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 v2 20/23] binfmt_misc: use __free(kfree) in bm_register_write()
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:30:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710-work-binfmt_misc-locking-v2-20-2a1c3d4126a7@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260710-work-binfmt_misc-locking-v2-0-2a1c3d4126a7@kernel.org>
bm_register_write() has to free the entry it got from create_entry()
on every failure until add_entry() has linked it into the filesystem
and made the inode its owner. Arm the entry with __free(kfree) so the
error branches can simply return and disarm it via
retain_and_null_ptr() once ownership has been handed to the inode.
The interpreter file keeps its manual error cleanup as freeing the
entry would not close it.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
fs/binfmt_misc.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index c2d947f934ab..6acce58ce405 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -796,13 +796,12 @@ static int add_entry(struct binfmt_misc_entry *e, struct super_block *sb)
static ssize_t bm_register_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
- struct binfmt_misc_entry *e;
+ struct binfmt_misc_entry *e __free(kfree) = NULL;
struct super_block *sb = file_inode(file)->i_sb;
- int err = 0;
struct file *f = NULL;
+ int err;
e = create_entry(buffer, count);
-
if (IS_ERR(e))
return PTR_ERR(e);
@@ -819,7 +818,6 @@ static ssize_t bm_register_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
if (IS_ERR(f)) {
pr_notice("register: failed to install interpreter file %s\n",
e->interpreter);
- kfree(e);
return PTR_ERR(f);
}
e->interp_file = f;
@@ -831,9 +829,11 @@ static ssize_t bm_register_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
exe_file_allow_write_access(f);
filp_close(f, NULL);
}
- kfree(e);
return err;
}
+
+ /* The entry is owned by its inode now. */
+ retain_and_null_ptr(e);
return count;
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-09 22:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-09 22:29 [PATCH v2 00/23] binfmt_misc: write access fixes, RCU handler lookup and cleanups Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 01/23] binfmt_misc: restore write access when removing an entry Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 02/23] binfmt_misc: use exe_file_deny_write_access() for the interpreter clone Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 03/23] binfmt_misc: convert entry list to an hlist Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 04/23] binfmt_misc: use RCU for the handler lookup Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 10:53 ` Jori Koolstra
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 05/23] binfmt_misc: annotate racy accesses to ->enabled Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 06/23] binfmt_misc: turn the entry bit numbers into a proper enum Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 07/23] binfmt_misc: turn the entry behavior flags into an enum Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 08/23] binfmt_misc: rename Node to struct binfmt_misc_entry Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 09/23] binfmt_misc: remove the VERBOSE_STATUS toggle Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 10/23] binfmt_misc: use print_hex_dump_debug() for the register debug output Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 11/23] binfmt_misc: convert the entry file to seq_file Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 12/23] binfmt_misc: factor out the entry matching Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 13/23] binfmt_misc: rename load_binfmt_misc() to current_binfmt_misc() Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 14/23] binfmt_misc: return errors directly in load_misc_binary() Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 15/23] binfmt_misc: give the parse_command() results names Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 16/23] binfmt_misc: factor out the entry removal Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 17/23] binfmt_misc: simplify check_special_flags() Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 18/23] binfmt_misc: use a flexible array member for the register string Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 19/23] binfmt_misc: split the field parsing out of create_entry() Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 21/23] binfmt_misc: assorted small cleanups Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 22/23] binfmt_misc: include what is used Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 23/23] binfmt_misc: allow removing entries via unlink(2) Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 7:58 ` [PATCH v2 00/23] binfmt_misc: write access fixes, RCU handler lookup and cleanups Christian Brauner
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