This patch adds a software based secure erase option to improve data
confidentiality. The CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SECURE_ERASE option enables a mount
flag called 'sw_secure_erase'. When you mount a volume with this flag,
every discard call is prepended by an explicit write command to overwrite
the data before it is discarded. A volume without a discard compatibility
can be used as well but the discard calls will be enabled for this device
and suppressed after the write call is made.
Built against torvalds/linux
Signed-off-by: Philipp Guendisch <philipp.guendi...@fau.de>
Signed-off-by: Mate Horvath <horvatm...@gmail.com>
---
block/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++
block/blk-lib.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
fs/super.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/blkdev.h | 14 ++++++++
4 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 3ab42bb..438da83 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -103,6 +103,20 @@ config BLK_DEV_ZONED
Say yes here if you have a ZAC or ZBC storage device.
+config BLK_DEV_SECURE_ERASE
+ bool "Block layer secure erase support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ default n
+ ---help---
+ With this option set, every discard operation will be prepended by
+ a write operation which overwrites the data with random values.
+ Use this option for a secure deletion of data.
+
+ WARNING:
+ Due to unpredictable circumstances we cannot guarantee you that your
+ data will be irrecoverably deleted in every case.
+ This option also increases the amount of data written to block
+ devices which may reduce their lifetime.
+
config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
bool "Block layer bio throttling support"
depends on BLK_CGROUP=y
diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index e01adb5..949a666 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
#include <linux/bio.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SECURE_ERASE
+#include <linux/random.h>
+#endif
#include "blk.h"
@@ -22,6 +25,60 @@ static struct bio *next_bio(struct bio *bio, unsigned int
nr_pages,
return new;
}
+/*
+ * __blkdev_secure_erase - erase data queued for discard
+ * @bdev: blockdev to issue discard for
+ * @sector: start sector
+ * @nr_sects: number of sectors to discard
+ * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc)
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Overwrites sectors issued to discard with random data before discarding
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SECURE_ERASE
+static unsigned int __blkdev_sectors_to_bio_pages(sector_t nr_sects);
+static void __blkdev_secure_erase(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+ sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ struct bio **biop)
+{
+ struct bio *bio = *biop;
+ int bi_size = 0;
+ static struct page *datapage;
+ void *page_cont;
+ static unsigned int count = 1;
+ unsigned int sz;
+
+ if (unlikely(!datapage))
+ datapage = alloc_page(GFP_NOIO);
+
+ if (unlikely(count % 64 == 1)) {
+ page_cont = kmap(datapage);
+ get_random_bytes(page_cont, PAGE_SIZE);
+ kunmap(datapage);
+ }
+ count++;
+
+ while (nr_sects != 0) {
+ bio = next_bio(bio, __blkdev_sectors_to_bio_pages(nr_sects),
+ gfp_mask);
+ bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
+ bio_set_dev(bio, bdev);
+ bio_set_op_attrs(bio, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0);
+ bio_set_prio(bio, IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE, 0));
+
+ while (nr_sects != 0) {
+ sz = min((sector_t) PAGE_SIZE, nr_sects << 9);
+ bi_size = bio_add_page(bio, datapage, sz, 0);
+ nr_sects -= bi_size >> 9;
+ sector += bi_size >> 9;
+ if (bi_size < sz)
+ break;
+ }
+ cond_resched();
+ }
+}
+#endif
+
int __blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask, int flags,
struct bio **biop)
@@ -29,13 +86,14 @@ int __blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev,
sector_t sector,
struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
struct bio *bio = *biop;
unsigned int granularity;
- unsigned int op;
+ unsigned int op = REQ_OP_DISCARD;
int alignment;
sector_t bs_mask;
if (!q)
return -ENXIO;
+#ifndef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SECURE_ERASE
if (flags & BLKDEV_DISCARD_SECURE) {
if (!blk_queue_secure_erase(q))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -45,6 +103,7 @@ int __blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev,
sector_t sector,
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
op = REQ_OP_DISCARD;
}
+#endif
bs_mask = (bdev_logical_block_size(bdev) >> 9) - 1;
if ((sector | nr_sects) & bs_mask)
@@ -54,6 +113,31 @@ int __blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev,
sector_t sector,
granularity = max(q->limits.discard_granularity >> 9, 1U);
alignment = (bdev_discard_alignment(bdev) >> 9) % granularity;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SECURE_ERASE
+ if (!(bdev->bd_queue->sec_erase_flags & SECURE_ERASE_FLAG_ACTIVATED))
+ goto skip;
+
+ if (flags & BLKDEV_DISCARD_SECURE) {
+ if (blk_queue_secure_erase(q)) {
+ op = REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE;
+ goto skip;
+ }
+ }
+
+ __blkdev_secure_erase(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp_mask, &bio);
+
+ /*
+ * If the device originally did not support
+ * discards it should not finish this function
+ */
+ if (!(bdev->bd_queue->sec_erase_flags &
+ SECURE_ERASE_FLAG_DISCARD_CAPABLE)) {
+ *biop = bio;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+skip:
+#endif
while (nr_sects) {
unsigned int req_sects;
sector_t end_sect, tmp;
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 221cfa1..b66edba 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1070,6 +1070,14 @@ struct dentry *mount_bdev(struct file_system_type
*fs_type,
struct super_block *s;
fmode_t mode = FMODE_READ | FMODE_EXCL;
int error = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SECURE_ERASE
+ struct request_queue *q;
+ int option_length;
+ char *data_string = data;
+ char *option_string = data;
+ char *se_opt = "sw_secure_erase";
+ int se_opt_len = strlen(se_opt);
+#endif
if (!(flags & MS_RDONLY))
mode |= FMODE_WRITE;
@@ -1078,6 +1086,46 @@ struct dentry *mount_bdev(struct file_system_type
*fs_type,
if (IS_ERR(bdev))
return ERR_CAST(bdev);
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SECURE_ERASE
+ q = bdev->bd_queue;
+ if (option_string == NULL || (flags & MS_RDONLY))
+ goto skip;
+ option_string = strstr(option_string, se_opt);
+ if (option_string) {
+ if (blk_queue_discard(q))
+ q->sec_erase_flags |= SECURE_ERASE_FLAG_DISCARD_CAPABLE;
+ else
+ __set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, &q->queue_flags);
+
+ q->sec_erase_flags |= SECURE_ERASE_FLAG_ACTIVATED;
+ option_length = strlen(option_string);
+ if (option_string != data_string) {
+ if (option_string[se_opt_len] == '\0') {
+ *(option_string-1) = '\0';
+ } else {
+ memmove(option_string,
+ &option_string[se_opt_len+1],
+ strlen(&option_string[se_opt_len+1])+1);
+ }
+ } else { /* first or only option */
+ if (option_string[se_opt_len] == ',')
+ data = &option_string[se_opt_len+1];
+ else if (option_string[se_opt_len] == '\0')
+ data = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+ if (strcmp(fs_type->name, "ext4") != 0 &&
+ strcmp(fs_type->name, "btrfs") != 0 &&
+ strcmp(fs_type->name, "gfs2") != 0 &&
+ strcmp(fs_type->name, "gfs2meta") != 0 &&
+ strcmp(fs_type->name, "xfs") != 0 &&
+ strcmp(fs_type->name, "jfs") != 0) {
+ pr_warn("fs: The mounted %s filesystem on drive %s does not
generate discards, secure erase won't work",
+ fs_type->name, dev_name);
+ }
+skip:
+#endif
+
/*
* once the super is inserted into the list by sget, s_umount
* will protect the lockfs code from trying to start a snapshot
@@ -1147,6 +1195,17 @@ void kill_block_super(struct super_block *sb)
sync_blockdev(bdev);
WARN_ON_ONCE(!(mode & FMODE_EXCL));
blkdev_put(bdev, mode | FMODE_EXCL);
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SECURE_ERASE
+ if (bdev->bd_queue->sec_erase_flags & SECURE_ERASE_FLAG_ACTIVATED) {
+ if (!(bdev->bd_queue->sec_erase_flags &
+ SECURE_ERASE_FLAG_DISCARD_CAPABLE)) {
+ WARN_ON(!blk_queue_discard(bdev->bd_queue));
+ bdev->bd_queue->queue_flags ^=
+ (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD);
+ }
+ bdev->bd_queue->sec_erase_flags = 0;
+ }
+#endif
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kill_block_super);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 460294b..316a97d 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -596,6 +596,14 @@ struct request_queue {
struct work_struct release_work;
+/*
+ * These flags are needed for the software implemented version
+ * of the secure erase functionality
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SECURE_ERASE
+ unsigned char sec_erase_flags;
+#endif
+
#define BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS 5
u64 write_hints[BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS];
};
@@ -641,6 +649,12 @@ struct request_queue {
(1 << QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP) | \
(1 << QUEUE_FLAG_POLL))
+/* Needed for the secure erase functionality */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SECURE_ERASE
+#define SECURE_ERASE_FLAG_DISCARD_CAPABLE 1
+#define SECURE_ERASE_FLAG_ACTIVATED 2
+#endif
+
/*
* @q->queue_lock is set while a queue is being initialized. Since we know
* that no other threads access the queue object before @q->queue_lock has
--
2.7.4
