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[v13,03/13] file: Export receive_fd() to modules

Message ID 20210831103634.33-4-xieyongji@bytedance.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Introduce VDUSE - vDPA Device in Userspace | expand

Commit Message

Yongji Xie Aug. 31, 2021, 10:36 a.m. UTC
Export receive_fd() so that some modules can use
it to pass file descriptor between processes without
missing any security stuffs.

Signed-off-by: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@bytedance.com>
Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
---
 fs/file.c            | 6 ++++++
 include/linux/file.h | 7 +++----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Michael S. Tsirkin Sept. 5, 2021, 3:57 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 06:36:24PM +0800, Xie Yongji wrote:
> Export receive_fd() so that some modules can use
> it to pass file descriptor between processes without
> missing any security stuffs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@bytedance.com>
> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>

This needs some acks from fs devels.
Viro?


> ---
>  fs/file.c            | 6 ++++++
>  include/linux/file.h | 7 +++----
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
> index 86dc9956af32..210e540672aa 100644
> --- a/fs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/file.c
> @@ -1134,6 +1134,12 @@ int receive_fd_replace(int new_fd, struct file *file, unsigned int o_flags)
>  	return new_fd;
>  }
>  
> +int receive_fd(struct file *file, unsigned int o_flags)
> +{
> +	return __receive_fd(file, NULL, o_flags);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(receive_fd);
> +
>  static int ksys_dup3(unsigned int oldfd, unsigned int newfd, int flags)
>  {
>  	int err = -EBADF;
> diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
> index 2de2e4613d7b..51e830b4fe3a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/file.h
> +++ b/include/linux/file.h
> @@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ extern void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file);
>  
>  extern int __receive_fd(struct file *file, int __user *ufd,
>  			unsigned int o_flags);
> +
> +extern int receive_fd(struct file *file, unsigned int o_flags);
> +
>  static inline int receive_fd_user(struct file *file, int __user *ufd,
>  				  unsigned int o_flags)
>  {
> @@ -101,10 +104,6 @@ static inline int receive_fd_user(struct file *file, int __user *ufd,
>  		return -EFAULT;
>  	return __receive_fd(file, ufd, o_flags);
>  }
> -static inline int receive_fd(struct file *file, unsigned int o_flags)
> -{
> -	return __receive_fd(file, NULL, o_flags);
> -}
>  int receive_fd_replace(int new_fd, struct file *file, unsigned int o_flags);
>  
>  extern void flush_delayed_fput(void);
> -- 
> 2.11.0
Al Viro Sept. 5, 2021, 4:44 p.m. UTC | #2
On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 11:57:22AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 06:36:24PM +0800, Xie Yongji wrote:
> > Export receive_fd() so that some modules can use
> > it to pass file descriptor between processes without
> > missing any security stuffs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@bytedance.com>
> > Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> 
> This needs some acks from fs devels.
> Viro?

*shrug*

I still think that having random ioctls messing with descriptor table
is a bad idea, and I'm not thrilled with the way it's currently
factored, but we can change that later.
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diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 86dc9956af32..210e540672aa 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -1134,6 +1134,12 @@  int receive_fd_replace(int new_fd, struct file *file, unsigned int o_flags)
 	return new_fd;
 }
 
+int receive_fd(struct file *file, unsigned int o_flags)
+{
+	return __receive_fd(file, NULL, o_flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(receive_fd);
+
 static int ksys_dup3(unsigned int oldfd, unsigned int newfd, int flags)
 {
 	int err = -EBADF;
diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
index 2de2e4613d7b..51e830b4fe3a 100644
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@  extern void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file);
 
 extern int __receive_fd(struct file *file, int __user *ufd,
 			unsigned int o_flags);
+
+extern int receive_fd(struct file *file, unsigned int o_flags);
+
 static inline int receive_fd_user(struct file *file, int __user *ufd,
 				  unsigned int o_flags)
 {
@@ -101,10 +104,6 @@  static inline int receive_fd_user(struct file *file, int __user *ufd,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return __receive_fd(file, ufd, o_flags);
 }
-static inline int receive_fd(struct file *file, unsigned int o_flags)
-{
-	return __receive_fd(file, NULL, o_flags);
-}
 int receive_fd_replace(int new_fd, struct file *file, unsigned int o_flags);
 
 extern void flush_delayed_fput(void);