# Re: \[PATCH 2/8\] kernfs: implement kernfs\_walk\_and\_get()

- From: Geert Uytterhoeven \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-01-15 12:29:12 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2016/01/4661236
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2015/12/4637114/t.md

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On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:38 PM, Tejun Heo [ref] wrote:
> Implement kernfs_walk_and_get() which is similar to
> kernfs_find_and_get() but can walk a path instead of just a name.
>
> v2: Use strlcpy() instead of strlen() + memcpy() as suggested by
>     David.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <redacted>
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <redacted>
> Cc: David Miller <redacted>
> ---
>  fs/kernfs/dir.c        | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/kernfs.h | 12 ++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 58 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> index 91e0045..742bf4a 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> @@ -694,6 +694,29 @@ static struct kernfs_node *kernfs_find_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent,
>         return NULL;
>  }
>
> +static struct kernfs_node *kernfs_walk_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent,
> +                                         const unsigned char *path,
> +                                         const void *ns)
> +{
> +       static char path_buf[PATH_MAX]; /* protected by kernfs_mutex */

This is showing up in bloat-o-meter as increasing kernel size by 4 KiB.

> +       size_t len = strlcpy(path_buf, path, PATH_MAX);

The full input string is copied because strsep() replaces the delimiters by
zeroes?
Can this be handled in some other way?

> +       char *p = path_buf;
> +       char *name;
> +
> +       lockdep_assert_held(&kernfs_mutex);
> +
> +       if (len >= PATH_MAX)
> +               return NULL;
> +
> +       while ((name = strsep(&p, "/")) && parent) {
> +               if (*name == '\0')
> +                       continue;
> +               parent = kernfs_find_ns(parent, name, ns);
> +       }
> +
> +       return parent;
> +}

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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