Re: [PATCH 3/6] fs: clear FMODE_LSEEK if no llseek function

From: Al Viro
Date: Fri Jun 24 2022 - 13:04:32 EST


On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 06:56:28PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> This helps unify a longstanding wart where FMODE_LSEEK hasn't been
> uniformly unset when it should be.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/file_table.c | 2 ++
> fs/open.c | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
> index 5424e3a8df5f..15700b2e1b53 100644
> --- a/fs/file_table.c
> +++ b/fs/file_table.c
> @@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ static struct file *alloc_file(const struct path *path, int flags,
> if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
> likely(fop->write || fop->write_iter))
> file->f_mode |= FMODE_CAN_WRITE;
> + if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_LSEEK) && !file->f_op->llseek)
> + file->f_mode &= ~FMODE_LSEEK;

Where would FMODE_LSEEK come from in this one? ->f_mode is set
(in __alloc_file()) to OPEN_FMODE(flags); that does deal with FMODE_READ
and FMODE_WRITE, but FMODE_LSEEK will be clear...