[PATCH 4/6] core: split sys_setrlimit

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Mon Aug 31 2009 - 14:56:32 EST


Create setrlimit from sys_setrlimit and declare setrlimit in
the resource header. This is to allow rlimits to be changed not
only by syscall, but later from proc code too.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/resource.h | 2 ++
kernel/sys.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/resource.h b/include/linux/resource.h
index 40fc7e6..4301d67 100644
--- a/include/linux/resource.h
+++ b/include/linux/resource.h
@@ -71,5 +71,7 @@ struct rlimit {
#include <asm/resource.h>

int getrusage(struct task_struct *p, int who, struct rusage __user *ru);
+int setrlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
+ struct rlimit *new_rlim);

#endif
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index d501f60..919cebe 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1236,41 +1236,38 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(old_getrlimit, unsigned int, resource,

#endif

-SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setrlimit, unsigned int, resource, struct rlimit __user *, rlim)
+int setrlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
+ struct rlimit *new_rlim)
{
- struct rlimit new_rlim, *old_rlim;
+ struct rlimit *old_rlim;
int retval;

- if (resource >= RLIM_NLIMITS)
- return -EINVAL;
- if (copy_from_user(&new_rlim, rlim, sizeof(*rlim)))
- return -EFAULT;
- if (new_rlim.rlim_cur > new_rlim.rlim_max)
+ if (new_rlim->rlim_cur > new_rlim->rlim_max)
return -EINVAL;
- old_rlim = current->signal->rlim + resource;
- if ((new_rlim.rlim_max > old_rlim->rlim_max) &&
+ old_rlim = tsk->signal->rlim + resource;
+ if ((new_rlim->rlim_max > old_rlim->rlim_max) &&
!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
return -EPERM;
- if (resource == RLIMIT_NOFILE && new_rlim.rlim_max > sysctl_nr_open)
+ if (resource == RLIMIT_NOFILE && new_rlim->rlim_max > sysctl_nr_open)
return -EPERM;

- retval = security_task_setrlimit(current, resource, &new_rlim);
+ retval = security_task_setrlimit(tsk, resource, new_rlim);
if (retval)
return retval;

- if (resource == RLIMIT_CPU && new_rlim.rlim_cur == 0) {
+ if (resource == RLIMIT_CPU && new_rlim->rlim_cur == 0) {
/*
* The caller is asking for an immediate RLIMIT_CPU
* expiry. But we use the zero value to mean "it was
* never set". So let's cheat and make it one second
* instead
*/
- new_rlim.rlim_cur = 1;
+ new_rlim->rlim_cur = 1;
}

- task_lock(current->group_leader);
- *old_rlim = new_rlim;
- task_unlock(current->group_leader);
+ task_lock(tsk->group_leader);
+ *old_rlim = *new_rlim;
+ task_unlock(tsk->group_leader);

if (resource != RLIMIT_CPU)
goto out;
@@ -1281,14 +1278,25 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setrlimit, unsigned int, resource, struct rlimit __user *, rlim)
* very long-standing error, and fixing it now risks breakage of
* applications, so we live with it
*/
- if (new_rlim.rlim_cur == RLIM_INFINITY)
+ if (new_rlim->rlim_cur == RLIM_INFINITY)
goto out;

- update_rlimit_cpu(current, new_rlim.rlim_cur);
+ update_rlimit_cpu(tsk, new_rlim->rlim_cur);
out:
return 0;
}

+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setrlimit, unsigned int, resource, struct rlimit __user *, rlim)
+{
+ struct rlimit new_rlim;
+
+ if (resource >= RLIM_NLIMITS)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (copy_from_user(&new_rlim, rlim, sizeof(*rlim)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return setrlimit(current, resource, &new_rlim);
+}
+
/*
* It would make sense to put struct rusage in the task_struct,
* except that would make the task_struct be *really big*. After
--
1.6.3.3

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