[PATCH] proc,fcntl: introduce F_SET_DESCRIPTION

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[PATCH] proc,fcntl: introduce F_SET_DESCRIPTION

From: Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
Date: 2020-07-25 21:29:05

This command attaches a description to a file descriptor for
troubleshooting purposes. The free string is displayed in the
process fdinfo file for that fd /proc/pid/fdinfo/fd.

One intended usage is to allow processes to self-document sockets
for netstat and friends to report

Signed-off-by: Pascal Bouchareine <redacted>
---

More context sent earlier this week: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-api/CAGbU3_nVvuzMn2wo4_ZKufWcGfmGsopVujzTWw-Bbeky=xS+GA@mail.gmail.com/T/#u

 Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst |  3 +++
 fs/fcntl.c                         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 fs/proc/fd.c                       |  5 +++++
 include/linux/fs.h                 |  3 +++
 include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h         |  5 +++++
 5 files changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index 996f3cfe7030..ae8045650836 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -1918,6 +1918,9 @@ A typical output is::
 	flags:	0100002
 	mnt_id:	19
 
+An optional 'desc' is set if the process documented its usage of
+the file via the fcntl command F_SET_DESCRIPTION.
+
 All locks associated with a file descriptor are shown in its fdinfo too::
 
     lock:       1: FLOCK  ADVISORY  WRITE 359 00:13:11691 0 EOF
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 2e4c0fa2074b..c1ef724a906e 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -319,6 +319,22 @@ static long fcntl_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	}
 }
 
+static long fcntl_set_description(struct file *file, char __user *desc)
+{
+	char *d;
+
+	d = strndup_user(desc, MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE);
+	if (IS_ERR(d))
+		return PTR_ERR(d);
+
+	spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+	kfree(file->f_description);
+	file->f_description = d;
+	spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 		struct file *filp)
 {
@@ -426,6 +442,9 @@ static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 	case F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT:
 		err = fcntl_rw_hint(filp, cmd, arg);
 		break;
+	case F_SET_DESCRIPTION:
+		err = fcntl_set_description(filp, argp);
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 81882a13212d..60b3ff971b2b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ static int seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   (long long)file->f_pos, f_flags,
 		   real_mount(file->f_path.mnt)->mnt_id);
 
+	spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+	if (file->f_description)
+		seq_printf(m, "desc:\t%s\n", file->f_description);
+	spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+
 	show_fd_locks(m, file, files);
 	if (seq_has_overflowed(m))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f5abba86107d..09717bfa4e3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ struct file {
 	struct address_space	*f_mapping;
 	errseq_t		f_wb_err;
 	errseq_t		f_sb_err; /* for syncfs */
+
+#define MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE 256
+	char                    *f_description;
 } __randomize_layout
   __attribute__((aligned(4)));	/* lest something weird decides that 2 is OK */
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
index 2f86b2ad6d7e..f86ff6dc45c7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 #define F_GET_FILE_RW_HINT	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 13)
 #define F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 14)
 
+/*
+ * Set file description
+ */
+#define F_SET_DESCRIPTION	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 15)
+
 /*
  * Valid hint values for F_{GET,SET}_RW_HINT. 0 is "not set", or can be
  * used to clear any hints previously set.
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH] proc,fcntl: introduce F_SET_DESCRIPTION

From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: 2020-07-25 22:10:37

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 05:40:43PM -0700, Pascal Bouchareine wrote:
This command attaches a description to a file descriptor for
troubleshooting purposes. The free string is displayed in the
process fdinfo file for that fd /proc/pid/fdinfo/fd.

One intended usage is to allow processes to self-document sockets
for netstat and friends to report
Have you even tried to test it?  When will it ever free those things?

Re: [PATCH] proc,fcntl: introduce F_SET_DESCRIPTION

From: Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
Date: 2020-07-26 01:43:07

On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 3:10 PM Al Viro [off-list ref] wrote:
Have you even tried to test it?  When will it ever free those things?
Thanks for pointing that out, I'll try to address that in the thread

I did basic tests against 5.4: set a description, concurrently set it
from multiple child processes, read, demo with ss/netstat.

However I rebased against master and have not tested the build after
rebase, is that broken?
Should I use a different target for tests?

Thanks for your help

[PATCH v2] proc,fcntl: introduce F_SET_DESCRIPTION

From: Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
Date: 2020-07-26 01:48:41

This command attaches a description to a file descriptor for
troubleshooting purposes. The free string is displayed in the
process fdinfo file for that fd /proc/pid/fdinfo/fd.

One intended usage is to allow processes to self-document sockets
for netstat and friends to report

Signed-off-by: Pascal Bouchareine <redacted>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst |  3 +++
 fs/fcntl.c                         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 fs/file_table.c                    |  3 +++
 fs/proc/fd.c                       |  5 +++++
 include/linux/fs.h                 |  3 +++
 include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h         |  5 +++++
 scripts/get_maintainer.pl          |  2 ++
 7 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index 996f3cfe7030..ae8045650836 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -1918,6 +1918,9 @@ A typical output is::
 	flags:	0100002
 	mnt_id:	19
 
+An optional 'desc' is set if the process documented its usage of
+the file via the fcntl command F_SET_DESCRIPTION.
+
 All locks associated with a file descriptor are shown in its fdinfo too::
 
     lock:       1: FLOCK  ADVISORY  WRITE 359 00:13:11691 0 EOF
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 2e4c0fa2074b..c1ef724a906e 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -319,6 +319,22 @@ static long fcntl_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	}
 }
 
+static long fcntl_set_description(struct file *file, char __user *desc)
+{
+	char *d;
+
+	d = strndup_user(desc, MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE);
+	if (IS_ERR(d))
+		return PTR_ERR(d);
+
+	spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+	kfree(file->f_description);
+	file->f_description = d;
+	spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 		struct file *filp)
 {
@@ -426,6 +442,9 @@ static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 	case F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT:
 		err = fcntl_rw_hint(filp, cmd, arg);
 		break;
+	case F_SET_DESCRIPTION:
+		err = fcntl_set_description(filp, argp);
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 656647f9575a..f2d9be7b6459 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file)
 	eventpoll_release(file);
 	locks_remove_file(file);
 
+	if (file->f_description)
+		kfree(file->f_description);
+
 	ima_file_free(file);
 	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & FASYNC)) {
 		if (file->f_op->fasync)
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 81882a13212d..60b3ff971b2b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ static int seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   (long long)file->f_pos, f_flags,
 		   real_mount(file->f_path.mnt)->mnt_id);
 
+	spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+	if (file->f_description)
+		seq_printf(m, "desc:\t%s\n", file->f_description);
+	spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+
 	show_fd_locks(m, file, files);
 	if (seq_has_overflowed(m))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f5abba86107d..09717bfa4e3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ struct file {
 	struct address_space	*f_mapping;
 	errseq_t		f_wb_err;
 	errseq_t		f_sb_err; /* for syncfs */
+
+#define MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE 256
+	char                    *f_description;
 } __randomize_layout
   __attribute__((aligned(4)));	/* lest something weird decides that 2 is OK */
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
index 2f86b2ad6d7e..f86ff6dc45c7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 #define F_GET_FILE_RW_HINT	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 13)
 #define F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 14)
 
+/*
+ * Set file description
+ */
+#define F_SET_DESCRIPTION	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 15)
+
 /*
  * Valid hint values for F_{GET,SET}_RW_HINT. 0 is "not set", or can be
  * used to clear any hints previously set.
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 484d2fbf5921..2e7c434b2b2d 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -2309,6 +2309,8 @@ sub vcs_file_blame {
 		my @commit_signers = ();
 		my $cmd;
 
+		print STDERR "checking commit $commit\n";
+
 		$cmd = $VCS_cmds{"find_commit_signers_cmd"};
 		$cmd =~ s/(\$\w+)/$1/eeg;	#substitute variables in $cmd
 
-- 
2.25.1

[PATCH v3] This command attaches a description to a file descriptor for troubleshooting purposes. The free string is displayed in the process fdinfo file for that fd /proc/pid/fdinfo/fd.

From: Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
Date: 2020-07-26 02:04:30

One intended usage is to allow processes to self-document sockets
for netstat and friends to report

Signed-off-by: Pascal Bouchareine <redacted>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst |  3 +++
 fs/fcntl.c                         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 fs/file_table.c                    |  2 ++
 fs/proc/fd.c                       |  5 +++++
 include/linux/fs.h                 |  3 +++
 include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h         |  5 +++++
 6 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index 996f3cfe7030..ae8045650836 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -1918,6 +1918,9 @@ A typical output is::
 	flags:	0100002
 	mnt_id:	19
 
+An optional 'desc' is set if the process documented its usage of
+the file via the fcntl command F_SET_DESCRIPTION.
+
 All locks associated with a file descriptor are shown in its fdinfo too::
 
     lock:       1: FLOCK  ADVISORY  WRITE 359 00:13:11691 0 EOF
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 2e4c0fa2074b..c1ef724a906e 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -319,6 +319,22 @@ static long fcntl_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	}
 }
 
+static long fcntl_set_description(struct file *file, char __user *desc)
+{
+	char *d;
+
+	d = strndup_user(desc, MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE);
+	if (IS_ERR(d))
+		return PTR_ERR(d);
+
+	spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+	kfree(file->f_description);
+	file->f_description = d;
+	spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 		struct file *filp)
 {
@@ -426,6 +442,9 @@ static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 	case F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT:
 		err = fcntl_rw_hint(filp, cmd, arg);
 		break;
+	case F_SET_DESCRIPTION:
+		err = fcntl_set_description(filp, argp);
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 656647f9575a..6673a48d2ea1 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file)
 	eventpoll_release(file);
 	locks_remove_file(file);
 
+	kfree(file->f_description);
+
 	ima_file_free(file);
 	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & FASYNC)) {
 		if (file->f_op->fasync)
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 81882a13212d..60b3ff971b2b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ static int seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   (long long)file->f_pos, f_flags,
 		   real_mount(file->f_path.mnt)->mnt_id);
 
+	spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+	if (file->f_description)
+		seq_printf(m, "desc:\t%s\n", file->f_description);
+	spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+
 	show_fd_locks(m, file, files);
 	if (seq_has_overflowed(m))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f5abba86107d..09717bfa4e3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ struct file {
 	struct address_space	*f_mapping;
 	errseq_t		f_wb_err;
 	errseq_t		f_sb_err; /* for syncfs */
+
+#define MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE 256
+	char                    *f_description;
 } __randomize_layout
   __attribute__((aligned(4)));	/* lest something weird decides that 2 is OK */
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
index 2f86b2ad6d7e..f86ff6dc45c7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 #define F_GET_FILE_RW_HINT	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 13)
 #define F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 14)
 
+/*
+ * Set file description
+ */
+#define F_SET_DESCRIPTION	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 15)
+
 /*
  * Valid hint values for F_{GET,SET}_RW_HINT. 0 is "not set", or can be
  * used to clear any hints previously set.
-- 
2.25.1

[PATCH v3] proc,fcntl: introduce F_SET_DESCRIPTION

From: Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
Date: 2020-07-26 02:10:50

This command attaches a description to a file descriptor for
troubleshooting purposes. The free string is displayed in the
process fdinfo file for that fd /proc/pid/fdinfo/fd.

One intended usage is to allow processes to self-document sockets
for netstat and friends to report

Signed-off-by: Pascal Bouchareine <redacted>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst |  3 +++
 fs/fcntl.c                         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 fs/file_table.c                    |  2 ++
 fs/proc/fd.c                       |  5 +++++
 include/linux/fs.h                 |  3 +++
 include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h         |  5 +++++
 6 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index 996f3cfe7030..ae8045650836 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -1918,6 +1918,9 @@ A typical output is::
 	flags:	0100002
 	mnt_id:	19
 
+An optional 'desc' is set if the process documented its usage of
+the file via the fcntl command F_SET_DESCRIPTION.
+
 All locks associated with a file descriptor are shown in its fdinfo too::
 
     lock:       1: FLOCK  ADVISORY  WRITE 359 00:13:11691 0 EOF
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 2e4c0fa2074b..c1ef724a906e 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -319,6 +319,22 @@ static long fcntl_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	}
 }
 
+static long fcntl_set_description(struct file *file, char __user *desc)
+{
+	char *d;
+
+	d = strndup_user(desc, MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE);
+	if (IS_ERR(d))
+		return PTR_ERR(d);
+
+	spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+	kfree(file->f_description);
+	file->f_description = d;
+	spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 		struct file *filp)
 {
@@ -426,6 +442,9 @@ static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 	case F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT:
 		err = fcntl_rw_hint(filp, cmd, arg);
 		break;
+	case F_SET_DESCRIPTION:
+		err = fcntl_set_description(filp, argp);
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 656647f9575a..6673a48d2ea1 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file)
 	eventpoll_release(file);
 	locks_remove_file(file);
 
+	kfree(file->f_description);
+
 	ima_file_free(file);
 	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & FASYNC)) {
 		if (file->f_op->fasync)
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 81882a13212d..60b3ff971b2b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ static int seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   (long long)file->f_pos, f_flags,
 		   real_mount(file->f_path.mnt)->mnt_id);
 
+	spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+	if (file->f_description)
+		seq_printf(m, "desc:\t%s\n", file->f_description);
+	spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+
 	show_fd_locks(m, file, files);
 	if (seq_has_overflowed(m))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f5abba86107d..09717bfa4e3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ struct file {
 	struct address_space	*f_mapping;
 	errseq_t		f_wb_err;
 	errseq_t		f_sb_err; /* for syncfs */
+
+#define MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE 256
+	char                    *f_description;
 } __randomize_layout
   __attribute__((aligned(4)));	/* lest something weird decides that 2 is OK */
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
index 2f86b2ad6d7e..f86ff6dc45c7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 #define F_GET_FILE_RW_HINT	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 13)
 #define F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 14)
 
+/*
+ * Set file description
+ */
+#define F_SET_DESCRIPTION	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 15)
+
 /*
  * Valid hint values for F_{GET,SET}_RW_HINT. 0 is "not set", or can be
  * used to clear any hints previously set.
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH v3] This command attaches a description to a file descriptor for troubleshooting purposes. The free string is displayed in the process fdinfo file for that fd /proc/pid/fdinfo/fd.

From: Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
Date: 2020-07-26 02:12:00

Sorry about all the noise, please disregard this one.


On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 7:04 PM Pascal Bouchareine [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk
One intended usage is to allow processes to self-document sockets
for netstat and friends to report

Signed-off-by: Pascal Bouchareine <redacted>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst |  3 +++
 fs/fcntl.c                         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 fs/file_table.c                    |  2 ++
 fs/proc/fd.c                       |  5 +++++
 include/linux/fs.h                 |  3 +++
 include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h         |  5 +++++
 6 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index 996f3cfe7030..ae8045650836 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -1918,6 +1918,9 @@ A typical output is::
        flags:  0100002
        mnt_id: 19

+An optional 'desc' is set if the process documented its usage of
+the file via the fcntl command F_SET_DESCRIPTION.
+
 All locks associated with a file descriptor are shown in its fdinfo too::

     lock:       1: FLOCK  ADVISORY  WRITE 359 00:13:11691 0 EOF
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 2e4c0fa2074b..c1ef724a906e 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -319,6 +319,22 @@ static long fcntl_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
        }
 }

+static long fcntl_set_description(struct file *file, char __user *desc)
+{
+       char *d;
+
+       d = strndup_user(desc, MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE);
+       if (IS_ERR(d))
+               return PTR_ERR(d);
+
+       spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+       kfree(file->f_description);
+       file->f_description = d;
+       spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
                struct file *filp)
 {
@@ -426,6 +442,9 @@ static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
        case F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT:
                err = fcntl_rw_hint(filp, cmd, arg);
                break;
+       case F_SET_DESCRIPTION:
+               err = fcntl_set_description(filp, argp);
+               break;
        default:
                break;
        }
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 656647f9575a..6673a48d2ea1 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file)
        eventpoll_release(file);
        locks_remove_file(file);

+       kfree(file->f_description);
+
        ima_file_free(file);
        if (unlikely(file->f_flags & FASYNC)) {
                if (file->f_op->fasync)
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 81882a13212d..60b3ff971b2b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ static int seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
                   (long long)file->f_pos, f_flags,
                   real_mount(file->f_path.mnt)->mnt_id);

+       spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+       if (file->f_description)
+               seq_printf(m, "desc:\t%s\n", file->f_description);
+       spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+
        show_fd_locks(m, file, files);
        if (seq_has_overflowed(m))
                goto out;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f5abba86107d..09717bfa4e3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ struct file {
        struct address_space    *f_mapping;
        errseq_t                f_wb_err;
        errseq_t                f_sb_err; /* for syncfs */
+
+#define MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE 256
+       char                    *f_description;
 } __randomize_layout
   __attribute__((aligned(4))); /* lest something weird decides that 2 is OK */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
index 2f86b2ad6d7e..f86ff6dc45c7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 #define F_GET_FILE_RW_HINT     (F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 13)
 #define F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT     (F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 14)

+/*
+ * Set file description
+ */
+#define F_SET_DESCRIPTION      (F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 15)
+
 /*
  * Valid hint values for F_{GET,SET}_RW_HINT. 0 is "not set", or can be
  * used to clear any hints previously set.
--
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH v3] proc,fcntl: introduce F_SET_DESCRIPTION

From: Alexey Dobriyan <hidden>
Date: 2020-07-27 14:30:38

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 10:22:36PM -0700, Pascal Bouchareine wrote:
This command attaches a description to a file descriptor for
troubleshooting purposes. The free string is displayed in the
process fdinfo file for that fd /proc/pid/fdinfo/fd.

One intended usage is to allow processes to self-document sockets
for netstat and friends to report
+static long fcntl_set_description(struct file *file, char __user *desc)
+{
+	char *d;
+
+	d = strndup_user(desc, MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE);
This should be kmem accounted because allocation is persistent.
To make things more entertaining, strndup_user() doesn't have gfp_t argument.
+	if (IS_ERR(d))
+		return PTR_ERR(d);
+
+	spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+	kfree(file->f_description);
+	file->f_description = d;
+	spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
Generally kfree under spinlock is not good idea.
You can replace the pointer and free without spinlock.
quoted hunk
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ struct file {
 	struct address_space	*f_mapping;
 	errseq_t		f_wb_err;
 	errseq_t		f_sb_err; /* for syncfs */
+
+#define MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE 256
+	char                    *f_description;
struct file is nicely aligned to 256 bytes on distro configs.
Will this break everything?

	$ cat /sys/kernel/slab/filp/object_size

Re: [PATCH v3] proc,fcntl: introduce F_SET_DESCRIPTION

From: Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
Date: 2020-07-28 01:39:53

Thanks for reviewing, I added some questions inline below

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 7:21 AM Alexey Dobriyan [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
+     d = strndup_user(desc, MAX_FILE_DESC_SIZE);
This should be kmem accounted because allocation is persistent.
To make things more entertaining, strndup_user() doesn't have gfp_t argument.
I had to look it up so I might be very far from it, but is that
__GFP_ACCOUNT and would it be correct to assume memdup_user() should
use it unconditionally?

Otherwise my simple option would be to implement the logic in the
set_description, but the benefit would be very local.

Please let me know what you think is best, happy to read more doc if
there's a more productive way to address that
quoted
+     if (IS_ERR(d))
+             return PTR_ERR(d);
+
+     spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+     kfree(file->f_description);
+     file->f_description = d;
+     spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
Generally kfree under spinlock is not good idea.
You can replace the pointer and free without spinlock.
Sorry I also need some pointers here - do you suggest I move the kfree
out of the locked section or that there is a safe way other than
spinlock?
struct file is nicely aligned to 256 bytes on distro configs.
Will this break everything?

        $ cat /sys/kernel/slab/filp/object_size
Indeed on the config I'm using here this jumped to 264 bytes

Would it be better to move this to the inode struct? I don't know the
implications of this - any other option?

Thanks!

Re: [PATCH v3] proc,fcntl: introduce F_SET_DESCRIPTION

From: Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
Date: 2020-07-28 06:25:51

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 6:39 PM Pascal Bouchareine [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
struct file is nicely aligned to 256 bytes on distro configs.
Will this break everything?

        $ cat /sys/kernel/slab/filp/object_size
Indeed on the config I'm using here this jumped to 264 bytes

Would it be better to move this to the inode struct? I don't know the
implications of this - any other option?
Well it doesn't actually make much sense to share that at that level

However the above 264 is building from 5.4 without f_sb_err, so I
think master already passed the 256 bytes too ?
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