Re: [PATCH] check name_len before down_read xattr_sem and sb_read

[Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:29:09PM +0800, crosslonelyover wrote:
> Hi,
>        I walked through ext2_xattr_get, and felt that we can
> do some optimization on it. For name_len check, it's done
> after down xattr_sem and sb_read, both of which are time
> consuming operation compared with strlen:
>          down_read(&EXT2_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
>  ...
>          bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, EXT2_I(inode)->i_file_acl);
>  ...
>          /* find named attribute */
>          name_len = strlen(name);
> 
>          error = -ERANGE;
>          if (name_len > 255)
>                  goto cleanup;
> 
>        Most of the case, you'll get one valid block, but if the
> name len > 255, then the xattr_sem down and sb_bread operation
> can be seen as a waste of time. So I think we'd better do
> name len check as early as possible.
>        Following is my patch, and it's against 2.6.35-rc4.
> Please check it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Sheng-Hui <crosslonelyover@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext2/xattr.c |   12 +++++++-----
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

For what it's worth, this change looks OK to me.

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>

regards,
dan carpenter