Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] fs: avoid fdput() after failed fdget() in kernel_read_file_from_fd()

[Scott Branden]

Hi Luis,

On 2020-05-13 7:19 a.m., Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 7:13 AM Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 06:49:50AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 01:43:05PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
> > > > index 06b4c550af5d..ea24bdce939d 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/exec.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/exec.c
> > > > @@ -1021,8 +1021,8 @@ int kernel_read_file_from_fd(int fd, void **buf, loff_t *size, loff_t max_size,
> > > >              goto out;
> > > >
> > > >      ret = kernel_read_file(f.file, buf, size, max_size, id);
> > > > -out:
> > > >      fdput(f);
> > > > +out:
> > > >      return ret;
> > > Incidentally, why is that thing exported?
> > Both kernel_read_file_from_fd() and kernel_read_file() are exported
> > because they have users, however kernel_read_file() only has security
> > stuff as a user. Do we want to get rid of the lsm hook for it?
> Alright, yeah just the export needs to be removed. I have a patch
> series dealing with these callers so will add it to my queue.
When will these changes make it into linux-next?
It is difficult for me to complete my patch series without these other 
misc. changes in place.
>    Luis
Regards,
ÂScott