[PATCH] 2.5.40: fix chmod/chown on procfs

[PATCH] 2.5.40: fix chmod/chown on procfs

[Olaf Dietsche]

This patch allows to change uid, gid and mode of files and directories
located in procfs.

Without this patch you can change uid, gid and mode as long as the
file is open. As soon as you close the file, it reverts back to its
default, which is root:root and readonly usually.

This patch is tested with 2.5.40, but applies to 2.5.41 as well.
Comments?

Regards, Olaf.

--- a/fs/proc/generic.c	Sat Oct  5 18:45:53 2002
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c	Thu Oct 10 17:48:10 2002
@@ -165,6 +165,24 @@
     return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static int proc_notify_change(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int error = inode_setattr(inode, iattr);
+	if (!error) {
+		struct proc_dir_entry *de = PDE(inode);
+		de->uid = inode->i_uid;
+		de->gid = inode->i_gid;
+		de->mode = inode->i_mode;
+	}
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+static struct inode_operations proc_file_inode_operations = {
+	.setattr	= proc_notify_change,
+};
+
 /*
  * This function parses a name such as "tty/driver/serial", and
  * returns the struct proc_dir_entry for "/proc/tty/driver", and
@@ -368,6 +386,7 @@
  */
 static struct inode_operations proc_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_lookup,
+	.setattr	= proc_notify_change,
 };
 
 static int proc_register(struct proc_dir_entry * dir, struct proc_dir_entry * dp)
@@ -393,6 +412,8 @@
 	} else if (S_ISREG(dp->mode)) {
 		if (dp->proc_fops == NULL)
 			dp->proc_fops = &proc_file_operations;
+		if (dp->proc_iops == NULL)
+			dp->proc_iops = &proc_file_inode_operations;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }