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-rw-r--r--pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/gofer.go7
-rw-r--r--pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/linux64.go14
-rw-r--r--pkg/sentry/vfs/g3doc/inotify.md18
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/gofer.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/gofer.go
index c6696b9d8..81d34cfe3 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/gofer.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/gofer.go
@@ -703,6 +703,13 @@ type dentry struct {
locks vfs.FileLocks
// Inotify watches for this dentry.
+ //
+ // Note that inotify may behave unexpectedly in the presence of hard links,
+ // because dentries corresponding to the same file have separate inotify
+ // watches when they should share the same set. This is the case because it is
+ // impossible for us to know for sure whether two dentries correspond to the
+ // same underlying file (see the gofer filesystem section fo vfs/inotify.md for
+ // a more in-depth discussion on this matter).
watches vfs.Watches
}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/linux64.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/linux64.go
index 80c65164a..da6bd85e1 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/linux64.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/linux64.go
@@ -305,9 +305,9 @@ var AMD64 = &kernel.SyscallTable{
250: syscalls.Error("keyctl", syserror.EACCES, "Not available to user.", nil),
251: syscalls.CapError("ioprio_set", linux.CAP_SYS_ADMIN, "", nil), // requires cap_sys_nice or cap_sys_admin (depending)
252: syscalls.CapError("ioprio_get", linux.CAP_SYS_ADMIN, "", nil), // requires cap_sys_nice or cap_sys_admin (depending)
- 253: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_init", InotifyInit, "inotify events are only available inside the sandbox.", nil),
- 254: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_add_watch", InotifyAddWatch, "inotify events are only available inside the sandbox.", nil),
- 255: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_rm_watch", InotifyRmWatch, "inotify events are only available inside the sandbox.", nil),
+ 253: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_init", InotifyInit, "Inotify events are only available inside the sandbox. Hard links are treated as different watch targets in gofer fs.", nil),
+ 254: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_add_watch", InotifyAddWatch, "Inotify events are only available inside the sandbox. Hard links are treated as different watch targets in gofer fs.", nil),
+ 255: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_rm_watch", InotifyRmWatch, "Inotify events are only available inside the sandbox. Hard links are treated as different watch targets in gofer fs.", nil),
256: syscalls.CapError("migrate_pages", linux.CAP_SYS_NICE, "", nil),
257: syscalls.Supported("openat", Openat),
258: syscalls.Supported("mkdirat", Mkdirat),
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ var AMD64 = &kernel.SyscallTable{
291: syscalls.Supported("epoll_create1", EpollCreate1),
292: syscalls.Supported("dup3", Dup3),
293: syscalls.Supported("pipe2", Pipe2),
- 294: syscalls.Supported("inotify_init1", InotifyInit1),
+ 294: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_init1", InotifyInit1, "Inotify events are only available inside the sandbox. Hard links are treated as different watch targets in gofer fs.", nil),
295: syscalls.Supported("preadv", Preadv),
296: syscalls.Supported("pwritev", Pwritev),
297: syscalls.Supported("rt_tgsigqueueinfo", RtTgsigqueueinfo),
@@ -454,9 +454,9 @@ var ARM64 = &kernel.SyscallTable{
23: syscalls.Supported("dup", Dup),
24: syscalls.Supported("dup3", Dup3),
25: syscalls.PartiallySupported("fcntl", Fcntl, "Not all options are supported.", nil),
- 26: syscalls.Supported("inotify_init1", InotifyInit1),
- 27: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_add_watch", InotifyAddWatch, "inotify events are only available inside the sandbox.", nil),
- 28: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_rm_watch", InotifyRmWatch, "inotify events are only available inside the sandbox.", nil),
+ 26: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_init1", InotifyInit1, "Inotify events are only available inside the sandbox. Hard links are treated as different watch targets in gofer fs.", nil),
+ 27: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_add_watch", InotifyAddWatch, "Inotify events are only available inside the sandbox. Hard links are treated as different watch targets in gofer fs.", nil),
+ 28: syscalls.PartiallySupported("inotify_rm_watch", InotifyRmWatch, "Inotify events are only available inside the sandbox. Hard links are treated as different watch targets in gofer fs.", nil),
29: syscalls.PartiallySupported("ioctl", Ioctl, "Only a few ioctls are implemented for backing devices and file systems.", nil),
30: syscalls.CapError("ioprio_set", linux.CAP_SYS_ADMIN, "", nil), // requires cap_sys_nice or cap_sys_admin (depending)
31: syscalls.CapError("ioprio_get", linux.CAP_SYS_ADMIN, "", nil), // requires cap_sys_nice or cap_sys_admin (depending)
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/vfs/g3doc/inotify.md b/pkg/sentry/vfs/g3doc/inotify.md
index e7da49faa..833db213f 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/vfs/g3doc/inotify.md
+++ b/pkg/sentry/vfs/g3doc/inotify.md
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ The set of all watches held on a single file (i.e., the watch target) is stored
in vfs.Watches. Each watch will belong to a different inotify instance (an
instance can only have one watch on any watch target). The watches are stored in
a map indexed by their vfs.Inotify owner’s id. Hard links and file descriptions
-to a single file will all share the same vfs.Watches. Activity on the target
-causes its vfs.Watches to generate notifications on its watches’ inotify
-instances.
+to a single file will all share the same vfs.Watches (with the exception of the
+gofer filesystem, described in a later section). Activity on the target causes
+its vfs.Watches to generate notifications on its watches’ inotify instances.
### vfs.Watch
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ inotify:
unopened p9 file (and possibly an open FID), through which the Sentry
interacts with the gofer.
* *Solution:* Because there is no inode structure stored in the sandbox,
- inotify watches must be held on the dentry. This would be an issue in
- the presence of hard links, where multiple dentries would need to share
- the same set of watches, but in VFS2, we do not support the internal
- creation of hard links on gofer fs. As a result, we make the assumption
- that every dentry corresponds to a unique inode. However, the next point
- raises an issue with this assumption:
+ inotify watches must be held on the dentry. For the purposes of inotify,
+ we assume that every dentry corresponds to a unique inode, which may
+ cause unexpected behavior in the presence of hard links, where multiple
+ dentries should share the same set of watches. Indeed, it is impossible
+ for us to be absolutely sure whether dentries correspond to the same
+ file or not, due to the following point:
* **The Sentry cannot always be aware of hard links on the remote
filesystem.** There is no way for us to confirm whether two files on the
remote filesystem are actually links to the same inode. QIDs and inodes are