Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] VFS: refactor vfs_read()

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Mon Oct 13 2014 - 13:33:44 EST


On Fri, 2014-10-10 at 17:09 +0300, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:
> integrity_kernel_read() duplicates the file read operations code
> in vfs_read(). This patch refactors vfs_read() code creating a
> helper function __vfs_read(). It is used by both vfs_read() and
> integrity_kernel_read().
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Al, can we get an ack on this?

thanks,

Mimi

> ---
> fs/read_write.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
> include/linux/fs.h | 1 +
> security/integrity/iint.c | 10 +++-------
> 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
> index 009d854..f45b2ae 100644
> --- a/fs/read_write.c
> +++ b/fs/read_write.c
> @@ -412,6 +412,23 @@ ssize_t new_sync_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *p
>
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(new_sync_read);
>
> +ssize_t __vfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
> + loff_t *pos)
> +{
> + ssize_t ret;
> +
> + if (file->f_op->read)
> + ret = file->f_op->read(file, buf, count, pos);
> + else if (file->f_op->aio_read)
> + ret = do_sync_read(file, buf, count, pos);
> + else if (file->f_op->read_iter)
> + ret = new_sync_read(file, buf, count, pos);
> + else
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> ssize_t vfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
> {
> ssize_t ret;
> @@ -426,12 +443,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
> ret = rw_verify_area(READ, file, pos, count);
> if (ret >= 0) {
> count = ret;
> - if (file->f_op->read)
> - ret = file->f_op->read(file, buf, count, pos);
> - else if (file->f_op->aio_read)
> - ret = do_sync_read(file, buf, count, pos);
> - else
> - ret = new_sync_read(file, buf, count, pos);
> + ret = __vfs_read(file, buf, count, pos);
> if (ret > 0) {
> fsnotify_access(file);
> add_rchar(current, ret);
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index e11d60c..ac3a36e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ ssize_t rw_copy_check_uvector(int type, const struct iovec __user * uvector,
> struct iovec *fast_pointer,
> struct iovec **ret_pointer);
>
> +extern ssize_t __vfs_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
> extern ssize_t vfs_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
> extern ssize_t vfs_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
> extern ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *, const struct iovec __user *,
> diff --git a/security/integrity/iint.c b/security/integrity/iint.c
> index a1f5cd1..e359477 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/iint.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/iint.c
> @@ -184,20 +184,16 @@ int integrity_kernel_read(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
> {
> mm_segment_t old_fs;
> char __user *buf = addr;
> - ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
> + ssize_t ret;
>
> if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
> return -EBADF;
>
> old_fs = get_fs();
> set_fs(get_ds());
> - if (file->f_op->read)
> - ret = file->f_op->read(file, buf, count, &offset);
> - else if (file->f_op->aio_read)
> - ret = do_sync_read(file, buf, count, &offset);
> - else if (file->f_op->read_iter)
> - ret = new_sync_read(file, buf, count, &offset);
> + ret = __vfs_read(file, buf, count, &offset);
> set_fs(old_fs);
> +
> return ret;
> }
>


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