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[PATCHv2] mkfs.ubifs: do not override root inode permissions

Message ID 1283933928-14601-1-git-send-email-dedekind1@gmail.com
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Artem Bityutskiy Sept. 8, 2010, 8:18 a.m. UTC
From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

When mkfs.ubifs is used with -r dir, it does not make the root UBIFS
inode uid/gid/permissions to be equivalent to dir's permissions, but
it makes root inode permissions to be equivalent to uid = git = 0
(root) and permissions = u+rwx go+rx.

Unfortunately, we cannot simply fix this bug, because mkfs.ubifs is
already used in production. Thus, we have introduce --squash-rino-perm
option which is the default and it preserves the old mkfs.ubifs
behavior. We also introduce --nosquash-rino-perm option which fixes
mkfs.ubifs behavior. If none of these options is used, we print a
warning. The plan is to make everyone use one of these options, then
make --nosquash-rino-perm to be the default and remove the warning,
and then eventually deprecate and remove both options.

Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
---
 mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c |   87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

Comments

Arno Steffen Sept. 9, 2010, 12:32 p.m. UTC | #1
Does someone of you is expert enough to patch mkfs.jffs2?

2010/9/8 Steve Iribarne <siribarne@grid-net.com>:
>
> Sorry for the top post... stupid M$oft outlook.
>
> Anyway.. .just a quick thanks for v2 of this from someone who uses this in
> production.
> I can eventually migrate to the proper option but it's going to take me two
> releases to do it.
>
> -stv
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-mtd-bounces@lists.infradead.org on behalf of Artem Bityutskiy
> Sent: Wed 9/8/2010 1:18 AM
> To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
> Cc: Arno Steffen; Adrian Hunter
> Subject: [PATCHv2] mkfs.ubifs: do not override root inode permissions
>
> From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
>
> When mkfs.ubifs is used with -r dir, it does not make the root UBIFS
> inode uid/gid/permissions to be equivalent to dir's permissions, but
> it makes root inode permissions to be equivalent to uid = git = 0
> (root) and permissions = u+rwx go+rx.
>
> Unfortunately, we cannot simply fix this bug, because mkfs.ubifs is
> already used in production. Thus, we have introduce --squash-rino-perm
> option which is the default and it preserves the old mkfs.ubifs
> behavior. We also introduce --nosquash-rino-perm option which fixes
> mkfs.ubifs behavior. If none of these options is used, we print a
> warning. The plan is to make everyone use one of these options, then
> make --nosquash-rino-perm to be the default and remove the warning,
> and then eventually deprecate and remove both options.
>
> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
> ---
>  mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c |   87
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c b/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c
> index 9f2a226..eeb5e42 100644
> --- a/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c
> +++ b/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
>  #include "mkfs.ubifs.h"
>  #include <crc32.h>
>
> -#define PROGRAM_VERSION "1.3"
> +#define PROGRAM_VERSION "1.4"
>
>  /* Size (prime number) of hash table for link counting */
>  #define HASH_TABLE_SIZE 10099
> @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static char *output;
>  static int out_fd;
>  static int out_ubi;
>  static int squash_owner;
> +static int squash_rino_perm = -1;
>
>  /* The 'head' (position) which nodes are written */
>  static int head_lnum;
> @@ -134,25 +135,27 @@ static unsigned long long creat_sqnum;
>  static const char *optstring = "d:r:m:o:D:h?vVe:c:g:f:P:k:x:X:j:R:l:j:U";
>
>  static const struct option longopts[] = {
> -       {"root",          1, NULL, 'r'},
> -       {"min-io-size",   1, NULL, 'm'},
> -       {"leb-size",      1, NULL, 'e'},
> -       {"max-leb-cnt",   1, NULL, 'c'},
> -       {"output",        1, NULL, 'o'},
> -       {"devtable",      1, NULL, 'D'},
> -       {"help",          0, NULL, 'h'},
> -       {"verbose",       0, NULL, 'v'},
> -       {"version",       0, NULL, 'V'},
> -       {"debug-level",   1, NULL, 'g'},
> -       {"jrn-size",      1, NULL, 'j'},
> -       {"reserved",      1, NULL, 'R'},
> -       {"compr",         1, NULL, 'x'},
> -       {"favor-percent", 1, NULL, 'X'},
> -       {"fanout",        1, NULL, 'f'},
> -       {"keyhash",       1, NULL, 'k'},
> -       {"log-lebs",      1, NULL, 'l'},
> -       {"orph-lebs",     1, NULL, 'p'},
> -       {"squash-uids" ,  0, NULL, 'U'},
> +       {"root",               1, NULL, 'r'},
> +       {"min-io-size",        1, NULL, 'm'},
> +       {"leb-size",           1, NULL, 'e'},
> +       {"max-leb-cnt",        1, NULL, 'c'},
> +       {"output",             1, NULL, 'o'},
> +       {"devtable",           1, NULL, 'D'},
> +       {"help",               0, NULL, 'h'},
> +       {"verbose",            0, NULL, 'v'},
> +       {"version",            0, NULL, 'V'},
> +       {"debug-level",        1, NULL, 'g'},
> +       {"jrn-size",           1, NULL, 'j'},
> +       {"reserved",           1, NULL, 'R'},
> +       {"compr",              1, NULL, 'x'},
> +       {"favor-percent",      1, NULL, 'X'},
> +       {"fanout",             1, NULL, 'f'},
> +       {"keyhash",            1, NULL, 'k'},
> +       {"log-lebs",           1, NULL, 'l'},
> +       {"orph-lebs",          1, NULL, 'p'},
> +       {"squash-uids" ,       0, NULL, 'U'},
> +       {"squash-rino-perm",   0, NULL, 'Q'},
> +       {"nosquash-rino-perm", 0, NULL, 'q'},
>         {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
>  };
>
> @@ -190,6 +193,12 @@ static const char *helptext =
>  "-V, --version            display version information\n"
>  "-g, --debug=LEVEL        display debug information (0 - none, 1 -
> statistics,\n"
>  "                         2 - files, 3 - more details)\n"
> +"-Q, --squash-rino-perm   ignore permissions of the FS image directory (the
> one\n"
> +"                         specified with --root) and make the UBIFS root
> inode\n"
> +"                        permissions to be {uid=gid=root, u+rwx,go+rx};
> this is\n"
> +"                         see also the default so far, see explanations
> below\n"
> +"-q, --nosquash-rino-perm for the UBIFS root inode use permissions of the
> FS\n"
> +"                         image directory (the one specified with
> --root)\n"
>  "-h, --help               display this help text\n\n"
>  "Note, SIZE is specified in bytes, but it may also be specified in
> Kilobytes,\n"
>  "Megabytes, and Gigabytes if a KiB, MiB, or GiB suffix is used.\n\n"
> @@ -201,7 +210,19 @@ static const char *helptext =
>  "or more percent better than \"lzo\", mkfs.ubifs chooses \"lzo\", otherwise
> it chooses\n"
>  "\"zlib\". The \"--favor-percent\" may specify arbitrary threshold instead
> of the\n"
>  "default 20%.\n\n"
> -"The -R parameter specifies amount of bytes reserved for the
> super-user.\n";
> +"The -R parameter specifies amount of bytes reserved for the
> super-user.\n\n"
> +"Some clarifications about --squash-rino-perm and --nosquash-rino-perm
> options.\n"
> +"Originally, mkfs.ubifs did not have them, and it always set permissions
> for the UBIFS\n"
> +"root inode to be {uid=gid=root, u+rwx,go+rx}. This was a bug which was
> found too\n"
> +"late, when mkfs.ubifs had already been used in production. To fix this
> bug, 2 new\n"
> +"options were introduced: --squash-rino-perm which preserves the old
> behavior and\n"
> +"--nosquash-rino-perm which makes mkfs.ubifs use the right permissions for
> the root\n"
> +"inode. For now --squash-rino-perm is the default, and if neither
> --squash-rino-perm\n"
> +"nor --nosquash-rino-perm are used, mkfs.ubifs prints a warning. The
> further plan is:\n"
> +" o keep the warning for few releases to make sure users start using one of
> the\n"
> +"   options\n"
> +" o make --nosquash-rino-perm to be the default, and remove the warning\n"
> +" o eventually deprecate both options\n";
>
>  /**
>   * make_path - make a path name from a directory and a name.
> @@ -643,6 +664,12 @@ static int get_options(int argc, char**argv)
>                 case 'U':
>                         squash_owner = 1;
>                         break;
> +               case 'Q':
> +                       squash_rino_perm = 1;
> +                       break;
> +               case 'q':
> +                       squash_rino_perm = 0;
> +                       break;
>                 }
>         }
>
> @@ -671,6 +698,10 @@ static int get_options(int argc, char**argv)
>                 return err_msg("Maximum count of LEBs was not specified "
>                                "(use -h for help)");
>
> +       if (squash_rino_perm != -1 && root)
> +               return err_msg("--squash-rino-perm and nosquash-rino-perm
> options"
> +                              "can be used only with the --root option");
> +
>         if (c->max_bud_bytes == -1) {
>                 int lebs;
>
> @@ -1630,18 +1661,28 @@ static int add_multi_linked_files(void)
>  static int write_data(void)
>  {
>         int err;
> +       mode_t mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH |
> S_IXOTH;
>
>         if (root) {
>                 err = stat(root, &root_st);
>                 if (err)
>                         return sys_err_msg("bad root file-system directory
> '%s'",
>                                            root);
> +               if (squash_rino_perm == -1) {
> +                       printf("WARNING: setting root UBIFS inode UID=GID=0
> (root) and permissions "
> +                                "to u+rwx,go+rx; use --squash-rino-perm or
> --nosquash-rino-perm "
> +                                "to suppress this warning");
> +                       squash_rino_perm = 1;
> +               }
> +               if (squash_rino_perm) {
> +                       root_st.st_uid = root_st.st_gid = 0;
> +                       root_st.st_mode = mode;
> +               }
>         } else {
>                 root_st.st_mtime = time(NULL);
>                 root_st.st_atime = root_st.st_ctime = root_st.st_mtime;
> +               root_st.st_mode = mode;
>         }
> -       root_st.st_uid = root_st.st_gid = 0;
> -       root_st.st_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH |
> S_IXOTH;
>
>         head_flags = 0;
>         err = add_directory(root, UBIFS_ROOT_INO, &root_st, !root);
> --
> 1.7.1.1
>
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Linux MTD discussion mailing list
> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/
>
>
Steve Iribarne Sept. 9, 2010, 1:43 p.m. UTC | #2
Yes.  We follow the latest changes.  Mainly because I'm going to start  
implementing ubifs and SELinux.  So I want to have the latest and  
greatest when I do it.

-stv
On Sep 9, 2010, at 5:32, "Arno Steffen" <arno.steffen@googlemail.com>  
wrote:

> Does someone of you is expert enough to patch mkfs.jffs2?
>
> 2010/9/8 Steve Iribarne <siribarne@grid-net.com>:
>>
>> Sorry for the top post... stupid M$oft outlook.
>>
>> Anyway.. .just a quick thanks for v2 of this from someone who uses  
>> this in
>> production.
>> I can eventually migrate to the proper option but it's going to  
>> take me two
>> releases to do it.
>>
>> -stv
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-mtd-bounces@lists.infradead.org on behalf of Artem  
>> Bityutskiy
>> Sent: Wed 9/8/2010 1:18 AM
>> To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
>> Cc: Arno Steffen; Adrian Hunter
>> Subject: [PATCHv2] mkfs.ubifs: do not override root inode permissions
>>
>> From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
>>
>> When mkfs.ubifs is used with -r dir, it does not make the root UBIFS
>> inode uid/gid/permissions to be equivalent to dir's permissions, but
>> it makes root inode permissions to be equivalent to uid = git = 0
>> (root) and permissions = u+rwx go+rx.
>>
>> Unfortunately, we cannot simply fix this bug, because mkfs.ubifs is
>> already used in production. Thus, we have introduce --squash-rino- 
>> perm
>> option which is the default and it preserves the old mkfs.ubifs
>> behavior. We also introduce --nosquash-rino-perm option which fixes
>> mkfs.ubifs behavior. If none of these options is used, we print a
>> warning. The plan is to make everyone use one of these options, then
>> make --nosquash-rino-perm to be the default and remove the warning,
>> and then eventually deprecate and remove both options.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
>> ---
>>  mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c |   87
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>  1 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c b/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c
>> index 9f2a226..eeb5e42 100644
>> --- a/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c
>> +++ b/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c
>> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
>>  #include "mkfs.ubifs.h"
>>  #include <crc32.h>
>>
>> -#define PROGRAM_VERSION "1.3"
>> +#define PROGRAM_VERSION "1.4"
>>
>>  /* Size (prime number) of hash table for link counting */
>>  #define HASH_TABLE_SIZE 10099
>> @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static char *output;
>>  static int out_fd;
>>  static int out_ubi;
>>  static int squash_owner;
>> +static int squash_rino_perm = -1;
>>
>>  /* The 'head' (position) which nodes are written */
>>  static int head_lnum;
>> @@ -134,25 +135,27 @@ static unsigned long long creat_sqnum;
>>  static const char *optstring = "d:r:m:o:D:h? 
>> vVe:c:g:f:P:k:x:X:j:R:l:j:U";
>>
>>  static const struct option longopts[] = {
>> -       {"root",          1, NULL, 'r'},
>> -       {"min-io-size",   1, NULL, 'm'},
>> -       {"leb-size",      1, NULL, 'e'},
>> -       {"max-leb-cnt",   1, NULL, 'c'},
>> -       {"output",        1, NULL, 'o'},
>> -       {"devtable",      1, NULL, 'D'},
>> -       {"help",          0, NULL, 'h'},
>> -       {"verbose",       0, NULL, 'v'},
>> -       {"version",       0, NULL, 'V'},
>> -       {"debug-level",   1, NULL, 'g'},
>> -       {"jrn-size",      1, NULL, 'j'},
>> -       {"reserved",      1, NULL, 'R'},
>> -       {"compr",         1, NULL, 'x'},
>> -       {"favor-percent", 1, NULL, 'X'},
>> -       {"fanout",        1, NULL, 'f'},
>> -       {"keyhash",       1, NULL, 'k'},
>> -       {"log-lebs",      1, NULL, 'l'},
>> -       {"orph-lebs",     1, NULL, 'p'},
>> -       {"squash-uids" ,  0, NULL, 'U'},
>> +       {"root",               1, NULL, 'r'},
>> +       {"min-io-size",        1, NULL, 'm'},
>> +       {"leb-size",           1, NULL, 'e'},
>> +       {"max-leb-cnt",        1, NULL, 'c'},
>> +       {"output",             1, NULL, 'o'},
>> +       {"devtable",           1, NULL, 'D'},
>> +       {"help",               0, NULL, 'h'},
>> +       {"verbose",            0, NULL, 'v'},
>> +       {"version",            0, NULL, 'V'},
>> +       {"debug-level",        1, NULL, 'g'},
>> +       {"jrn-size",           1, NULL, 'j'},
>> +       {"reserved",           1, NULL, 'R'},
>> +       {"compr",              1, NULL, 'x'},
>> +       {"favor-percent",      1, NULL, 'X'},
>> +       {"fanout",             1, NULL, 'f'},
>> +       {"keyhash",            1, NULL, 'k'},
>> +       {"log-lebs",           1, NULL, 'l'},
>> +       {"orph-lebs",          1, NULL, 'p'},
>> +       {"squash-uids" ,       0, NULL, 'U'},
>> +       {"squash-rino-perm",   0, NULL, 'Q'},
>> +       {"nosquash-rino-perm", 0, NULL, 'q'},
>>         {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
>>  };
>>
>> @@ -190,6 +193,12 @@ static const char *helptext =
>>  "-V, --version            display version information\n"
>>  "-g, --debug=LEVEL        display debug information (0 - none, 1 -
>> statistics,\n"
>>  "                         2 - files, 3 - more details)\n"
>> +"-Q, --squash-rino-perm   ignore permissions of the FS image  
>> directory (the
>> one\n"
>> +"                         specified with --root) and make the  
>> UBIFS root
>> inode\n"
>> +"                        permissions to be {uid=gid=root, u+rwx,go 
>> +rx};
>> this is\n"
>> +"                         see also the default so far, see  
>> explanations
>> below\n"
>> +"-q, --nosquash-rino-perm for the UBIFS root inode use permissions  
>> of the
>> FS\n"
>> +"                         image directory (the one specified with
>> --root)\n"
>>  "-h, --help               display this help text\n\n"
>>  "Note, SIZE is specified in bytes, but it may also be specified in
>> Kilobytes,\n"
>>  "Megabytes, and Gigabytes if a KiB, MiB, or GiB suffix is used.\n\n"
>> @@ -201,7 +210,19 @@ static const char *helptext =
>>  "or more percent better than \"lzo\", mkfs.ubifs chooses \"lzo\",  
>> otherwise
>> it chooses\n"
>>  "\"zlib\". The \"--favor-percent\" may specify arbitrary threshold  
>> instead
>> of the\n"
>>  "default 20%.\n\n"
>> -"The -R parameter specifies amount of bytes reserved for the
>> super-user.\n";
>> +"The -R parameter specifies amount of bytes reserved for the
>> super-user.\n\n"
>> +"Some clarifications about --squash-rino-perm and --nosquash-rino- 
>> perm
>> options.\n"
>> +"Originally, mkfs.ubifs did not have them, and it always set  
>> permissions
>> for the UBIFS\n"
>> +"root inode to be {uid=gid=root, u+rwx,go+rx}. This was a bug  
>> which was
>> found too\n"
>> +"late, when mkfs.ubifs had already been used in production. To fix  
>> this
>> bug, 2 new\n"
>> +"options were introduced: --squash-rino-perm which preserves the old
>> behavior and\n"
>> +"--nosquash-rino-perm which makes mkfs.ubifs use the right  
>> permissions for
>> the root\n"
>> +"inode. For now --squash-rino-perm is the default, and if neither
>> --squash-rino-perm\n"
>> +"nor --nosquash-rino-perm are used, mkfs.ubifs prints a warning. The
>> further plan is:\n"
>> +" o keep the warning for few releases to make sure users start  
>> using one of
>> the\n"
>> +"   options\n"
>> +" o make --nosquash-rino-perm to be the default, and remove the  
>> warning\n"
>> +" o eventually deprecate both options\n";
>>
>>  /**
>>   * make_path - make a path name from a directory and a name.
>> @@ -643,6 +664,12 @@ static int get_options(int argc, char**argv)
>>                 case 'U':
>>                         squash_owner = 1;
>>                         break;
>> +               case 'Q':
>> +                       squash_rino_perm = 1;
>> +                       break;
>> +               case 'q':
>> +                       squash_rino_perm = 0;
>> +                       break;
>>                 }
>>         }
>>
>> @@ -671,6 +698,10 @@ static int get_options(int argc, char**argv)
>>                 return err_msg("Maximum count of LEBs was not  
>> specified "
>>                                "(use -h for help)");
>>
>> +       if (squash_rino_perm != -1 && root)
>> +               return err_msg("--squash-rino-perm and nosquash- 
>> rino-perm
>> options"
>> +                              "can be used only with the --root  
>> option");
>> +
>>         if (c->max_bud_bytes == -1) {
>>                 int lebs;
>>
>> @@ -1630,18 +1661,28 @@ static int add_multi_linked_files(void)
>>  static int write_data(void)
>>  {
>>         int err;
>> +       mode_t mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP |  
>> S_IROTH |
>> S_IXOTH;
>>
>>         if (root) {
>>                 err = stat(root, &root_st);
>>                 if (err)
>>                         return sys_err_msg("bad root file-system  
>> directory
>> '%s'",
>>                                            root);
>> +               if (squash_rino_perm == -1) {
>> +                       printf("WARNING: setting root UBIFS inode  
>> UID=GID=0
>> (root) and permissions "
>> +                                "to u+rwx,go+rx; use --squash-rino- 
>> perm or
>> --nosquash-rino-perm "
>> +                                "to suppress this warning");
>> +                       squash_rino_perm = 1;
>> +               }
>> +               if (squash_rino_perm) {
>> +                       root_st.st_uid = root_st.st_gid = 0;
>> +                       root_st.st_mode = mode;
>> +               }
>>         } else {
>>                 root_st.st_mtime = time(NULL);
>>                 root_st.st_atime = root_st.st_ctime =  
>> root_st.st_mtime;
>> +               root_st.st_mode = mode;
>>         }
>> -       root_st.st_uid = root_st.st_gid = 0;
>> -       root_st.st_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP |  
>> S_IROTH |
>> S_IXOTH;
>>
>>         head_flags = 0;
>>         err = add_directory(root, UBIFS_ROOT_INO, &root_st, !root);
>> --
>> 1.7.1.1
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________________
>> Linux MTD discussion mailing list
>> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/
>>
>>
diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c b/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c
index 9f2a226..eeb5e42 100644
--- a/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c
+++ b/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 
 #include "mkfs.ubifs.h"
 #include <crc32.h>
 
-#define PROGRAM_VERSION "1.3"
+#define PROGRAM_VERSION "1.4"
 
 /* Size (prime number) of hash table for link counting */
 #define HASH_TABLE_SIZE 10099
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@  static char *output;
 static int out_fd;
 static int out_ubi;
 static int squash_owner;
+static int squash_rino_perm = -1;
 
 /* The 'head' (position) which nodes are written */
 static int head_lnum;
@@ -134,25 +135,27 @@  static unsigned long long creat_sqnum;
 static const char *optstring = "d:r:m:o:D:h?vVe:c:g:f:P:k:x:X:j:R:l:j:U";
 
 static const struct option longopts[] = {
-	{"root",          1, NULL, 'r'},
-	{"min-io-size",   1, NULL, 'm'},
-	{"leb-size",      1, NULL, 'e'},
-	{"max-leb-cnt",   1, NULL, 'c'},
-	{"output",        1, NULL, 'o'},
-	{"devtable",      1, NULL, 'D'},
-	{"help",          0, NULL, 'h'},
-	{"verbose",       0, NULL, 'v'},
-	{"version",       0, NULL, 'V'},
-	{"debug-level",   1, NULL, 'g'},
-	{"jrn-size",      1, NULL, 'j'},
-	{"reserved",      1, NULL, 'R'},
-	{"compr",         1, NULL, 'x'},
-	{"favor-percent", 1, NULL, 'X'},
-	{"fanout",        1, NULL, 'f'},
-	{"keyhash",       1, NULL, 'k'},
-	{"log-lebs",      1, NULL, 'l'},
-	{"orph-lebs",     1, NULL, 'p'},
-	{"squash-uids" ,  0, NULL, 'U'},
+	{"root",               1, NULL, 'r'},
+	{"min-io-size",        1, NULL, 'm'},
+	{"leb-size",           1, NULL, 'e'},
+	{"max-leb-cnt",        1, NULL, 'c'},
+	{"output",             1, NULL, 'o'},
+	{"devtable",           1, NULL, 'D'},
+	{"help",               0, NULL, 'h'},
+	{"verbose",            0, NULL, 'v'},
+	{"version",            0, NULL, 'V'},
+	{"debug-level",        1, NULL, 'g'},
+	{"jrn-size",           1, NULL, 'j'},
+	{"reserved",           1, NULL, 'R'},
+	{"compr",              1, NULL, 'x'},
+	{"favor-percent",      1, NULL, 'X'},
+	{"fanout",             1, NULL, 'f'},
+	{"keyhash",            1, NULL, 'k'},
+	{"log-lebs",           1, NULL, 'l'},
+	{"orph-lebs",          1, NULL, 'p'},
+	{"squash-uids" ,       0, NULL, 'U'},
+	{"squash-rino-perm",   0, NULL, 'Q'},
+	{"nosquash-rino-perm", 0, NULL, 'q'},
 	{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 };
 
@@ -190,6 +193,12 @@  static const char *helptext =
 "-V, --version            display version information\n"
 "-g, --debug=LEVEL        display debug information (0 - none, 1 - statistics,\n"
 "                         2 - files, 3 - more details)\n"
+"-Q, --squash-rino-perm   ignore permissions of the FS image directory (the one\n"
+"                         specified with --root) and make the UBIFS root inode\n"
+"			  permissions to be {uid=gid=root, u+rwx,go+rx}; this is\n"
+"                         see also the default so far, see explanations below\n"
+"-q, --nosquash-rino-perm for the UBIFS root inode use permissions of the FS\n"
+"                         image directory (the one specified with --root)\n"
 "-h, --help               display this help text\n\n"
 "Note, SIZE is specified in bytes, but it may also be specified in Kilobytes,\n"
 "Megabytes, and Gigabytes if a KiB, MiB, or GiB suffix is used.\n\n"
@@ -201,7 +210,19 @@  static const char *helptext =
 "or more percent better than \"lzo\", mkfs.ubifs chooses \"lzo\", otherwise it chooses\n"
 "\"zlib\". The \"--favor-percent\" may specify arbitrary threshold instead of the\n"
 "default 20%.\n\n"
-"The -R parameter specifies amount of bytes reserved for the super-user.\n";
+"The -R parameter specifies amount of bytes reserved for the super-user.\n\n"
+"Some clarifications about --squash-rino-perm and --nosquash-rino-perm options.\n"
+"Originally, mkfs.ubifs did not have them, and it always set permissions for the UBIFS\n"
+"root inode to be {uid=gid=root, u+rwx,go+rx}. This was a bug which was found too\n"
+"late, when mkfs.ubifs had already been used in production. To fix this bug, 2 new\n"
+"options were introduced: --squash-rino-perm which preserves the old behavior and\n"
+"--nosquash-rino-perm which makes mkfs.ubifs use the right permissions for the root\n"
+"inode. For now --squash-rino-perm is the default, and if neither --squash-rino-perm\n"
+"nor --nosquash-rino-perm are used, mkfs.ubifs prints a warning. The further plan is:\n"
+" o keep the warning for few releases to make sure users start using one of the\n"
+"   options\n"
+" o make --nosquash-rino-perm to be the default, and remove the warning\n"
+" o eventually deprecate both options\n";
 
 /**
  * make_path - make a path name from a directory and a name.
@@ -643,6 +664,12 @@  static int get_options(int argc, char**argv)
 		case 'U':
 			squash_owner = 1;
 			break;
+		case 'Q':
+			squash_rino_perm = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'q':
+			squash_rino_perm = 0;
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -671,6 +698,10 @@  static int get_options(int argc, char**argv)
 		return err_msg("Maximum count of LEBs was not specified "
 			       "(use -h for help)");
 
+	if (squash_rino_perm != -1 && root)
+		return err_msg("--squash-rino-perm and nosquash-rino-perm options"
+			       "can be used only with the --root option");
+
 	if (c->max_bud_bytes == -1) {
 		int lebs;
 
@@ -1630,18 +1661,28 @@  static int add_multi_linked_files(void)
 static int write_data(void)
 {
 	int err;
+	mode_t mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH;
 
 	if (root) {
 		err = stat(root, &root_st);
 		if (err)
 			return sys_err_msg("bad root file-system directory '%s'",
 					   root);
+		if (squash_rino_perm == -1) {
+			printf("WARNING: setting root UBIFS inode UID=GID=0 (root) and permissions "
+				 "to u+rwx,go+rx; use --squash-rino-perm or --nosquash-rino-perm "
+				 "to suppress this warning");
+			squash_rino_perm = 1;
+		}
+		if (squash_rino_perm) {
+			root_st.st_uid = root_st.st_gid = 0;
+			root_st.st_mode = mode;
+		}
 	} else {
 		root_st.st_mtime = time(NULL);
 		root_st.st_atime = root_st.st_ctime = root_st.st_mtime;
+		root_st.st_mode = mode;
 	}
-	root_st.st_uid = root_st.st_gid = 0;
-	root_st.st_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH;
 
 	head_flags = 0;
 	err = add_directory(root, UBIFS_ROOT_INO, &root_st, !root);