[Xen-devel] problem of the permissions system in xenstore

[Max Zhen <Max.Zhen@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I encountered a problem while testing non-dom0 backend driver. I'm using
3.0.3-0.

I create backend and frontend vbd devices as below:
frontend path - /local/domain/4/device/vbd/1
backend path - /local/domain/3/backend/vbd/4/1

When I try to destroy dom 4 (frontend dom), the frontend path is removed
in a transaction.
In the end of that transaction, xenstored will try to fire watches for
what has been removed.
Since backend is watching /local/domain/4/device/vbd/1/state, the watch
should be fired for it, which is exactly the case for a dom0 backend device.

But, for a domU backend device (which is my case), the watch is not
fired. The reason is that the permission of frontend path for dom 3
(backend dom) is already gone during the transaction. So, xenstored will
check the parent directory (/local/domain/4/device/vbd) to determine if
dom 3 has the permission to know that the frontend path is gone.
Unfortunately, although backend has the read right for
/local/domain/4/device/vbd/1 and set watch on
/local/domain/4/device/vbd/1/state successfully, it has *no* read
permission for the parent directory (/local/domain/4/device/vbd), which
cause the watch-firing to fail.

(As for a dom0 backend device, it has all permissions automatically, so
the watch will be fired for a dom0 backend device driver correctly.)

Is it a bug that a domU has no read permission to a path while has read
permission to a path under it?

Thanks,
Max


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