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			     THE NEW SAMBA VFS

		      Ralph Böhme, SerNet, Samba Team
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				 2021-01-14


Table of Contents
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1. The new VFS
.. 1. Summary
.. 2. Samba and O_PATH
..... 1. Background
..... 2. Usecases for O_PATH in Samba
..... 3. When to open with O_PATH
..... 4. Fallback on systems without O_PATH support
..... 5. When to use fsp_get_io_fd() or fsp_get_pathref_fd()
2. VFS status quo and remaining work
.. 1. VFS Functions Tables [2]
..... 1. Existing VFS Functions
..... 2. New VFS Functions
.. 2. VFS functions by category
..... 1. Disk operations
..... 2. Handle based VFS functions
..... 3. Namespace changing VFS functions
..... 4. Path based VFS functions
..... 5. AT VFS functions that can't be based on handles
..... 6. AT VFS functions needed for directory enumeration
..... 7. Handle based VFS functions not allowed on O_PATH opened handles
..... 8. Pure path to path translation
..... 9. Special cases


1 The new VFS
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1.1 Summary
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  The effort to modernize Samba's VFS interface has reached a major
  milestone with the next release Samba 4.14.

  Starting with version 4.14 Samba provides core infrastructure code that
  allows basing all access to the server's filesystem on file handles and
  not on paths. An example of this is using `fstat()' instead of `stat()',
  or `SMB_VFS_FSTAT()' instead of `SMB_VFS_STAT()' in Samba parlance.

  Historically Samba's fileserver code had to deal a lot with processing
  path based SMB requests. While the SMB protocol itself has been
  streamlined to be purely handle based starting with SMB2, large parts of
  infrastructure code remains in place that will "degrade" handle based SMB2
  requests to path based filesystem access.

  In order to fully leverage the handle based nature of the SMB2 protocol we
  came up with a straight forward way to convert this infrastructure code.

  At the core, we introduced a helper function that opens a file handle that
  only serves as a path reference and hence can not be used for any sort of
  access to file data.

  Samba's internal file handle structure is of type `struct files_struct'
  and all variable pointing to objects of such type are typically called
  `fsp'. Until very recently the only function that would open such a file
  handle and return an fsp was `SMB_VFS_CREATE_FILE()'.

  Internally `SMB_VFS_CREATE_FILE()' consisted of processing through Samba's
  VFS open function to open the low level file and then going through
  Samba's Windows NTFS emulation code.

  The key point of the new helper function which is called
  `openat_pathref_fsp()' is that it skips the NTFS emulation
  logic. Additionally, the handle is restricted internally to be only usable
  as a path reference but not for any sort of IO. On Linux this is achieved
  by using the `O_PATH' `open()' flag, on systems without `O_PATH' support
  other mechanisms are used described in more detail below.

  Path processing in Samba typically means processing client supplied paths
  by Samba's core path processing function `filename_convert()' which returns
  a pointer to an object of type `struct smb_filename'. Pointers to such
  objects are then passed around, often passing many layers of code.

  By attaching an `fsp' file handle returned from `openat_pathref_fsp()' to
  all `struct smb_filename' objects returned from `filename_convert()', the
  whole infrastructure code has immediate access to a file handle and so the
  large infrastructure codebase can be converted to use handle based VFS
  functions whenever VFS access is done in a piecemeal fashion.


1.2 Samba and O_PATH
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1.2.1 Background
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  On Linux the `O_PATH' flag to `open()' can be used to open a filehandle on
  a file or directory with interesting properties: [1]

  • the file-handle indicates a location in the filesystem tree,

  • no permission checks are done by the kernel on the filesystem object and

  • only operations that act purely at the file descriptor level are
    allowed.

  The file itself is not opened, and other file operations (e.g., `read(2)',
  `write(2)', `fchmod(2)', `fchown(2)', `fgetxattr(2)', `ioctl(2)',
  `mmap(2)') fail with the error `EBADF'.

  The following subset of operations that is relevant to Samba is allowed:

  • `close(2)',

  • `fchdir(2)', if the file descriptor refers to a directory,

  • `fstat(2)',

  • `fstatfs(2)' and

  • passing the file descriptor as the dirfd argument of `openat()' and the
    other "*at()" system calls. This includes `linkat(2)' with AT_EMPTY_PATH
    (or via procfs using AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) even if the file is not a
    directory.

  Opening a file or directory with the `O_PATH' flag requires no permissions
  on the object itself (but does require execute permission on the
  directories in the path prefix). By contrast, obtaining a reference to a
  filesystem object by opening it with the `O_RDONLY' flag requires that the
  caller have read permission on the object, even when the subsequent
  operation (e.g., `fchdir(2)', `fstat(2)') does not require read permis‐
  sion on the object.

  If for example Samba receives an SMB request to open a file requesting
  `SEC_FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTE' access rights because the client wants to read
  the file's metadata from the handle, Samba will have to call `open()' with
  at least `O_RDONLY' access rights.


1.2.2 Usecases for O_PATH in Samba
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  The `O_PATH' flag is currently not used in Samba. By leveraging this Linux
  specific flags we can avoid permission mismatches as described above.

  Additionally `O_PATH' allows basing all filesystem accesses done by the
  fileserver on handle based syscalls by opening all client pathnames with
  `O_PATH' and consistently using for example `fstat()' instead of `stat()'
  throughout the codebase.

  Subsequent parts of this document will call such file-handles opened with
  O_PATH *path referencing file-handles* or *pathref*s for short.


1.2.3 When to open with O_PATH
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  In Samba the decision whether to call POSIX `open()' on a client pathname
  or whether to leave the low-level handle at -1 (what we call a stat-open)
  is based on the client requested SMB access mask.

  The set of access rights that trigger an `open()' includes
  `READ_CONTROL_ACCESS'. As a result, the open() will be done with at least
  `O_RDONLY'. If the filesystem supports NT style ACLs natively (like GPFS
  or ZFS), the filesystem may grant the user requested right
  `READ_CONTROL_ACCESS', but it may not grant `READ_DATA' (`O_RDONLY').

  Currently the full set of access rights that trigger opening a file is:

  • FILE_READ_DATA
  • FILE_WRITE_DATA
  • FILE_APPEND_DATA
  • FILE_EXECUTE
  • WRITE_DAC_ACCESS
  • WRITE_OWNER_ACCESS
  • SEC_FLAG_SYSTEM_SECURITY
  • READ_CONTROL_ACCESS

  In the future we can remove the following rights from the list on systems
  that support O_PATH:

  • WRITE_DAC_ACCESS
  • WRITE_OWNER_ACCESS
  • SEC_FLAG_SYSTEM_SECURITY
  • READ_CONTROL_ACCESS


1.2.4 Fallback on systems without O_PATH support
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  The code of higher level file-handle consumers must be kept simple and
  streamlined, avoiding special casing the handling of the file-handles
  opened with or without `O_PATH'. To achieve this, a fallback that allows
  opening a file-handle with the same higher level semantics even if the
  system doesn't support `O_PATH' is needed.

  The way this is implemented on such systems is impersonating the root user
  for the `open()' syscall. In order to avoid privilege escalations security
  issues, we must carefully control the use these file-handles.

  The low level filehandle is stored in a public struct `struct file_handle'
  that is part of the widely used `struct files_struct'. Consumers used to
  simply access the fd directly by dereferencing pointers to `struct
  files_struct'.

  In order to guard access to such file-handles we do two things:

  • tag the pathref file-handles and

  • control access to the file-handle by making the structure `struct
       file_handle' private, only allowing access with accessor functions
       that implement a security boundary.

  In order to avoid bypassing restrictive permissions on intermediate
  directories of a client path, the root user is only impersonated after
  changing directory to the parent directory of the client requested
  pathname.

  Two functions can then be used to fetch the low-level system file-handle
  from a `struct files_struct':

  • `fsp_get_io_fd(fsp)': enforces fsp is NOT a pathref file-handle and

  • `fsp_get_pathref_fd(fsp)': allows fsp to be either a pathref file-handle
    or a traditional POSIX file-handle opened with O_RDONLY or any other
    POSIX open flag.

  Note that the name `fsp_get_pathref_fd()' may sound confusing at first
  given that the fsp can be either a pathref fsp or a "normal/full" fsp, but
  as any full file-handle can be used for IO and as path reference, the name
  correctly reflects the intended usage of the caller.


1.2.5 When to use fsp_get_io_fd() or fsp_get_pathref_fd()
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  The general guideline is:

  • if you do something like `fstat(fd)', use `fsp_get_pathref_fd()',

  • if you do something like `*at(dirfd, ...)', use `fsp_get_pathref_fd()',

  • if you want to print the fd for example in `DEBUG' messages, use
    `fsp_get_pathref_fd()',

  • if you want to call `close(fd)', use `fsp_get_pathref_fd()',

  • if you're doing a logical comparison of fd values, use
    `fsp_get_pathref_fd()'.

  In any other case use `fsp_get_io_fd()'.


2 VFS status quo and remaining work
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2.1 VFS Functions Tables [2]
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2.1.1 Existing VFS Functions
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   VFS Function                       Group       Status
  ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   SMB_VFS_AIO_FORCE()                [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_AUDIT_FILE()               [Special]   -
   SMB_VFS_BRL_LOCK_WINDOWS()         [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_BRL_UNLOCK_WINDOWS()       [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_CHDIR()                    [Path]      Todo
   SMB_VFS_CHFLAGS()                  [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_CHMOD()                    [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_CLOSE()                    [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_CLOSEDIR()                 [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_CONNECT()                  [Disk]      -
   SMB_VFS_CONNECTPATH()              [P2px]      -
   SMB_VFS_CREATE_DFS_PATHAT()        [NsC]       -
   SMB_VFS_CREATE_FILE()              [NsC]       -
   SMB_VFS_DISCONNECT()               [Disk]      -
   SMB_VFS_DISK_FREE()                [Disk]      -
   SMB_VFS_DURABLE_COOKIE()           [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_DURABLE_DISCONNECT()       [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_DURABLE_RECONNECT()        [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FALLOCATE()                [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FCHMOD()                   [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FCHOWN()                   [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FCNTL()                    [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FDOPENDIR()                [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FGET_COMPRESSION()         [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FGET_DOS_ATTRIBUTES()      [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FGET_NT_ACL()              [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FGETXATTR()                [xpathref]  -
   SMB_VFS_FILE_ID_CREATE()           [Special]   -
   SMB_VFS_FLISTXATTR()               [xpathref]  -
   SMB_VFS_FREMOVEXATTR()             [xpathref]  -
   SMB_VFS_FS_CAPABILITIES()          [Disk]      -
   SMB_VFS_FSCTL()                    [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FSET_DOS_ATTRIBUTES()      [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FSET_NT_ACL()              [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FSETXATTR()                [xpathref]  -
   SMB_VFS_FS_FILE_ID()               [Special]   -
   SMB_VFS_FSTAT()                    [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FSYNC()                    [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FSYNC_SEND()               [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_FTRUNCATE()                [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_GET_ALLOC_SIZE()           [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_GET_DFS_REFERRALS()        [Disk]      -
   SMB_VFS_GET_DOS_ATTRIBUTES_RECV()  [Enum]      -
   SMB_VFS_GET_DOS_ATTRIBUTES_SEND()  [Enum]      -
   SMB_VFS_GETLOCK()                  [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_GET_NT_ACL_AT()            [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_GET_QUOTA()                [Special]   -
   SMB_VFS_GET_REAL_FILENAME()        [P2px]      -
   SMB_VFS_GET_SHADOW_COPY_DATA()     [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_GETWD()                    [Special]   -
   SMB_VFS_GETXATTR()                 [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_GETXATTRAT_RECV()          [Enum]      -
   SMB_VFS_GETXATTRAT_SEND()          [Enum]      -
   SMB_VFS_FILESYSTEM_SHAREMODE()     [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_LCHOWN()                   [Path]      Todo
   SMB_VFS_LINKAT()                   [NsC]       -
   SMB_VFS_LINUX_SETLEASE()           [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_LISTXATTR()                [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_LOCK()                     [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_LSEEK()                    [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_LSTAT()                    [Path]      Todo
   SMB_VFS_MKDIRAT()                  [NsC]       -
   SMB_VFS_MKNODAT()                  [NsC]       -
   SMB_VFS_NTIMES()                   [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_OFFLOAD_READ_RECV()        [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_OFFLOAD_READ_SEND()        [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_OFFLOAD_WRITE_RECV()       [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_OFFLOAD_WRITE_SEND()       [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_OPENAT()                   [NsC]       -
   SMB_VFS_PREAD()                    [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_PREAD_SEND()               [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_PWRITE()                   [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_PWRITE_SEND()              [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_READ_DFS_PATHAT()          [Symlink]   -
   SMB_VFS_READDIR()                  [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_READDIR_ATTR()             [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_READLINKAT()               [Symlink]   -
   SMB_VFS_REALPATH()                 [P2px]      -
   SMB_VFS_RECVFILE()                 [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_REMOVEXATTR()              [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_RENAMEAT()                 [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_REWINDDIR()                [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_SENDFILE()                 [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_SET_COMPRESSION()          [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_SET_DOS_ATTRIBUTES()       [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_SET_QUOTA()                [Special]   -
   SMB_VFS_SETXATTR()                 [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_SNAP_CHECK_PATH()          [Disk]      -
   SMB_VFS_SNAP_CREATE()              [Disk]      -
   SMB_VFS_SNAP_DELETE()              [Disk]      -
   SMB_VFS_STAT()                     [Path]      Todo
   SMB_VFS_STATVFS()                  [Disk]      -
   SMB_VFS_STREAMINFO()               [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_STRICT_LOCK_CHECK()        [fsp]       -
   SMB_VFS_SYMLINKAT()                [NsC]       -
   SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_BLOB_GET_FD()      [xpathref]  -
   SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_BLOB_GET_FILE()    [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_DELETE_DEF_FILE()  [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_GET_FD()           [xpathref]  -
   SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_GET_FILE()         [Path]      -
   SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_SET_FD()           [xpathref]  -
   SMB_VFS_TRANSLATE_NAME()           [P2px]      -
   SMB_VFS_UNLINKAT()                 [NsC]       -
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[fsp] See section 2.2.2

[Special] See section 2.2.9

[Path] See section 2.2.4

[Disk] See section 2.2.1

[P2px] See section 2.2.8

[NsC] See section 2.2.3

[xpathref] See section 2.2.7

[Enum] See section 2.2.6

[Symlink] See section 2.2.5


2.1.2 New VFS Functions
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   VFS Function                     Group       Status
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   SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_DELETE_DEF_FD()  [xpathref]  -
   SMB_VFS_FNTIMENS()               [fsp]       -
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[xpathref] See section 2.2.7

[Enum] See section 2.2.6

[fsp] See section 2.2.2


2.2 VFS functions by category
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2.2.1 Disk operations
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  • SMB_VFS_CONNECT()
  • SMB_VFS_DISCONNECT()
  • SMB_VFS_DISK_FREE()
  • SMB_VFS_FS_CAPABILITIES()
  • SMB_VFS_GET_DFS_REFERRALS()
  • SMB_VFS_SNAP_CHECK_PATH()
  • SMB_VFS_SNAP_CREATE()
  • SMB_VFS_SNAP_DELETE()
  • SMB_VFS_STATVFS()

  No changes needed.


2.2.2 Handle based VFS functions
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  • SMB_VFS_AIO_FORCE()
  • SMB_VFS_BRL_LOCK_WINDOWS()
  • SMB_VFS_BRL_UNLOCK_WINDOWS()
  • SMB_VFS_CLOSE()
  • SMB_VFS_CLOSEDIR()
  • SMB_VFS_DURABLE_COOKIE()
  • SMB_VFS_DURABLE_DISCONNECT()
  • SMB_VFS_FALLOCATE()
  • SMB_VFS_FCHMOD()
  • SMB_VFS_FCHOWN()
  • SMB_VFS_FCNTL()
  • SMB_VFS_FDOPENDIR()
  • SMB_VFS_FGET_DOS_ATTRIBUTES()
  • SMB_VFS_FGET_NT_ACL()
  • SMB_VFS_FSCTL()
  • SMB_VFS_FSET_DOS_ATTRIBUTES()
  • SMB_VFS_FSET_NT_ACL()
  • SMB_VFS_FSTAT()
  • SMB_VFS_FSYNC()
  • SMB_VFS_FSYNC_SEND()
  • SMB_VFS_FTRUNCATE()
  • SMB_VFS_GETLOCK()
  • SMB_VFS_GET_ALLOC_SIZE()
  • SMB_VFS_GET_SHADOW_COPY_DATA()
  • SMB_VFS_FILESYSTEM_SHAREMODE()
  • SMB_VFS_LINUX_SETLEASE()
  • SMB_VFS_LOCK()
  • SMB_VFS_LSEEK()
  • SMB_VFS_OFFLOAD_READ_SEND()
  • SMB_VFS_OFFLOAD_WRITE_SEND()
  • SMB_VFS_PREAD()
  • SMB_VFS_PREAD_SEND()
  • SMB_VFS_PWRITE()
  • SMB_VFS_PWRITE_SEND()
  • SMB_VFS_READDIR()
  • SMB_VFS_RECVFILE()
  • SMB_VFS_REWINDDIR()
  • SMB_VFS_SENDFILE()
  • SMB_VFS_SET_COMPRESSION()
  • SMB_VFS_STRICT_LOCK_CHECK()

  If an fsp is provided by the SMB layer we use that, otherwise we use the
  pathref fsp `smb_fname->fsp' provided by `filename_convert()'.


2.2.3 Namespace changing VFS functions
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  • SMB_VFS_CREATE_FILE()

  All intermediate VFS calls within `SMB_VFS_CREATE_FILE()' will be based on
  `smb_fname->fsp' if the requested path exists. When creating a file we
  rely on `non_widelink_open()' which doesn't depend on a dirfsp.

  • SMB_VFS_MKDIRAT()

  Needs a real dirfsp (done).

  • SMB_VFS_OPENAT()

  Is only called from within `non_widelink_open()' with a dirfsp equivalent
  of `AT_FDCWD' and so doesn't need a real dirfsp.

  The following operations need a real dirfsp:

  • SMB_VFS_LINKAT()
  • SMB_VFS_MKNODAT()
  • SMB_VFS_RENAMEAT()
  • SMB_VFS_SYMLINKAT()
  • SMB_VFS_UNLINKAT()

  Callers use `openat_pathref_fsp()' to open a fsp on the parent directory.


2.2.4 Path based VFS functions
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  All path based VFS functions will be replaced by handle based variants
  using the `smb_fname->fsp' provided by `filename_convert()'.

  • SMB_VFS_CHDIR()
  • SMB_VFS_CHFLAGS()
  • SMB_VFS_CHMOD()
  • SMB_VFS_DURABLE_RECONNECT()
  • SMB_VFS_GETXATTR()
  • SMB_VFS_GET_COMPRESSION()
  • SMB_VFS_GET_DOS_ATTRIBUTES()
  • SMB_VFS_GET_NT_ACL_AT()
  • SMB_VFS_LCHOWN()
  • SMB_VFS_LISTXATTR()
  • SMB_VFS_LSTAT()
  • SMB_VFS_NTIMES()
  • SMB_VFS_REMOVEXATTR()
  • SMB_VFS_SETXATTR()
  • SMB_VFS_SET_DOS_ATTRIBUTES()
  • SMB_VFS_STAT()
  • SMB_VFS_STREAMINFO()
  • SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_BLOB_GET_FILE()
  • SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_DELETE_DEF_FILE()
  • SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_GET_FILE()
  • SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_SET_FILE()

  Replace with corresponding handle based VFS calls.


2.2.5 AT VFS functions that can't be based on handles
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  • SMB_VFS_CREATE_DFS_PATHAT()
  • SMB_VFS_READ_DFS_PATHAT()
  • SMB_VFS_READLINKAT()

  As the DFS link implementation is based on symlinks, we have to use *AT
  based functions with real dirfsps.


2.2.6 AT VFS functions needed for directory enumeration
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  • SMB_VFS_GET_DOS_ATTRIBUTES_SEND()
  • SMB_VFS_GETXATTRAT_SEND()


2.2.7 Handle based VFS functions not allowed on O_PATH opened handles
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  • SMB_VFS_FGETXATTR()
  • SMB_VFS_FLISTXATTR()
  • SMB_VFS_FREMOVEXATTR()
  • SMB_VFS_FSETXATTR()
  • SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_BLOB_GET_FD()
  • SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_GET_FD()
  • SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_DELETE_DEF_FD() (NEW)
  • SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_SET_FD()

  Based upon securely opening a full fd based on `/proc/self/fd/%d' as in
  the case of xattrs, pathref handles can't be used for xattr IO, and in the
  case of ACLs pathref handles can't be used to access default ACEs.


2.2.8 Pure path to path translation
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  • SMB_VFS_CONNECTPATH()
  • SMB_VFS_GET_REAL_FILENAME()
  • SMB_VFS_REALPATH()
  • SMB_VFS_TRANSLATE_NAME()

  No changes needed.


2.2.9 Special cases
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  • SMB_VFS_FILE_ID_CREATE()
  • SMB_VFS_FS_FILE_ID()
  • SMB_VFS_GET_QUOTA()
  • SMB_VFS_GETWD()
  • SMB_VFS_SET_QUOTA()

  No changes needed.

  • SMB_VFS_AUDIT_FILE()

  This is currently unused.



Footnotes
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[1] parts of the following sections copied from man open(2)

[2] `grep 'SMB_VFS_*' source3/include/vfs_macros.h | grep -v NEXT_ | sed
's|.*\(SMB_VFS_.*\)(.*|\1()|' | sort'
