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Hallyn" Subject: [PATCH v7 1/8] Get rid of __get_task_comm() Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 10:56:17 +0800 Message-Id: <20240817025624.13157-2-laoar.shao@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.1 (Apple Git-130) In-Reply-To: <20240817025624.13157-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com> References: <20240817025624.13157-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 We want to eliminate the use of __get_task_comm() for the following reasons: - The task_lock() is unnecessary Quoted from Linus [0]: : Since user space can randomly change their names anyway, using locking : was always wrong for readers (for writers it probably does make sense : to have some lock - although practically speaking nobody cares there : either, but at least for a writer some kind of race could have : long-term mixed results - The BUILD_BUG_ON() doesn't add any value The only requirement is to ensure that the destination buffer is a valid array. - Zeroing is not necessary in current use cases To avoid confusion, we should remove it. Moreover, not zeroing could potentially make it easier to uncover bugs. If the caller needs a zero-padded task name, it should be explicitly handled at the call site. Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wivfrF0_zvf+oj6==Sh=-npJooP8chLPEfaFV0oNYTTBA@mail.gmail.com [0] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whWtUC-AjmGJveAETKOMeMFSTwKwu99v7+b6AyHMmaDFA@mail.gmail.com/ Suggested-by: Alejandro Colomar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2jxak5v6dfxlpbxhpm3ey7oup4g2lnr3ueurfbosf5wdo65dk4@srb3hsk72zwq Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao Cc: Alexander Viro Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: Jan Kara Cc: Eric Biederman Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Alexei Starovoitov Cc: Matus Jokay Cc: Alejandro Colomar Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" --- fs/exec.c | 10 ---------- fs/proc/array.c | 2 +- include/linux/sched.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ kernel/kthread.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index a47d0e4c54f6..2e468ddd203a 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1264,16 +1264,6 @@ static int unshare_sighand(struct task_struct *me) return 0; } -char *__get_task_comm(char *buf, size_t buf_size, struct task_struct *tsk) -{ - task_lock(tsk); - /* Always NUL terminated and zero-padded */ - strscpy_pad(buf, tsk->comm, buf_size); - task_unlock(tsk); - return buf; -} -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__get_task_comm); - /* * These functions flushes out all traces of the currently running executable * so that a new one can be started diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c index 34a47fb0c57f..55ed3510d2bb 100644 --- a/fs/proc/array.c +++ b/fs/proc/array.c @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void proc_task_name(struct seq_file *m, struct task_struct *p, bool escape) else if (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD) get_kthread_comm(tcomm, sizeof(tcomm), p); else - __get_task_comm(tcomm, sizeof(tcomm), p); + get_task_comm(tcomm, p); if (escape) seq_escape_str(m, tcomm, ESCAPE_SPACE | ESCAPE_SPECIAL, "\n\\"); diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 33dd8d9d2b85..5f1c8a58bb76 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1096,9 +1096,12 @@ struct task_struct { /* * executable name, excluding path. * - * - normally initialized setup_new_exec() - * - access it with [gs]et_task_comm() - * - lock it with task_lock() + * - normally initialized begin_new_exec() + * - set it with set_task_comm() + * - strscpy_pad() to ensure it is always NUL-terminated and + * zero-padded + * - task_lock() to ensure the operation is atomic and the name is + * fully updated. */ char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN]; @@ -1912,10 +1915,27 @@ static inline void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, const char *from) __set_task_comm(tsk, from, false); } -extern char *__get_task_comm(char *to, size_t len, struct task_struct *tsk); +/* + * - Why not use task_lock()? + * User space can randomly change their names anyway, so locking for readers + * doesn't make sense. For writers, locking is probably necessary, as a race + * condition could lead to long-term mixed results. + * The strscpy_pad() in __set_task_comm() can ensure that the task comm is + * always NUL-terminated and zero-padded. Therefore the race condition between + * reader and writer is not an issue. + * + * - Why not use strscpy_pad()? + * While strscpy_pad() prevents writing garbage past the NUL terminator, which + * is useful when using the task name as a key in a hash map, most use cases + * don't require this. Zero-padding might confuse users if it’s unnecessary, + * and not zeroing might even make it easier to expose bugs. If you need a + * zero-padded task name, please handle that explicitly at the call site. + * + * - ARRAY_SIZE() can help ensure that @buf is indeed an array. + */ #define get_task_comm(buf, tsk) ({ \ - BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(buf) != TASK_COMM_LEN); \ - __get_task_comm(buf, sizeof(buf), tsk); \ + strscpy(buf, (tsk)->comm, ARRAY_SIZE(buf)); \ + buf; \ }) #ifdef CONFIG_SMP diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c index f7be976ff88a..7d001d033cf9 100644 --- a/kernel/kthread.c +++ b/kernel/kthread.c @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void get_kthread_comm(char *buf, size_t buf_size, struct task_struct *tsk) struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(tsk); if (!kthread || !kthread->full_name) { - __get_task_comm(buf, buf_size, tsk); + strscpy(buf, tsk->comm, buf_size); return; }