[PATCH v14 02/21] fsverity: expose ensure_fsverity_info()
Andrey Albershteyn <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 22:07:52 +0200
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This function will be used by XFS's scrub to force fsverity activation, therefore, to read fsverity context. Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]> Acked-by: Eric Biggers <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrey Albershteyn <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> --- fs/verity/open.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- include/linux/fsverity.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/verity/open.c b/fs/verity/open.c index d0c56a7faa3b..4f06697f5bf4 100644 --- a/fs/verity/open.c +++ b/fs/verity/open.c @@ -347,7 +347,28 @@ int fsverity_get_descriptor(struct inode *inode, return 0; } -static int ensure_verity_info(struct inode *inode) +/** + * fsverity_ensure_verity_info() - cache verity info if it's not already cached + * @inode: the inode for which verity info should be cached + * + * Ensure this inode has verity info attached to it, it's assumed the inode + * already has fsverity enabled. Read fsverity descriptor and creates verity + * based on that. + * + * This needs to be called at least once before any of the inode's data + * can be verified (and thus read at all) or the inode's fsverity digest + * retrieved. fsverity_file_open() calls this already, which handles + * normal file accesses. If a filesystem does any internal (i.e. not + * associated with a file descriptor) reads of the file's data or + * fsverity digest, it must call this explicitly before doing so. + * + * In case filesystem supports both fscrypt and fsverity, this should be called + * after fscrypt's encryption key is set up. Otherwise, the fsverity metadata is + * still encrypted. See fscrypt_file_open(). + * + * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure + */ +int fsverity_ensure_verity_info(struct inode *inode) { struct fsverity_info *vi = fsverity_get_info(inode), *found; struct fsverity_descriptor *desc; @@ -383,12 +404,13 @@ static int ensure_verity_info(struct inode *inode) kfree(desc); return err; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsverity_ensure_verity_info); int __fsverity_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) return -EPERM; - return ensure_verity_info(inode); + return fsverity_ensure_verity_info(inode); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__fsverity_file_open); diff --git a/include/linux/fsverity.h b/include/linux/fsverity.h index 6c467ded9751..3c3250f6f272 100644 --- a/include/linux/fsverity.h +++ b/include/linux/fsverity.h @@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ static inline int fsverity_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) return 0; } +int fsverity_ensure_verity_info(struct inode *inode); + void fsverity_cleanup_inode(struct inode *inode); struct page *generic_read_merkle_tree_page(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index); -- 2.54.0