Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 3 authors, 2016-08-22

Re: [PATCH 4/8] pipe: fix limit checking in pipe_set_size()

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From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Date: 2016-08-19 05:48:34
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Hi Michael,

Since you're changing this code, it's probably worth swapping the size
check and capable() below to save a function call in the normal path :

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 05:25:35PM +1200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
+	if (nr_pages > pipe->buffers) {
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && size > pipe_max_size) {
=>		if (size > pipe_max_size && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
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+			ret = -EPERM;
+			goto out_revert_acct;
+		} else if ((too_many_pipe_buffers_hard(pipe->user) ||
+				too_many_pipe_buffers_soft(pipe->user)) &&
+				!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) &&
+				!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+			ret = -EPERM;
+			goto out_revert_acct;
+		}
+	}
(...)

Cheers,
Willy
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