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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 7/9] rust: file: add `Kuid` wrapper
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On 2/2/24 07:55, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> Adds a wrapper around `kuid_t` called `Kuid`. This allows us to define
> various operations on kuids such as equality and current_euid. It also
> lets us provide conversions from kuid into userspace values.
>
> Rust Binder needs these operations because it needs to compare kuids for
> equality, and it needs to tell userspace about the pid and uid of
> incoming transactions.
>
> To read kuids from a `struct task_struct`, you must currently use
> various #defines that perform the appropriate field access under an RCU
> read lock. Currently, we do not have a Rust wrapper for rcu_read_lock,
> which means that for this patch, there are two ways forward:
>
> 1. Inline the methods into Rust code, and use __rcu_read_lock directly
> rather than the rcu_read_lock wrapper. This gives up lockdep for
> these usages of RCU.
>
> 2. Wrap the various #defines in helpers and call the helpers from Rust.
>
> This patch uses the second option. One possible disadvantage of the
> second option is the possible introduction of speculation gadgets, but
> as discussed in [1], the risk appears to be acceptable.
>
> Of course, once a wrapper for rcu_read_lock is available, it is
> preferable to use that over either of the two above approaches.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202312080947.674CD2DC7@keescook/ [1]
> Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
> ---
> [...]

Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>

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