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v3 cover tracefs/eventfs: Fix inconsistent permissions

The tracefs and eventfs permissions are created dynamically based on what the mount point inode has or the instances directory inode has. But the way it worked had some inconsistencies that could lead to security issues as the file system is not behaving like admins would expect.

The files and directories could ignore the remount option that changes the gid or uid ownerships, leaving files susceptable to access that is not expected. This happens if a file had its value changed previously and then a remount changed all the files permissions. The one that was changed previously would not be affected.

This change set resolves these inconsistencies.

This also fixes the test_ownership.tc test as it would pass on the first time it is run, but fail on the second time, because of the inconsistant state of the permissions. Now you can run that test multiple times and it will always pass.

Changes since v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/[email protected]/

- The eventfs_inode freeing was incorrect. The kref_put() would call release_ei() that freed the contents of the eventfs_inode then call kfree_rcu() on the eventfs_inode itself. The contents of the eventfs_inode needs to be freed after the RCU synchronization as well. The patches here add even more cases where that's a requirement.

- Add a iput callback for the tracefs_inode to clear the TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE flag. This will prevent the clearing of flags in remount to go into the eventfs_remount() function. A RCU grace cycle happens between the clearing of this flag and where the eventfs_inode is freed, so it is OK if the iteration is happening at the same time, as it is done under rcu_read_lock().

Changes since v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/[email protected]/

- Testing showed that taking a mutex when freeing the tracefs_inode caused a lockdep splat as it can happen in the RCU softirq context. Convert the mutex to a spinlock for adding and removing the node from the link list, and free the node via call_rcu() so that the iteration of the list only needs to be protected by rcu_read_lock().

Steven Rostedt (Google) (6):
eventfs: Free all of the eventfs_inode after RCU
tracefs: Reset permissions on remount if permissions are options
tracefs: Still use mount point as default permissions for instances
eventfs: Do not differentiate the toplevel events directory
eventfs: Do not treat events directory different than other directories
eventfs: Have "events" directory get permissions from its parent

----

 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 127 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 fs/tracefs/inode.c       |  92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 fs/tracefs/internal.h    |  14 ++++--
 3 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
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#1 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/6 eventfs: Free all of the eventfs_inode after RCU

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <[email protected]>

The freeing of eventfs_inode via a kfree_rcu() callback. But the content of the eventfs_inode was being freed after the last kref. This is dangerous, as changes are being made that can access the content of an eventfs_inode from an RCU loop.

Instead of using kfree_rcu() use call_rcu() that calls a function to do all the freeing of the eventfs_inode after a RCU grace period has expired.

Fixes 43aa6f97c2d03 ("eventfs: Get rid of dentry pointers without refcounts")
---
 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
fs/tracefs/event_inode.c +16 -9
index f5510e26f0f6..cc8b838bbe62 100644
@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@ enum {
 
 #define EVENTFS_MODE_MASK	(EVENTFS_SAVE_MODE - 1)
 
+static void free_ei_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+{
+	struct eventfs_inode *ei = container_of(rcu, struct eventfs_inode, rcu);
+	struct eventfs_root_inode *rei;
+
+	kfree(ei->entry_attrs);
+	kfree_const(ei->name);
+	if (ei->is_events) {
+		rei = get_root_inode(ei);
+		kfree(rei);
+	} else {
+		kfree(ei);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * eventfs_inode reference count management.
  *
@@ -85,7 +100,6 @@ static void release_ei(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct eventfs_inode *ei = container_of(ref, struct eventfs_inode, kref);
 	const struct eventfs_entry *entry;
-	struct eventfs_root_inode *rei;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!ei->is_freed);
 
@@ -95,14 +109,7 @@ static void release_ei(struct kref *ref)
 			entry->release(entry->name, ei->data);
 	}
 
-	kfree(ei->entry_attrs);
-	kfree_const(ei->name);
-	if (ei->is_events) {
-		rei = get_root_inode(ei);
-		kfree_rcu(rei, ei.rcu);
-	} else {
-		kfree_rcu(ei, rcu);
-	}
+	call_rcu(&ei->rcu, free_ei_rcu);
 }
 
 static inline void put_ei(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
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#2 lore raw

PATCH v3 2/6 tracefs: Reset permissions on remount if permissions are options

In reply to Steven Rostedt

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <[email protected]>

There's an inconsistency with the way permissions are handled in tracefs. Because the permissions are generated when accessed, they default to the root inode's permission if they were never set by the user. If the user sets the permissions, then a flag is set and the permissions are saved via the inode (for tracefs files) or an internal attribute field (for eventfs).

But if a remount happens that specify the permissions, all the files that were not changed by the user gets updated, but the ones that were are not. If the user were to remount the file system with a given permission, then all files and directories within that file system should be updated.

This can cause security issues if a file's permission was updated but the admin forgot about it. They could incorrectly think that remounting with permissions set would update all files, but miss some.

For example:

 # cd /sys/kernel/tracing
 # chgrp 1002 current_tracer
 # ls -l
[..]
 -rw-r-----  1 root root 0 May  1 21:25 buffer_size_kb
 -rw-r-----  1 root root 0 May  1 21:25 buffer_subbuf_size_kb
 -r--r-----  1 root root 0 May  1 21:25 buffer_total_size_kb
 -rw-r-----  1 root lkp  0 May  1 21:25 current_tracer
 -rw-r-----  1 root root 0 May  1 21:25 dynamic_events
 -r--r-----  1 root root 0 May  1 21:25 dyn_ftrace_total_info
 -r--r-----  1 root root 0 May  1 21:25 enabled_functions

Where current_tracer now has group "lkp".

 # mount -o remount,gid=1001 .
 # ls -l
 -rw-r-----  1 root tracing 0 May  1 21:25 buffer_size_kb
 -rw-r-----  1 root tracing 0 May  1 21:25 buffer_subbuf_size_kb
 -r--r-----  1 root tracing 0 May  1 21:25 buffer_total_size_kb
 -rw-r-----  1 root lkp     0 May  1 21:25 current_tracer
 -rw-r-----  1 root tracing 0 May  1 21:25 dynamic_events
 -r--r-----  1 root tracing 0 May  1 21:25 dyn_ftrace_total_info
 -r--r-----  1 root tracing 0 May  1 21:25 enabled_functions

Everything changed but the "current_tracer".

Add a new link list that keeps track of all the tracefs_inodes which has the permission flags that tell if the file/dir should use the root inode's permission or not. Then on remount, clear all the flags so that the default behavior of using the root inode's permission is done for all files and directories.

Fixes 8186fff7ab649 ("tracefs/eventfs: Use root and instance inodes as default ownership")
---
 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++
 fs/tracefs/inode.c       | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 fs/tracefs/internal.h    |  7 ++++-
 3 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
fs/tracefs/event_inode.c +29 -0
index cc8b838bbe62..15a2a9c3c62b 100644
@@ -308,6 +308,35 @@ static const struct file_operations eventfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
+/*
+ * On a remount of tracefs, if UID or GID options are set, then
+ * the mount point inode permissions should be used.
+ * Reset the saved permission flags appropriately.
+ */
+void eventfs_remount(struct tracefs_inode *ti, bool update_uid, bool update_gid)
+{
+	struct eventfs_inode *ei = ti->private;
+
+	if (!ei)
+		return;
+
+	if (update_uid)
+		ei->attr.mode &= ~EVENTFS_SAVE_UID;
+
+	if (update_gid)
+		ei->attr.mode &= ~EVENTFS_SAVE_GID;
+
+	if (!ei->entry_attrs)
+		return;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < ei->nr_entries; i++) {
+		if (update_uid)
+			ei->entry_attrs[i].mode &= ~EVENTFS_SAVE_UID;
+		if (update_gid)
+			ei->entry_attrs[i].mode &= ~EVENTFS_SAVE_GID;
+	}
+}
+
 /* Return the evenfs_inode of the "events" directory */
 static struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_find_events(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
fs/tracefs/inode.c +64 -1

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fs/tracefs/internal.h +6 -1
index 15c26f9aaad4..29f0c999975b 100644
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ enum {
 };
 
 struct tracefs_inode {
-	struct inode            vfs_inode;
+	union {
+		struct inode            vfs_inode;
+		struct rcu_head		rcu;
+	};
 	/* The below gets initialized with memset_after(ti, 0, vfs_inode) */
+	struct list_head	list;
 	unsigned long           flags;
 	void                    *private;
 };
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ struct dentry *tracefs_end_creating(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct dentry *tracefs_failed_creating(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct inode *tracefs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 
+void eventfs_remount(struct tracefs_inode *ti, bool update_uid, bool update_gid);
 void eventfs_d_release(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 #endif /* _TRACEFS_INTERNAL_H */
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#3 lore raw

PATCH v3 3/6 tracefs: Still use mount point as default permissions for instances

In reply to Steven Rostedt

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <[email protected]>

If the instances directory's permissions were never change, then have it and its children use the mount point permissions as the default.

Currently, the permissions of instance directories are determined by the instance directory's permissions itself. But if the tracefs file system is remounted and changes the permissions, the instance directory and its children should use the new permission.

But because both the instance directory and its children use the instance directory's inode for permissions, it misses the update.

To demonstrate this:

  # cd /sys/kernel/tracing/
  # mkdir instances/foo
  # ls -ld instances/foo
 drwxr-x--- 5 root root 0 May  1 19:07 instances/foo
  # ls -ld instances
 drwxr-x--- 3 root root 0 May  1 18:57 instances
  # ls -ld current_tracer
 -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 May  1 18:57 current_tracer
  # mount -o remount,gid=1002 .
  # ls -ld instances
 drwxr-x--- 3 root root 0 May  1 18:57 instances
  # ls -ld instances/foo/
 drwxr-x--- 5 root root 0 May  1 19:07 instances/foo/
  # ls -ld current_tracer
 -rw-r----- 1 root lkp 0 May  1 18:57 current_tracer

Notice that changing the group id to that of "lkp" did not affect the instances directory nor its children. It should have been:

  # ls -ld current_tracer
 -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 May  1 19:19 current_tracer
  # ls -ld instances/foo/
 drwxr-x--- 5 root root 0 May  1 19:25 instances/foo/
  # ls -ld instances
 drwxr-x--- 3 root root 0 May  1 19:19 instances
  # mount -o remount,gid=1002 .
  # ls -ld current_tracer
 -rw-r----- 1 root lkp 0 May  1 19:19 current_tracer
  # ls -ld instances
 drwxr-x--- 3 root lkp 0 May  1 19:19 instances
  # ls -ld instances/foo/
 drwxr-x--- 5 root lkp 0 May  1 19:25 instances/foo/

Where all files were updated by the remount gid update.

Fixes 8186fff7ab649 ("tracefs/eventfs: Use root and instance inodes as default ownership")
---
 fs/tracefs/inode.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
fs/tracefs/inode.c +25 -2
index 52aa14bd2994..417c840e6403 100644
@@ -180,16 +180,39 @@ static void set_tracefs_inode_owner(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct tracefs_inode *ti = get_tracefs(inode);
 	struct inode *root_inode = ti->private;
+	kuid_t uid;
+	kgid_t gid;
+
+	uid = root_inode->i_uid;
+	gid = root_inode->i_gid;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the root is not the mount point, then check the root's
+	 * permissions. If it was never set, then default to the
+	 * mount point.
+	 */
+	if (root_inode != d_inode(root_inode->i_sb->s_root)) {
+		struct tracefs_inode *rti;
+
+		rti = get_tracefs(root_inode);
+		root_inode = d_inode(root_inode->i_sb->s_root);
+
+		if (!(rti->flags & TRACEFS_UID_PERM_SET))
+			uid = root_inode->i_uid;
+
+		if (!(rti->flags & TRACEFS_GID_PERM_SET))
+			gid = root_inode->i_gid;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If this inode has never been referenced, then update
 	 * the permissions to the superblock.
 	 */
 	if (!(ti->flags & TRACEFS_UID_PERM_SET))
-		inode->i_uid = root_inode->i_uid;
+		inode->i_uid = uid;
 
 	if (!(ti->flags & TRACEFS_GID_PERM_SET))
-		inode->i_gid = root_inode->i_gid;
+		inode->i_gid = gid;
 }
 
 static int tracefs_permission(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
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#4 lore raw

PATCH v3 4/6 eventfs: Do not differentiate the toplevel events directory

In reply to Steven Rostedt

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <[email protected]>

The toplevel events directory is really no different than the events directory of instances. Having the two be different caused inconsistencies and made it harder to fix the permissions bugs.

Make all events directories act the same.

Fixes 8186fff7ab649 ("tracefs/eventfs: Use root and instance inodes as default ownership")
---
 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 29 ++++++++---------------------
 fs/tracefs/internal.h    |  7 +++----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
fs/tracefs/event_inode.c +8 -21
index 15a2a9c3c62b..9dacf65c0b6e 100644
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ enum {
 	EVENTFS_SAVE_MODE	= BIT(16),
 	EVENTFS_SAVE_UID	= BIT(17),
 	EVENTFS_SAVE_GID	= BIT(18),
-	EVENTFS_TOPLEVEL	= BIT(19),
 };
 
 #define EVENTFS_MODE_MASK	(EVENTFS_SAVE_MODE - 1)
@@ -239,14 +238,10 @@ static int eventfs_set_attr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void update_top_events_attr(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct super_block *sb)
+static void update_events_attr(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct inode *root;
 
-	/* Only update if the "events" was on the top level */
-	if (!ei || !(ei->attr.mode & EVENTFS_TOPLEVEL))
-		return;
-
 	/* Get the tracefs root inode. */
 	root = d_inode(sb->s_root);
 	ei->attr.uid = root->i_uid;
@@ -259,10 +254,10 @@ static void set_top_events_ownership(struct inode *inode)
 	struct eventfs_inode *ei = ti->private;
 
 	/* The top events directory doesn't get automatically updated */
-	if (!ei || !ei->is_events || !(ei->attr.mode & EVENTFS_TOPLEVEL))
+	if (!ei || !ei->is_events)
 		return;
 
-	update_top_events_attr(ei, inode->i_sb);
+	update_events_attr(ei, inode->i_sb);
 
 	if (!(ei->attr.mode & EVENTFS_SAVE_UID))
 		inode->i_uid = ei->attr.uid;
@@ -291,7 +286,7 @@ static int eventfs_permission(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	return generic_permission(idmap, inode, mask);
 }
 
-static const struct inode_operations eventfs_root_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations eventfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= eventfs_root_lookup,
 	.setattr	= eventfs_set_attr,
 	.getattr	= eventfs_get_attr,
@@ -359,7 +354,7 @@ static struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_find_events(struct dentry *dentry)
 		// Walk upwards until you find the events inode
 	} while (!ei->is_events);
 
-	update_top_events_attr(ei, dentry->d_sb);
+	update_events_attr(ei, dentry->d_sb);
 
 	return ei;
 }
@@ -465,7 +460,7 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_dir_entry(struct dentry *dentry,
 	update_inode_attr(dentry, inode, &ei->attr,
 			  S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);
 
-	inode->i_op = &eventfs_root_dir_inode_operations;
+	inode->i_op = &eventfs_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &eventfs_file_operations;
 
 	/* All directories will have the same inode number */
@@ -845,14 +840,6 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 	uid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_uid;
 	gid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_gid;
 
-	/*
-	 * If the events directory is of the top instance, then parent
-	 * is NULL. Set the attr.mode to reflect this and its permissions will
-	 * default to the tracefs root dentry.
-	 */
-	if (!parent)
-		ei->attr.mode = EVENTFS_TOPLEVEL;
-
 	/* This is used as the default ownership of the files and directories */
 	ei->attr.uid = uid;
 	ei->attr.gid = gid;
@@ -861,13 +848,13 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->list);
 
 	ti = get_tracefs(inode);
-	ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE | TRACEFS_EVENT_TOP_INODE;
+	ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
 	ti->private = ei;
 
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
 	inode->i_uid = uid;
 	inode->i_gid = gid;
-	inode->i_op = &eventfs_root_dir_inode_operations;
+	inode->i_op = &eventfs_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &eventfs_file_operations;
 
 	dentry->d_fsdata = get_ei(ei);
fs/tracefs/internal.h +3 -4
index 29f0c999975b..f704d8348357 100644
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 
 enum {
 	TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE		= BIT(1),
-	TRACEFS_EVENT_TOP_INODE		= BIT(2),
-	TRACEFS_GID_PERM_SET		= BIT(3),
-	TRACEFS_UID_PERM_SET		= BIT(4),
-	TRACEFS_INSTANCE_INODE		= BIT(5),
+	TRACEFS_GID_PERM_SET		= BIT(2),
+	TRACEFS_UID_PERM_SET		= BIT(3),
+	TRACEFS_INSTANCE_INODE		= BIT(4),
 };
 
 struct tracefs_inode {
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#5 lore raw

PATCH v3 5/6 eventfs: Do not treat events directory different than other directories

In reply to Steven Rostedt

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <[email protected]>

Treat the events directory the same as other directories when it comes to permissions. The events directory was considered different because it's dentry is persistent, whereas the other directory dentries are created when accessed. But the way tracefs now does its ownership by using the root dentry's permissions as the default permissions, the events directory can get out of sync when a remount is performed setting the group and user permissions.

Remove the special case for the events directory on setting the attributes. This allows the updates caused by remount to work properly as well as simplifies the code.

Fixes 8186fff7ab649 ("tracefs/eventfs: Use root and instance inodes as default ownership")
---
 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 16 +---------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)
fs/tracefs/event_inode.c +1 -15
index 9dacf65c0b6e..6e08405892ae 100644
@@ -206,21 +206,7 @@ static int eventfs_set_attr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 	 * determined by the parent directory.
 	 */
 	if (dentry->d_inode->i_mode & S_IFDIR) {
-		/*
-		 * The events directory dentry is never freed, unless its
-		 * part of an instance that is deleted. It's attr is the
-		 * default for its child files and directories.
-		 * Do not update it. It's not used for its own mode or ownership.
-		 */
-		if (ei->is_events) {
-			/* But it still needs to know if it was modified */
-			if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
-				ei->attr.mode |= EVENTFS_SAVE_UID;
-			if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_GID)
-				ei->attr.mode |= EVENTFS_SAVE_GID;
-		} else {
-			update_attr(&ei->attr, iattr);
-		}
+		update_attr(&ei->attr, iattr);
 
 	} else {
 		name = dentry->d_name.name;
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PATCH v3 6/6 eventfs: Have "events" directory get permissions from its parent

In reply to Steven Rostedt

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <[email protected]>

The events directory gets its permissions from the root inode. But this can cause an inconsistency if the instances directory changes its permissions, as the permissions of the created directories under it should inherit the permissions of the instances directory when directories under it are created.

Currently the behavior is:

 # cd /sys/kernel/tracing
 # chgrp 1002 instances
 # mkdir instances/foo
 # ls -l instances/foo
[..]
 -r--r-----  1 root lkp  0 May  1 18:55 buffer_total_size_kb
 -rw-r-----  1 root lkp  0 May  1 18:55 current_tracer
 -rw-r-----  1 root lkp  0 May  1 18:55 error_log
 drwxr-xr-x  1 root root 0 May  1 18:55 events
 --w-------  1 root lkp  0 May  1 18:55 free_buffer
 drwxr-x---  2 root lkp  0 May  1 18:55 options
 drwxr-x--- 10 root lkp  0 May  1 18:55 per_cpu
 -rw-r-----  1 root lkp  0 May  1 18:55 set_event

All the files and directories under "foo" has the "lkp" group except the "events" directory. That's because its getting its default value from the mount point instead of its parent.

Have the "events" directory make its default value based on its parent's permissions. That now gives:

 # ls -l instances/foo
[..]
 -rw-r-----  1 root lkp 0 May  1 21:16 buffer_subbuf_size_kb
 -r--r-----  1 root lkp 0 May  1 21:16 buffer_total_size_kb
 -rw-r-----  1 root lkp 0 May  1 21:16 current_tracer
 -rw-r-----  1 root lkp 0 May  1 21:16 error_log
 drwxr-xr-x  1 root lkp 0 May  1 21:16 events
 --w-------  1 root lkp 0 May  1 21:16 free_buffer
 drwxr-x---  2 root lkp 0 May  1 21:16 options
 drwxr-x--- 10 root lkp 0 May  1 21:16 per_cpu
 -rw-r-----  1 root lkp 0 May  1 21:16 set_event
Fixes 8186fff7ab649 ("tracefs/eventfs: Use root and instance inodes as default ownership")
---
 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
fs/tracefs/event_inode.c +24 -6
index 6e08405892ae..a878cea70f4c 100644
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(eventfs_mutex);
 
 struct eventfs_root_inode {
 	struct eventfs_inode		ei;
+	struct inode			*parent_inode;
 	struct dentry			*events_dir;
 };
 
@@ -226,12 +227,23 @@ static int eventfs_set_attr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 static void update_events_attr(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	struct inode *root;
+	struct eventfs_root_inode *rei;
+	struct inode *parent;
+
+	rei = get_root_inode(ei);
+
+	/* Use the parent inode permissions unless root set its permissions */
+	parent = rei->parent_inode;
 
-	/* Get the tracefs root inode. */
-	root = d_inode(sb->s_root);
-	ei->attr.uid = root->i_uid;
-	ei->attr.gid = root->i_gid;
+	if (rei->ei.attr.mode & EVENTFS_SAVE_UID)
+		ei->attr.uid = rei->ei.attr.uid;
+	else
+		ei->attr.uid = parent->i_uid;
+
+	if (rei->ei.attr.mode & EVENTFS_SAVE_GID)
+		ei->attr.gid = rei->ei.attr.gid;
+	else
+		ei->attr.gid = parent->i_gid;
 }
 
 static void set_top_events_ownership(struct inode *inode)
@@ -817,6 +829,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 	// Note: we have a ref to the dentry from tracefs_start_creating()
 	rei = get_root_inode(ei);
 	rei->events_dir = dentry;
+	rei->parent_inode = d_inode(dentry->d_sb->s_root);
 
 	ei->entries = entries;
 	ei->nr_entries = size;
@@ -826,10 +839,15 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 	uid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_uid;
 	gid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_gid;
 
-	/* This is used as the default ownership of the files and directories */
 	ei->attr.uid = uid;
 	ei->attr.gid = gid;
 
+	/*
+	 * When the "events" directory is created, it takes on the
+	 * permissions of its parent. But can be reset on remount.
+	 */
+	ei->attr.mode |= EVENTFS_SAVE_UID | EVENTFS_SAVE_GID;
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->children);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->list);
 
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