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Handling of S_ISGID is usually done by inode_init_owner() in all other
filesystems, but kernfs doesn't use that function. In kernfs, struct
kernfs_node is the primary data structure, and struct inode is only
created from it on demand. Therefore, inode_init_owner() can't be
used and we need to imitate its behavior.
S_ISGID support is useful for the cgroup filesystem; it allows
subtrees managed by an unprivileged process to retain a certain owner
gid, which then enables sharing access to the subtree with another
unprivileged process.
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v1 -> v2: minor coding style fix (comment)
Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231208093310.297233-2-max.kellermann@ionos.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>