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SubjectRe: [PATCH 10/13] xfs: use get_unused_fd_flags(0) instead of get_unused_fd()
Yann,

On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 05:41:33PM -0500, Ben Myers wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 06:39:34PM +0200, Yann Droneaud wrote:
> > Macro get_unused_fd() is used to allocate a file descriptor with
> > default flags. Those default flags (0) can be "unsafe":
> > O_CLOEXEC must be used by default to not leak file descriptor
> > across exec().
> >
> > Instead of macro get_unused_fd(), functions anon_inode_getfd()
> > or get_unused_fd_flags() should be used with flags given by userspace.
> > If not possible, flags should be set to O_CLOEXEC to provide userspace
> > with a default safe behavor.
> >
> > In a further patch, get_unused_fd() will be removed so that
> > new code start using anon_inode_getfd() or get_unused_fd_flags()
> > with correct flags.
> >
> > This patch replaces calls to get_unused_fd() with equivalent call to
> > get_unused_fd_flags(0) to preserve current behavor for existing code.
> >
> > The hard coded flag value (0) should be reviewed on a per-subsystem basis,
> > and, if possible, set to O_CLOEXEC.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@opteya.com>
> >
> > ---
> > fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > index 5e99968..dc5b659 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ xfs_open_by_handle(
> > goto out_dput;
> > }
> >
> > - fd = get_unused_fd();
> > + fd = get_unused_fd_flags(0);
>
> O_CLOEXEC should be fine in this case.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ben Myers <bpm@sgi.com>

Applied at git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs.git. Looks like I was wrong about
O_CLOEXEC being ok here. There may be applications which open_by_handle then
fork/exec and expect to still be able to use that file descriptor.

Thanks,
Ben


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