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SubjectRe: [RFC v10][PATCH 09/13] Restore open file descriprtors
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 08:04:40PM -0500, Oren Laadan wrote:

> +/**
> + * cr_attach_get_file - attach (and get) lonely file ptr to a file descriptor
> + * @file: lonely file pointer
> + */
> +static int cr_attach_get_file(struct file *file)
> +{
> + int fd = get_unused_fd_flags(0);
> +
> + if (fd >= 0) {
> + fsnotify_open(file->f_path.dentry);
> + fd_install(fd, file);
> + get_file(file);
> + }
> + return fd;
> +}

What happens if another thread closes the descriptor in question between
fd_install() and get_file()?

> + fd = cr_attach_file(file); /* no need to cleanup 'file' below */
> + if (fd < 0) {
> + filp_close(file, NULL);
> + ret = fd;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + /* register new <objref, file> tuple in hash table */
> + ret = cr_obj_add_ref(ctx, file, parent, CR_OBJ_FILE, 0);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + goto out;

Who said that file still exists at that point?

BTW, there are shitloads of races here - references to fd and struct file *
are mixed in a way that breaks *badly* if descriptor table is played with
by another thread.


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