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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 12/24] binfmt_misc: convert the entry file to seq_file
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:33:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710-work-binfmt_misc-locking-v3-12-a162f7cb58d6@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260710-work-binfmt_misc-locking-v3-0-a162f7cb58d6@kernel.org>

Reading an entry file allocates a whole page and formats the status
into it with a chain of manually advanced sprintf() calls, silently
relying on MAX_REGISTER_LENGTH plus the hex-expanded magic and mask
always staying below PAGE_SIZE. Convert the read side to seq_file
which sizes its buffer as needed and gets rid of the open-coded
pointer arithmetic including the last bin2hex() user in the file.
The output is byte for byte identical.

seq_open() clears FMODE_PWRITE for historical reasons and would
silently turn pwrite() on entry files into -ESPIPE even though
bm_entry_write() accepts writes at any offset. Restore the flag in
bm_entry_open() the same way kernfs does for its seq_file backed
files so pwrite() keeps working.

The only user-visible difference is that seeking is now bound by
seq_lseek() instead of default_llseek(), i.e. SEEK_END stops working
on entry files, which nothing can sensibly use anyway.

The status file keeps its simple_read_from_buffer() as it only ever
returns one of two fixed strings.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
 fs/binfmt_misc.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 252e1f2a8347..23a2020d9266 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/hex.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/fs_context.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
@@ -577,40 +577,47 @@ static int parse_command(const char __user *buffer, size_t count)
 
 /* generic stuff */
 
-static void entry_status(struct binfmt_misc_entry *e, char *page)
+static void bm_seq_hex(struct seq_file *m, const u8 *data, int size)
 {
-	char *dp = page;
-	const char *status = "disabled";
+	for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+		seq_printf(m, "%02x", data[i]);
+}
+
+static int bm_entry_show(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
+{
+	struct binfmt_misc_entry *e = m->private;
 
 	if (test_bit(MISC_FMT_ENABLED_BIT, &e->flags))
-		status = "enabled";
+		seq_puts(m, "enabled\n");
+	else
+		seq_puts(m, "disabled\n");
 
-	dp += sprintf(dp, "%s\ninterpreter %s\n", status, e->interpreter);
+	seq_printf(m, "interpreter %s\n", e->interpreter);
 
 	/* print the special flags */
-	dp += sprintf(dp, "flags: ");
+	seq_puts(m, "flags: ");
 	if (e->flags & MISC_FMT_PRESERVE_ARGV0)
-		*dp++ = 'P';
+		seq_putc(m, 'P');
 	if (e->flags & MISC_FMT_OPEN_BINARY)
-		*dp++ = 'O';
+		seq_putc(m, 'O');
 	if (e->flags & MISC_FMT_CREDENTIALS)
-		*dp++ = 'C';
+		seq_putc(m, 'C');
 	if (e->flags & MISC_FMT_OPEN_FILE)
-		*dp++ = 'F';
-	*dp++ = '\n';
+		seq_putc(m, 'F');
+	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 
 	if (!test_bit(MISC_FMT_MAGIC_BIT, &e->flags)) {
-		sprintf(dp, "extension .%s\n", e->magic);
+		seq_printf(m, "extension .%s\n", e->magic);
 	} else {
-		dp += sprintf(dp, "offset %i\nmagic ", e->offset);
-		dp = bin2hex(dp, e->magic, e->size);
+		seq_printf(m, "offset %i\nmagic ", e->offset);
+		bm_seq_hex(m, e->magic, e->size);
 		if (e->mask) {
-			dp += sprintf(dp, "\nmask ");
-			dp = bin2hex(dp, e->mask, e->size);
+			seq_puts(m, "\nmask ");
+			bm_seq_hex(m, e->mask, e->size);
 		}
-		*dp++ = '\n';
-		*dp = '\0';
+		seq_putc(m, '\n');
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct inode *bm_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode)
@@ -695,23 +702,18 @@ static void remove_binfmt_handler(struct binfmt_misc *misc,
 
 /* /<entry> */
 
-static ssize_t
-bm_entry_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
+static int bm_entry_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct binfmt_misc_entry *e = file_inode(file)->i_private;
-	ssize_t res;
-	char *page;
+	int ret;
 
-	page = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!page)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	entry_status(e, page);
-
-	res = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, nbytes, ppos, page, strlen(page));
+	ret = single_open(file, bm_entry_show, inode->i_private);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
-	kfree(page);
-	return res;
+	/* seq_open() clears FMODE_PWRITE, bm_entry_write() takes any offset */
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+		file->f_mode |= FMODE_PWRITE;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static ssize_t bm_entry_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
@@ -759,9 +761,11 @@ static ssize_t bm_entry_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations bm_entry_operations = {
-	.read		= bm_entry_read,
+	.open		= bm_entry_open,
+	.read		= seq_read,
 	.write		= bm_entry_write,
-	.llseek		= default_llseek,
+	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.release	= single_release,
 };
 
 /* /register */

-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-10  9:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ 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
2026-07-10  9:33 ` [PATCH v3 05/24] binfmt_misc: use RCU for the handler lookup Christian Brauner
2026-07-10  9:33 ` [PATCH v3 06/24] binfmt_misc: annotate racy accesses to ->enabled Christian Brauner
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 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-07-10  9:33 ` [PATCH v3 13/24] binfmt_misc: factor out the entry matching Christian Brauner
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

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