[PATCH 5/5] drm: drop DRM_AUTH from PRIME_TO/FROM_HANDLE ioctls

Emil Velikov emil.l.velikov at gmail.com
Mon Dec 2 17:20:48 UTC 2019


On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 at 18:37, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 06:32:56PM +0000, Emil Velikov wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 at 18:04, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 04:27:29PM +0000, Emil Velikov wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 at 07:41, Boris Brezillon
> > > > <boris.brezillon at collabora.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Emil,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri,  1 Nov 2019 13:03:13 +0000
> > > > > Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As mentioned by Christian, for drivers which support only primary nodes
> > > > > > this changes the returned error from -EACCES into -EOPNOTSUPP/-ENOSYS.
> > > > >
> > > > > Are you sure this is true for MODESET-only nodes (those that do not
> > > > > have the RENDER cap set) implementing ->{fd_to_handle,handle_to_fd}()?
> > > > > Shouldn't the is_authenticated() check still be done in that case?
> > > > >
> > > > Thanks for catching this. Just sent out v2, which I should address the concern.
> > >
> > > Why do we need this additional check in v2? What can go wrong on modeset
> > > drivers if non-authenticated legacy things can use this? modeset-only
> > > drivers have all their resources segregated by the drm core (drm_fb,
> > > mmaps, buffer lists), so there's really no access limitations that can go
> > > wrong here.
> >
> > Welcome back Daniel.
> >
> > I haven't audited the core drm code, so wasn't sure if there's any
> > issues that may arise.
> > Hence the conservative approach in v2.
> >
> > If you think this is fine as-is a formal Reviewed-by would be highly
> > appreciated.
>
> I think there's a non-zero chance I'll have to eat a few hats on this, but
> I think v1 is solid.
>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
>
Thanks. I've just re-read the DIM instructions and pushed this to drm-misc-next.
Fingers crossed, I did not butcher it this time around.

-Emil


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