Thread (61 messages) 61 messages, 4 authors, 2021-10-18

Re: [PATCH v7 14/28] fanotify: Encode empty file handle when no inode is provided

From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Date: 2021-10-15 06:03:01
Also in: linux-api, linux-fsdevel

On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 12:38 AM Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
[off-list ref] wrote:
Instead of failing, encode an invalid file handle in fanotify_encode_fh
if no inode is provided.  This bogus file handle will be reported by
FAN_FS_ERROR for non-inode errors.

Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
---
Changes since v6:
  - Use FILEID_ROOT as the internal value (jan)
  - Create an empty FH (jan)

Changes since v5:
  - Preserve flags initialization (jan)
  - Add BUILD_BUG_ON (amir)
  - Require minimum of FANOTIFY_NULL_FH_LEN for fh_len(amir)
  - Improve comment to explain the null FH length (jan)
  - Simplify logic
---
 fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index ec84fee7ad01..c64d61b673ca 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -370,8 +370,14 @@ static int fanotify_encode_fh(struct fanotify_fh *fh, struct inode *inode,
        fh->type = FILEID_ROOT;
        fh->len = 0;
        fh->flags = 0;
+
+       /*
+        * Invalid FHs are used by FAN_FS_ERROR for errors not
+        * linked to any inode. The f_handle won't be reported
+        * back to userspace.
+        */
        if (!inode)
-               return 0;
+               goto out;

        /*
         * !gpf means preallocated variable size fh, but fh_len could
@@ -403,6 +409,7 @@ static int fanotify_encode_fh(struct fanotify_fh *fh, struct inode *inode,
        fh->type = type;
        fh->len = fh_len;

+out:
        /*
         * Mix fh into event merge key.  Hash might be NULL in case of
         * unhashed FID events (i.e. FAN_FS_ERROR).
--
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