linux-stable.git/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c, branch v6.4

sysctl: remove register_sysctl_paths()

2023-05-03T02:24:16+00:00

The deprecation for register_sysctl_paths() is over. We can rejoice as
we nuke register_sysctl_paths(). The routine register_sysctl_table()
was the only user left of register_sysctl_paths(), so we can now just
open code and move the implementation over to what used to be
to __register_sysctl_paths().

The old dynamic struct ctl_table_set *set is now the point to
sysctl_table_root.default_set.

The old dynamic const struct ctl_path *path was being used in the
routine register_sysctl_paths() with a static:

static const struct ctl_path null_path[] = { {} };

Since this is a null path we can now just simplfy the old routine
and remove its use as its always empty.

This saves us a total of 230 bytes.

$ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter vmlinux.old vmlinux
add/remove: 2/7 grow/shrink: 1/1 up/down: 1015/-1245 (-230)
Function                                     old     new   delta
register_leaf_sysctl_tables.constprop          -     524    +524
register_sysctl_table                         22     497    +475
__pfx_register_leaf_sysctl_tables.constprop       -      16     +16
null_path                                      8       -      -8
__pfx_register_sysctl_paths                   16       -     -16
__pfx_register_leaf_sysctl_tables             16       -     -16
__pfx___register_sysctl_paths                 16       -     -16
__register_sysctl_base                        29      12     -17
register_sysctl_paths                         18       -     -18
register_leaf_sysctl_tables                  534       -    -534
__register_sysctl_paths                      620       -    -620
Total: Before=21259666, After=21259436, chg -0.00%

Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain

Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2023-04-27-16-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

2023-04-28T02:57:00+00:00

Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton:
 "Mainly singleton patches all over the place.

  Series of note are:

   - updates to scripts/gdb from Glenn Washburn

   - kexec cleanups from Bjorn Helgaas"

* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2023-04-27-16-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (50 commits)
  mailmap: add entries for Paul Mackerras
  libgcc: add forward declarations for generic library routines
  mailmap: add entry for Oleksandr
  ocfs2: reduce ioctl stack usage
  fs/proc: add Kthread flag to /proc/$pid/status
  ia64: fix an addr to taddr in huge_pte_offset()
  checkpatch: introduce proper bindings license check
  epoll: rename global epmutex
  scripts/gdb: add GDB convenience functions $lx_dentry_name() and $lx_i_dentry()
  scripts/gdb: create linux/vfs.py for VFS related GDB helpers
  uapi/linux/const.h: prefer ISO-friendly __typeof__
  delayacct: track delays from IRQ/SOFTIRQ
  scripts/gdb: timerlist: convert int chunks to str
  scripts/gdb: print interrupts
  scripts/gdb: raise error with reduced debugging information
  scripts/gdb: add a Radix Tree Parser
  lib/rbtree: use '+' instead of '|' for setting color.
  proc/stat: remove arch_idle_time()
  checkpatch: check for misuse of the link tags
  checkpatch: allow Closes tags with links
  ...

proc_sysctl: enhance documentation

2023-04-13T18:49:22+00:00

Expand documentation to clarify:

  o that paths don't need to exist for the new API callers
  o clarify that we *require* callers to keep the memory of
    the table around during the lifetime of the sysctls
  o annotate routines we are trying to deprecate and later remove

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.17
Cc: Christian Brauner 
Cc: Kefeng Wang 
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain

sysctl: clarify register_sysctl_init() base directory order

2023-04-13T18:49:04+00:00

Relatively new docs which I added which hinted the base directories needed
to be created before is wrong, remove that incorrect comment. This has been
hinted before by Eric twice already [0] [1], I had just not verified that
until now. Now that I've verified that updates the docs to relax the context
described.

[0] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/875ys0azt8.fsf@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org
[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87ftbiud6s.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.17
Cc: Christian Brauner 
Cc: Kefeng Wang 
Suggested-by: Eric W. Biederman 
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain

proc_sysctl: move helper which creates required subdirectories

2023-04-13T18:49:00+00:00

Move the code which creates the subdirectories for a ctl table
into a helper routine so to make it easier to review. Document
the goal.

This creates no functional changes.

Reviewed-by: John Johansen 
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain

proc_sysctl: update docs for __register_sysctl_table()

2023-04-13T18:47:47+00:00

Update the docs for __register_sysctl_table() to make it clear no child
entries can be passed. When the child is true these are non-leaf entries
on the ctl table and sysctl treats these as directories. The point to
__register_sysctl_table() is to deal only with directories not part of
the ctl table where thay may riside, to be simple and avoid recursion.

While at it, hint towards using long on extra1 and extra2 later.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.17
Cc: Christian Brauner 
Cc: Kefeng Wang 
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain

proc: remove mark_inode_dirty() in .setattr()

2023-04-08T20:45:36+00:00

procfs' .setattr() has updated i_uid, i_gid and i_mode into proc dirent,
we don't need to call mark_inode_dirty() for delayed update, remove it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230131150840.34726-1-chao@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chao Yu 
Reviewed-by: Alexey Dobriyan 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

sysctl: fix proc_dobool() usability

2023-02-21T21:34:07+00:00

Currently proc_dobool expects a (bool *) in table->data, but sizeof(int)
in table->maxsize, because it uses do_proc_dointvec() directly.

This is unsafe for at least two reasons:
1. A sysctl table definition may use { .data = &variable, .maxsize =
   sizeof(variable) }, not realizing that this makes the sysctl unusable
   (see the Fixes: tag) and that they need to use the completely
   counterintuitive sizeof(int) instead.
2. proc_dobool() will currently try to parse an array of values if given
   .maxsize >= 2*sizeof(int), but will try to write values of type bool
   by offsets of sizeof(int), so it will not work correctly with neither
   an (int *) nor a (bool *). There is no .maxsize validation to prevent
   this.

Fix this by:
1. Constraining proc_dobool() to allow only one value and .maxsize ==
   sizeof(bool).
2. Wrapping the original struct ctl_table in a temporary one with .data
   pointing to a local int variable and .maxsize set to sizeof(int) and
   passing this one to proc_dointvec(), converting the value to/from
   bool as needed (using proc_dou8vec_minmax() as an example).
3. Extending sysctl_check_table() to enforce proc_dobool() expectations.
4. Fixing the proc_dobool() docstring (it was just copy-pasted from
   proc_douintvec, apparently...).
5. Converting all existing proc_dobool() users to set .maxsize to
   sizeof(bool) instead of sizeof(int).

Fixes: 83efeeeb3d04 ("tty: Allow TIOCSTI to be disabled")
Fixes: a2071573d634 ("sysctl: introduce new proc handler proc_dobool")
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek 
Acked-by: Kees Cook 
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain

fs: port ->permission() to pass mnt_idmap

2023-01-19T08:24:28+00:00

Convert to struct mnt_idmap.

Last cycle we merged the necessary infrastructure in
256c8aed2b42 ("fs: introduce dedicated idmap type for mounts").
This is just the conversion to struct mnt_idmap.

Currently we still pass around the plain namespace that was attached to a
mount. This is in general pretty convenient but it makes it easy to
conflate namespaces that are relevant on the filesystem with namespaces
that are relevent on the mount level. Especially for non-vfs developers
without detailed knowledge in this area this can be a potential source for
bugs.

Once the conversion to struct mnt_idmap is done all helpers down to the
really low-level helpers will take a struct mnt_idmap argument instead of
two namespace arguments. This way it becomes impossible to conflate the two
eliminating the possibility of any bugs. All of the vfs and all filesystems
only operate on struct mnt_idmap.

Acked-by: Dave Chinner 
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft)

fs: port ->getattr() to pass mnt_idmap

2023-01-19T08:24:25+00:00

Convert to struct mnt_idmap.

Last cycle we merged the necessary infrastructure in
256c8aed2b42 ("fs: introduce dedicated idmap type for mounts").
This is just the conversion to struct mnt_idmap.

Currently we still pass around the plain namespace that was attached to a
mount. This is in general pretty convenient but it makes it easy to
conflate namespaces that are relevant on the filesystem with namespaces
that are relevent on the mount level. Especially for non-vfs developers
without detailed knowledge in this area this can be a potential source for
bugs.

Once the conversion to struct mnt_idmap is done all helpers down to the
really low-level helpers will take a struct mnt_idmap argument instead of
two namespace arguments. This way it becomes impossible to conflate the two
eliminating the possibility of any bugs. All of the vfs and all filesystems
only operate on struct mnt_idmap.

Acked-by: Dave Chinner 
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft)