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Re: bug in dmapi ?

To: Eugene Exarevsky <zheka@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: bug in dmapi ?
From: Dean Roehrich <roehrich@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:06:54 -0600
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
>From:  Eugene Exarevsky <zheka@xxxxxxxx>
>Hi!
>
>Here is some results of my playing with XFS DMAPI:
>
>1. libdm can't be compiled without inserting
>
>#define  _LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
>#include <linux/types.h>
>
>before 
>
>#include <linux/dmapi_kern.h>
>
>maybe, insert this lines into dmapi_kern.h ?

It's not clear why you are seeing this and I'm not.  I'll get a proper
Makefile checked in for libdm.  In the meantime I've included a copy of it at
the end of this note.


>2.
>After non-priveleged user called dmapi function that calls dm_query_fsys_for_v
>ector()
>(invisible read, for example), vector leaved initialized by dm_enosys() functi
>on until reboot.
>So even root will give ENOSYS.

It looks like I broke compatibility with Irix.  You shouldn't be able to get
into dmapi without privilege.  At the top of dmapi_ioctl() in dmapi_sysent.c
there should be a check for CAP_MKNOD.*

I'll get this stuff checked in.

Dean


* In the Overview section of the XDSM spec, last sentence of Scope and
Purpose, "These interfaces are not intended for direct use by typical
end-users or unprivileged processes."


------------ cmd/xfs/libdm/Makefile ----------
#
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TOPDIR = ..
include $(TOPDIR)/include/builddefs

CFLAGS += -Ilinux

STATICLIBTARGET = libdm.a
LIBTARGET = libdm.so
CFILES = \
        dm_attr.c \
        dm_bulkattr.c \
        dm_config.c \
        dm_dmattr.c \
        dm_event.c \
        dm_handle.c \
        dm_handle2path.c \
        dm_hole.c \
        dm_mountinfo.c \
        dm_rdwr.c \
        dm_region.c \
        dm_right.c \
        dm_session.c \
        linux/dmapi_lib.c


default: $(LIBTARGET) $(STATICLIBTARGET)

include $(BUILDRULES)

install: default
        #$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(XFS_CMDS_LIB_DIR)
        #$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(STATICLIBTARGET) $(XFS_CMDS_LIB_DIR)

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