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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 14/24] binfmt_misc: rename load_binfmt_misc() to current_binfmt_misc()
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:33:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710-work-binfmt_misc-locking-v3-14-a162f7cb58d6@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260710-work-binfmt_misc-locking-v3-0-a162f7cb58d6@kernel.org>

load_binfmt_misc() is one word swap away from load_misc_binary(),
the binfmt loader it serves. It doesn't load anything, it looks up
the binfmt_misc instance of the caller's user namespace, so name it
after what it returns in the style of current_user_ns() and friends.
Tighten the parent walk into a for loop and fix the stale wording
and typos in the kernel-doc while at it.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
 fs/binfmt_misc.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 6a56f40f23ae..cd5dbf61771e 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -184,29 +184,27 @@ static void put_binfmt_handler(struct binfmt_misc_entry *e)
 }
 
 /**
- * load_binfmt_misc - load the binfmt_misc of the caller's user namespace
+ * current_binfmt_misc - get the binfmt_misc instance of the caller's user namespace
  *
- * To be called in load_misc_binary() to load the relevant struct binfmt_misc.
- * If a user namespace doesn't have its own binfmt_misc mount it can make use
- * of its ancestor's binfmt_misc handlers. This mimicks the behavior of
- * pre-namespaced binfmt_misc where all registered binfmt_misc handlers where
- * available to all user and user namespaces on the system.
+ * If a user namespace doesn't have its own binfmt_misc mount it uses the
+ * handlers of its closest ancestor with one. This mimics the behavior of
+ * pre-namespaced binfmt_misc where all registered handlers were available
+ * to all users and user namespaces on the system. The init user namespace
+ * instance is statically set up so the fallback is never reached in
+ * practice.
  *
  * Return: the binfmt_misc instance of the caller's user namespace
  */
-static struct binfmt_misc *load_binfmt_misc(void)
+static struct binfmt_misc *current_binfmt_misc(void)
 {
 	const struct user_namespace *user_ns;
 	struct binfmt_misc *misc;
 
-	user_ns = current_user_ns();
-	while (user_ns) {
+	for (user_ns = current_user_ns(); user_ns; user_ns = user_ns->parent) {
 		/* Pairs with smp_store_release() in bm_fill_super(). */
 		misc = smp_load_acquire(&user_ns->binfmt_misc);
 		if (misc)
 			return misc;
-
-		user_ns = user_ns->parent;
 	}
 
 	return &init_binfmt_misc;
@@ -222,7 +220,7 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	int retval = -ENOEXEC;
 	struct binfmt_misc *misc;
 
-	misc = load_binfmt_misc();
+	misc = current_binfmt_misc();
 	if (!READ_ONCE(misc->enabled))
 		return retval;
 
@@ -983,7 +981,7 @@ static int bm_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&misc->entries);
 		spin_lock_init(&misc->entries_lock);
 
-		/* Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in load_binfmt_misc(). */
+		/* Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in current_binfmt_misc(). */
 		smp_store_release(&user_ns->binfmt_misc, misc);
 	}
 

-- 
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 ` [PATCH v3 12/24] binfmt_misc: convert the entry file to seq_file Christian Brauner
2026-07-10  9:33 ` [PATCH v3 13/24] binfmt_misc: factor out the entry matching Christian Brauner
2026-07-10  9:33 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
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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