Merge tag 'keys-request-20190626' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs

Pull request_key improvements from David Howells:
 "These are all request_key()-related, including a fix and some improvements:

   - Fix the lack of a Link permission check on a key found by
     request_key(), thereby enabling request_key() to link keys that
     don't grant this permission to the target keyring (which must still
     grant Write permission).

     Note that the key must be in the caller's keyrings already to be
     found.

   - Invalidate used request_key authentication keys rather than
     revoking them, so that they get cleaned up immediately rather than
     hanging around till the expiry time is passed.

   - Move the RCU locks outwards from the keyring search functions so
     that a request_key_rcu() can be provided. This can be called in RCU
     mode, so it can't sleep and can't upcall - but it can be called
     from LOOKUP_RCU pathwalk mode.

   - Cache the latest positive result of request_key*() temporarily in
     task_struct so that filesystems that make a lot of request_key()
     calls during pathwalk can take advantage of it to avoid having to
     redo the searching. This requires CONFIG_KEYS_REQUEST_CACHE=y.

     It is assumed that the key just found is likely to be used multiple
     times in each step in an RCU pathwalk, and is likely to be reused
     for the next step too.

     Note that the cleanup of the cache is done on TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME,
     just before userspace resumes, and on exit"

* tag 'keys-request-20190626' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs:
  keys: Kill off request_key_async{,_with_auxdata}
  keys: Cache result of request_key*() temporarily in task_struct
  keys: Provide request_key_rcu()
  keys: Move the RCU locks outwards from the keyring search functions
  keys: Invalidate used request_key authentication keys
  keys: Fix request_key() lack of Link perm check on found key

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst
index 600ad67d1707..5a210baa583a 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst
@@ -23,18 +23,8 @@ or::
 
 or::
 
-	struct key *request_key_async(const struct key_type *type,
-				      const char *description,
-				      const char *callout_info,
-				      size_t callout_len);
-
-or::
-
-	struct key *request_key_async_with_auxdata(const struct key_type *type,
-						   const char *description,
-						   const char *callout_info,
-					     	   size_t callout_len,
-						   void *aux);
+	struct key *request_key_rcu(const struct key_type *type,
+				    const char *description);
 
 Or by userspace invoking the request_key system call::
 
@@ -48,14 +38,14 @@ does not need to link the key to a keyring to prevent it from being immediately
 destroyed.  The kernel interface returns a pointer directly to the key, and
 it's up to the caller to destroy the key.
 
-The request_key*_with_auxdata() calls are like the in-kernel request_key*()
-calls, except that they permit auxiliary data to be passed to the upcaller (the
+The request_key_with_auxdata() calls is like the in-kernel request_key() call,
+except that they permit auxiliary data to be passed to the upcaller (the
 default is NULL).  This is only useful for those key types that define their
 own upcall mechanism rather than using /sbin/request-key.
 
-The two async in-kernel calls may return keys that are still in the process of
-being constructed.  The two non-async ones will wait for construction to
-complete first.
+The request_key_rcu() call is like the in-kernel request_key() call, except
+that it doesn't check for keys that are under construction and doesn't attempt
+to construct missing keys.
 
 The userspace interface links the key to a keyring associated with the process
 to prevent the key from going away, and returns the serial number of the key to
@@ -148,7 +138,7 @@ The Search Algorithm
 
 A search of any particular keyring proceeds in the following fashion:
 
-  1) When the key management code searches for a key (keyring_search_aux) it
+  1) When the key management code searches for a key (keyring_search_rcu) it
      firstly calls key_permission(SEARCH) on the keyring it's starting with,
      if this denies permission, it doesn't search further.
 
@@ -167,6 +157,9 @@ The process stops immediately a valid key is found with permission granted to
 use it.  Any error from a previous match attempt is discarded and the key is
 returned.
 
+When request_key() is invoked, if CONFIG_KEYS_REQUEST_CACHE=y, a per-task
+one-key cache is first checked for a match.
+
 When search_process_keyrings() is invoked, it performs the following searches
 until one succeeds:
 
@@ -186,7 +179,9 @@ until one succeeds:
       c) The calling process's session keyring is searched.
 
 The moment one succeeds, all pending errors are discarded and the found key is
-returned.
+returned.  If CONFIG_KEYS_REQUEST_CACHE=y, then that key is placed in the
+per-task cache, displacing the previous key.  The cache is cleared on exit or
+just prior to resumption of userspace.
 
 Only if all these fail does the whole thing fail with the highest priority
 error.  Note that several errors may have come from LSM.