From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, Farid Zakaria <farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com>,
jannh@google.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 13/24] binfmt_misc: factor out the entry matching
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:33:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710-work-binfmt_misc-locking-v3-13-a162f7cb58d6@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260710-work-binfmt_misc-locking-v3-0-a162f7cb58d6@kernel.org>
search_binfmt_handler() open-codes both match types in one loop body
with the maskless magic comparison spelled as a manual xor loop that
is just memcmp() in disguise. Move the extension and magic checks
into helpers so the walk reads as policy - skip disabled entries,
match by entry type - and the maskless case actually uses memcmp().
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
fs/binfmt_misc.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 23a2020d9266..6a56f40f23ae 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -78,6 +78,29 @@ static struct file_system_type bm_fs_type;
*/
#define MAX_REGISTER_LENGTH 1920
+/* Check if @e's magic matches @bprm's buffer, applying the mask if set. */
+static bool entry_matches_magic(const struct binfmt_misc_entry *e,
+ const struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+ const char *s = bprm->buf + e->offset;
+ int i;
+
+ if (!e->mask)
+ return !memcmp(s, e->magic, e->size);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < e->size; i++)
+ if ((s[i] ^ e->magic[i]) & e->mask[i])
+ return false;
+ return true;
+}
+
+/* Check if @e's registered extension matches @ext, NULL if there is none. */
+static bool entry_matches_extension(const struct binfmt_misc_entry *e,
+ const char *ext)
+{
+ return ext && !strcmp(e->magic, ext);
+}
+
/**
* search_binfmt_handler - search for a binary handler for @bprm
* @misc: handle to binfmt_misc instance
@@ -93,38 +116,23 @@ static struct file_system_type bm_fs_type;
static struct binfmt_misc_entry *
search_binfmt_handler(struct binfmt_misc *misc, struct linux_binprm *bprm)
{
- char *p = strrchr(bprm->interp, '.');
+ char *dot = strrchr(bprm->interp, '.');
+ const char *ext = dot ? dot + 1 : NULL;
struct binfmt_misc_entry *e;
/* Walk all the registered handlers. */
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(e, &misc->entries, node) {
- char *s;
- int j;
-
/* Make sure this one is currently enabled. */
if (!test_bit(MISC_FMT_ENABLED_BIT, &e->flags))
continue;
- /* Do matching based on extension if applicable. */
- if (!test_bit(MISC_FMT_MAGIC_BIT, &e->flags)) {
- if (p && !strcmp(e->magic, p + 1))
+ if (test_bit(MISC_FMT_MAGIC_BIT, &e->flags)) {
+ if (entry_matches_magic(e, bprm))
return e;
- continue;
- }
-
- /* Do matching based on magic & mask. */
- s = bprm->buf + e->offset;
- if (e->mask) {
- for (j = 0; j < e->size; j++)
- if ((*s++ ^ e->magic[j]) & e->mask[j])
- break;
} else {
- for (j = 0; j < e->size; j++)
- if ((*s++ ^ e->magic[j]))
- break;
+ if (entry_matches_extension(e, ext))
+ return e;
}
- if (j == e->size)
- return e;
}
return NULL;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-10 9:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-10 9:33 [PATCH v3 00/24] binfmt_misc: write access fixes, RCU handler lookup and cleanups Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 01/24] binfmt_misc: restore write access when removing an entry Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 02/24] binfmt_misc: use exe_file_deny_write_access() for the interpreter clone Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 03/24] binfmt_misc: reject a flag character as the field delimiter Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 04/24] binfmt_misc: convert entry list to an hlist Christian Brauner
2026-07-11 21:20 ` Jori Koolstra
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 05/24] binfmt_misc: use RCU for the handler lookup Christian Brauner
2026-07-11 21:38 ` Jori Koolstra
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 06/24] binfmt_misc: annotate racy accesses to ->enabled Christian Brauner
2026-07-11 21:42 ` Jori Koolstra
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 07/24] binfmt_misc: turn the entry bit numbers into a proper enum Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 08/24] binfmt_misc: turn the entry behavior flags into an enum Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 09/24] binfmt_misc: rename Node to struct binfmt_misc_entry Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 10/24] binfmt_misc: remove the VERBOSE_STATUS toggle Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 11/24] binfmt_misc: use print_hex_dump_debug() for the register debug output Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 12/24] binfmt_misc: convert the entry file to seq_file Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 14/24] binfmt_misc: rename load_binfmt_misc() to current_binfmt_misc() Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 15/24] binfmt_misc: return errors directly in load_misc_binary() Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 16/24] binfmt_misc: give the parse_command() results names Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 17/24] binfmt_misc: factor out the entry removal Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 18/24] binfmt_misc: simplify check_special_flags() Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 19/24] binfmt_misc: use a flexible array member for the register string Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 20/24] binfmt_misc: split the field parsing out of create_entry() Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 21/24] binfmt_misc: use __free(kfree) in bm_register_write() Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 22/24] binfmt_misc: assorted small cleanups Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 23/24] binfmt_misc: include what is used Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 9:33 ` [PATCH v3 24/24] binfmt_misc: allow removing entries via unlink(2) Christian Brauner
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-07-13 15:37 [PATCH v3 13/24] binfmt_misc: factor out the entry matching Jori Koolstra
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