Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Introduce a way to expose the interpreted file with binfmt_misc

[Guilherme G. Piccoli]

On 13/11/2023 15:29, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> [...]
> Currently there is a mechanism in the kernel for changing
> /proc/self/exe.  Would that be reasonable to use in this case?
> 
> It came from the checkpoint/restart work, but given that it is already
> implemented it seems like the path of least resistance to get your
> binfmt_misc that wants to look like binfmt_elf to use that mechanism.
> 
> Eric
> 

Thanks Eric! I'm curious on how that would work: we'd change the symlink
of the emulator? So, the *emulated* software, when reading that, would
see the correct symlink?

Also, just to fully clarify: are you suggesting we hook the new
binfmt_misc flag proposed here to the internal kernel way of changing
the proc/self/exe symlink, or are you suggesting we use the prctl() tune
from the emulator, like the userspace changing its own symlink?

One of the biggest concerns I have with this kind of approach is that
changing the symlink actually...changes it - the binary mapping itself,
I mean.
Whereas my way was a "fake" change, just expose one thing for the
emulated app, but changes nothing else...

Cheers,


Guilherme