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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-02-24 17:54:25 -0800
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-02-24 17:54:25 -0800
commitaaa25a2fa7964d94690f6de5edd7164ca7d76555 (patch)
tree66fa9f4a1c1f0cea88bdf3bdf61f6196fcad3c66 /kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
parent9e7b78dc8826cd8ddacb68a940a17776110cc224 (diff)
parentd8152cfe2f21d6930c680311b03b169899c8d2a0 (diff)
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh 34aa6e3bccd8 ("selftests: mptcp: add ip mptcp wrappers") 857898eb4b28 ("selftests: mptcp: add missing join check") 6ef84b1517e0 ("selftests: mptcp: more robust signal race test") https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220221131842.468893-1-broonie@kernel.org/ drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/act/act.h drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/act/ct.c fb7e76ea3f3b6 ("net/mlx5e: TC, Skip redundant ct clear actions") c63741b426e11 ("net/mlx5e: Fix MPLSoUDP encap to use MPLS action information") 09bf97923224f ("net/mlx5e: TC, Move pedit_headers_action to parse_attr") 84ba8062e383 ("net/mlx5e: Test CT and SAMPLE on flow attr") efe6f961cd2e ("net/mlx5e: CT, Don't set flow flag CT for ct clear flow") 3b49a7edec1d ("net/mlx5e: TC, Reject rules with multiple CT actions") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c')
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diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 9d05c3ca2d5e..a557eea7166f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -6166,6 +6166,20 @@ static int cgroup_css_set_fork(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs)
if (ret)
goto err;
+ /*
+ * Spawning a task directly into a cgroup works by passing a file
+ * descriptor to the target cgroup directory. This can even be an O_PATH
+ * file descriptor. But it can never be a cgroup.procs file descriptor.
+ * This was done on purpose so spawning into a cgroup could be
+ * conceptualized as an atomic
+ *
+ * fd = openat(dfd_cgroup, "cgroup.procs", ...);
+ * write(fd, <child-pid>, ...);
+ *
+ * sequence, i.e. it's a shorthand for the caller opening and writing
+ * cgroup.procs of the cgroup indicated by @dfd_cgroup. This allows us
+ * to always use the caller's credentials.
+ */
ret = cgroup_attach_permissions(cset->dfl_cgrp, dst_cgrp, sb,
!(kargs->flags & CLONE_THREAD),
current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns);