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Michael Halcrow 8bf2debd5f eCryptfs: introduce device handle for userspace daemon communications 
A regular device file was my real preference from the get-go, but I went with
netlink at the time because I thought it would be less complex for managing
send queues (i.e., just do a unicast and move on).  It turns out that we do
not really get that much complexity reduction with netlink, and netlink is
more heavyweight than a device handle.

In addition, the netlink interface to eCryptfs has been broken since 2.6.24.
I am assuming this is a bug in how eCryptfs uses netlink, since the other
in-kernel users of netlink do not seem to be having any problems.  I have had
one report of a user successfully using eCryptfs with netlink on 2.6.24, but
for my own systems, when starting the userspace daemon, the initial helo
message sent to the eCryptfs kernel module results in an oops right off the
bat.  I spent some time looking at it, but I have not yet found the cause.
The netlink interface breaking gave me the motivation to just finish my patch
to migrate to a regular device handle.  If I cannot find out soon why the
netlink interface in eCryptfs broke, I am likely to just send a patch to
disable it in 2.6.24 and 2.6.25.  I would like the device handle to be the
preferred means of communicating with the userspace daemon from 2.6.26 on
forward.

This patch:

Functions to facilitate reading and writing to the eCryptfs miscellaneous
device handle.  This will replace the netlink interface as the preferred
mechanism for communicating with the userspace eCryptfs daemon.

Each user has his own daemon, which registers itself by opening the eCryptfs
device handle.  Only one daemon per euid may be registered at any given time.
The eCryptfs module sends a message to a daemon by adding its message to the
daemon's outgoing message queue.  The daemon reads the device handle to get
the oldest message off the queue.

Incoming messages from the userspace daemon are immediately handled.  If the
message is a response, then the corresponding process that is blocked waiting
for the response is awakened.

Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
 		2008-04-29 08:06:07 -07:00
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9p [PATCH] restore sane ->umount_begin() API 2008-04-25 09:23:25 -04:00
adfs adfs: work around bogus sparse warning 2008-04-29 08:05:59 -07:00
affs fs/affs/file.c: use BUG_ON 2008-04-29 08:06:02 -07:00
afs AFS: Do not describe debug parameters with their value 2008-04-16 07:43:48 -07:00
autofs mount options: fix autofs 2008-02-08 09:22:40 -08:00
autofs4 autofs4: fix sparse warning in root.c 2008-04-29 08:06:01 -07:00
befs befs: fix sparse warning in linuxvfs.c 2008-04-29 08:05:59 -07:00
bfs iget: stop BFS from using iget() and read_inode() 2008-02-07 08:42:27 -08:00
cifs [PATCH] restore sane ->umount_begin() API 2008-04-25 09:23:25 -04:00
coda codafs: fix build warning 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
configfs Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
cramfs fs: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h 2008-04-18 22:16:44 -04:00
debugfs debugfs: fix sparse warnings 2008-03-04 14:47:06 -08:00
devpts mount options: fix devpts 2008-02-08 09:22:40 -08:00
dlm Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/teigland/dlm 2008-04-22 13:44:23 -07:00
ecryptfs eCryptfs: introduce device handle for userspace daemon communications 2008-04-29 08:06:07 -07:00
efs efs: update error msg to not refer to deleted read_inode() 2008-04-02 15:28:19 -07:00
exportfs exportfs: update documentation 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
ext2 ext2: retry block allocation if new blocks are allocated from system zone 2008-04-28 08:58:43 -07:00
ext3 ext3: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-28 08:58:45 -07:00
ext4 quota: ext4: make ext4 handle quotaon on remount 2008-04-28 08:58:33 -07:00
fat fatfs: fix build warning with 64k PAGE_SIZE 2008-04-28 08:58:47 -07:00
freevxfs fs/freevxfs/: proper externs 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
fuse [PATCH] restore sane ->umount_begin() API 2008-04-25 09:23:25 -04:00
gfs2 mm: remove nopage 2008-04-28 08:58:18 -07:00
hfs hfs: handle match_strdup failure 2008-04-29 08:06:01 -07:00
hfsplus hfsplus: handle match_strdup failure 2008-04-29 08:06:02 -07:00
hostfs uml: fix hostfs tv_usec calculations 2008-02-05 09:44:30 -08:00
hpfs mount options: fix hpfs 2008-02-08 09:22:40 -08:00
hppfs [PATCH] sanitize hppfs 2008-03-19 06:42:18 -04:00
hugetlbfs mempolicy: use struct mempolicy pointer in shmem_sb_info 2008-04-28 08:58:25 -07:00
isofs zisofs: fix readpage() outside i_size 2008-03-19 18:53:36 -07:00
jbd jbd: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-28 08:58:45 -07:00
jbd2 jbd/jbd2 NULL noise 2008-03-30 14:18:41 -07:00
jffs2 [JFFS2] Introduce dbg_readinode2 log level, use it to shut read_dnode() up 2008-04-23 16:43:15 +01:00
jfs [PATCH] r/o bind mounts: elevate write count for ioctls() 2008-04-19 00:29:24 -04:00
lockd locks: don't call ->copy_lock methods on return of conflicting locks 2008-04-25 13:00:11 -04:00
minix iget: stop the MINIX filesystem from using iget() and read_inode() 2008-02-07 08:42:28 -08:00
msdos fat: fat_notify_change() and check_mode() cleanup 2008-04-28 08:58:47 -07:00
ncpfs ncpfs: fix sparse warning in ncpsign_kernel.c 2008-04-28 08:58:29 -07:00
nfs [PATCH] restore sane ->umount_begin() API 2008-04-25 09:23:25 -04:00
nfs_common [PATCH] nfs_common endianness annotations 2006-10-20 10:26:41 -07:00
nfsd nfsd: don't allow setting ctime over v4 2008-04-25 13:00:11 -04:00
nls sparse pointer use of zero as null 2007-10-18 14:37:31 -07:00
ntfs is_vmalloc_addr(): Check if an address is within the vmalloc boundaries 2008-02-05 09:44:14 -08:00
ocfs2 [PATCH] r/o bind mounts: elevate write count for ioctls() 2008-04-19 00:29:24 -04:00
openpromfs iget: stop OPENPROMFS from using iget() and read_inode() 2008-02-07 08:42:29 -08:00
partitions fat: detect media without partition table correctly 2008-04-28 08:58:47 -07:00
proc smaps: account swap entries 2008-04-28 08:58:22 -07:00
qnx4 iget: stop QNX4 from using iget() and read_inode() 2008-02-07 08:42:28 -08:00
ramfs fs/ramfs/ extern cleanup 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
reiserfs reiserfs: unpack tails on quota files 2008-04-28 08:58:46 -07:00
romfs ROMFS: Fix up an error in iget removal 2008-03-19 18:53:36 -07:00
smbfs NULL noise: fs/*, mm/*, kernel/* 2008-03-30 14:18:41 -07:00
sysfs [SCSI] sysfs: make group is_valid return a mode_t 2008-04-22 15:16:31 -05:00
sysv iget: stop the SYSV filesystem from using iget() and read_inode() 2008-02-07 08:42:29 -08:00
udf udf: fix sparse warning in namei.c 2008-04-28 08:58:46 -07:00
ufs ufs: replace __inline with inline 2008-04-28 08:58:45 -07:00
vfat fat: use __getname() 2008-04-28 08:58:47 -07:00
xfs Merge branch 'semaphore' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/willy/misc 2008-04-21 15:41:27 -07:00
Kconfig Merge git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6 2008-04-24 11:46:16 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt make BINFMT_FLAT a bool 2008-04-29 08:06:01 -07:00
Makefile x86: compat_binfmt_elf Kconfig 2008-01-30 13:31:46 +01:00
aio.c fs/aio.c: make 3 functions static 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
anon_inodes.c [PATCH] fix up new filp allocators 2008-03-19 06:54:05 -04:00
attr.c VFS: make notify_change pass ATTR_KILL_S*ID to setattr operations 2007-10-18 14:37:22 -07:00
bad_inode.c iget: introduce a function to register iget failure 2008-02-07 08:42:26 -08:00
binfmt_aout.c fs/binfmt_aout.c: use printk_ratelimit() 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c [PATCH] sanitize handling of shared descriptor tables in failing execve() 2008-04-25 09:23:53 -04:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c fdpic: check that the size returned by kernel_read() is what we asked for 2008-04-29 08:06:05 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c make BINFMT_FLAT a bool 2008-04-29 08:06:01 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_script.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_som.c [PATCH] sanitize handling of shared descriptor tables in failing execve() 2008-04-25 09:23:53 -04:00
bio.c block: convert bio_copy_user to bio_copy_user_iov 2008-04-21 09:50:08 +02:00
block_dev.c fs/block_dev.c: remove #if 0'ed code 2008-02-19 10:04:00 +01:00
buffer.c make fs/buffer.c:cont_expand_zero() static 2008-04-29 08:06:01 -07:00
char_dev.c fs: remove unused fops from struct char_device_struct 2008-04-29 08:06:01 -07:00
compat.c Merge branch 'linus_origin' into hotfixes 2008-02-15 13:36:30 -05:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c x86: compat_binfmt_elf 2008-01-30 13:31:46 +01:00
compat_ioctl.c d_path: Make d_path() use a struct path 2008-02-14 21:17:09 -08:00
dcache.c [patch 2/7] vfs: mountinfo: add seq_file_root() 2008-04-23 00:04:38 -04:00
dcookies.c d_path: Make d_path() use a struct path 2008-02-14 21:17:09 -08:00
direct-io.c Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
dnotify.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
dquot.c quota: quota core changes for quotaon on remount 2008-04-28 08:58:33 -07:00
drop_caches.c vfs: skip inodes without pages to free in drop_pagecache_sb() 2008-04-29 08:06:05 -07:00
eventfd.c fs/eventfd.c should #include <linux/syscalls.h> 2008-02-06 10:41:03 -08:00
eventpoll.c epoll: avoid kmemcheck warning 2008-04-29 08:05:59 -07:00
exec.c exec: remove argv_len from struct linux_binprm 2008-04-29 08:06:03 -07:00
fcntl.c [PATCH] sanitize locate_fd() 2008-04-25 09:24:05 -04:00
fifo.c Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
file.c get rid of NR_OPEN and introduce a sysctl_nr_open 2008-02-06 10:41:06 -08:00
file_table.c [PATCH] r/o bind mounts: debugging for missed calls 2008-04-19 00:29:28 -04:00
filesystems.c add filesystem subtype support 2007-05-08 11:15:01 -07:00
fs-writeback.c fs/fs-writeback.c: make 2 functions static 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
generic_acl.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
inode.c fs/inode.c: use hlist_for_each_entry() 2008-04-29 08:06:06 -07:00
inotify.c inotify: remove debug code 2008-02-06 10:41:07 -08:00
inotify_user.c Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
internal.h [PATCH] move a bunch of declarations to fs/internal.h 2008-04-21 23:11:01 -04:00
ioctl.c make vfs_ioctl() static 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
ioprio.c cfq-iosched: relax IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE restrictions 2008-01-28 11:38:15 +01:00
libfs.c Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
locks.c Export __locks_copy_lock() so modular lockd builds 2008-04-25 15:49:46 -07:00
mbcache.c vfs: fix possible deadlock in ext2, ext3, ext4 when using xattrs 2008-04-15 19:35:41 -07:00
mpage.c docbook: fix filesystems.tmpl source files 2008-03-03 10:47:13 -08:00
namei.c [PATCH] r/o bind mounts: elevate write count for open()s 2008-04-19 00:29:25 -04:00
namespace.c vfs: remove lives_below_in_same_fs() 2008-04-29 08:06:06 -07:00
nfsctl.c Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
no-block.c
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open.c xip: support non-struct page backed memory 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
pipe.c [PATCH] double-free of inode on alloc_file() failure exit in create_write_pipe() 2008-04-22 19:54:57 -04:00
pnode.c [patch 7/7] vfs: mountinfo: show dominating group id 2008-04-23 00:05:09 -04:00
pnode.h [patch 7/7] vfs: mountinfo: show dominating group id 2008-04-23 00:05:09 -04:00
posix_acl.c
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quota.c quota: quota core changes for quotaon on remount 2008-04-28 08:58:33 -07:00
quota_v1.c quota: do not allow setting of quota limits to too high values 2008-04-28 08:58:32 -07:00
quota_v2.c quota: do not allow setting of quota limits to too high values 2008-04-28 08:58:32 -07:00
read_write.c fs: use loff_t type instead of long long 2008-04-22 15:17:11 -07:00
read_write.h
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readdir.c Use mutex_lock_killable in vfs_readdir 2007-12-06 17:39:54 -05:00
select.c trivial: small cleanups 2008-04-21 22:15:06 +00:00
seq_file.c [patch 2/7] vfs: mountinfo: add seq_file_root() 2008-04-23 00:04:38 -04:00
signalfd.c signalfd: fix for incorrect SI_QUEUE user data reporting 2008-04-11 08:06:44 -07:00
splice.c splice: fix infinite loop in generic_file_splice_read() 2008-04-10 08:24:25 +02:00
stack.c [PATCH] fs/stack.c: Copy i_nlink after all other attributes are copied 2007-02-19 14:21:50 -08:00
stat.c Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
super.c make __put_super() static 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
sync.c vfs: fix unconditional write_super() call in file_fsync() 2008-04-29 08:06:06 -07:00
timerfd.c fs/timerfd.c should #include <linux/syscalls.h> 2008-04-29 08:06:01 -07:00
utimes.c [PATCH] r/o bind mounts: elevate write count for do_utimes() 2008-04-19 00:29:24 -04:00
xattr.c xattr: add missing consts to function arguments 2008-04-29 08:06:06 -07:00
xattr_acl.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00