_change_owner);
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ static inline void sysfs_enable_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn)
int sysfs_file_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid);
int sysfs_file_change_owner_by_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name,
kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid);
+int sysfs_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid);
int sysfs_link_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *targ,
const char *name, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid);
int sysfs_groups_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj,
@@ -555,6 +556,11 @@ static inline int sysfs_link_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj,
return 0;
}
+static inline int sysfs_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
static inline int sysfs_groups_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj,
const struct attribute_group **groups,
kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid)
Add a helper to change the owner of sysfs objects. This function will be used to correctly account for kobject ownership changes, e.g. when moving network devices between network namespaces. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com> --- /* v2 */ - Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>: - Add comment how ownership of sysfs object is changed. /* v3 */ - Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>: - Add explicit uid/gid parameters. --- fs/sysfs/file.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/sysfs.h | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)