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* Re: [PATCH] 2.4.9-ac10 but not only, locks_alloc_lock()
@ 2001-09-09  9:25 Manfred Spraul
  2001-09-09 10:33 ` Francis Galiegue
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Manfred Spraul @ 2001-09-09  9:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Francis Galiegue; +Cc: linux-kernel

> Not sure about one thing, though: what error code to return for
> locks_mandatory_area() on failure. It's invoked from some of the
> {do,sys}_*{read,write}*() routines and nowhere else AFAICT. I set it
to
> -ENOMEM, maybe this is not the right thing to do.

I'd put the file_lock structure on the stack. It's ~ 90 bytes long, not
too large.
Returning -ENOMEM is imho not acceptable: -ENOMEM is not listed in
SusV2, and locks_alloc_lock() internally checks for rlimits (setting
RLIM_NLIMITS to 0 and execing another app might have dangerous
sideeffects).

--
    Manfred





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* [PATCH] 2.4.9-ac10 but not only, locks_alloc_lock()
@ 2001-09-09  8:19 Francis Galiegue
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Francis Galiegue @ 2001-09-09  8:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: alan, damien.clermonte

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Also affects: 2.4.7, 2.4.9-ac{4,6,9}, probably others.

Problem: in locks_mandatory_area(), fcntl_setlk(), fcntl_setlk64(), no
check whether locks_alloc_lock() succeeds. Attached patch fixes that.

Not sure about one thing, though: what error code to return for
locks_mandatory_area() on failure. It's invoked from some of the
{do,sys}_*{read,write}*() routines and nowhere else AFAICT. I set it to
-ENOMEM, maybe this is not the right thing to do.

Patch follows and is attached. Made over 2.4.9-ac10, applies cleanly
over -ac's mentioned above and with offests (1 to 3 lines) on 2.4.7 and
2.4.9.


diff -urN linux-old/fs/locks.c linux/fs/locks.c
--- linux-old/fs/locks.c	Sun Sep  9 09:00:06 2001
+++ linux/fs/locks.c	Sun Sep  9 09:21:07 2001
@@ -698,6 +698,9 @@
 	struct file_lock *new_fl = locks_alloc_lock(0);
 	int error;

+	if (new_fl == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	new_fl->fl_owner = current->files;
 	new_fl->fl_pid = current->pid;
 	new_fl->fl_file = filp;
@@ -1411,6 +1414,9 @@
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int error;

+	if (file_lock == NULL)
+		return -ENOLCK;
+
 	/*
 	 * This might block, so we do it before checking the inode.
 	 */
@@ -1563,6 +1569,9 @@
 	struct flock64 flock;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int error;
+
+	if (file_lock == NULL)
+		return -ENOLCK;

 	/*
 	 * This might block, so we do it before checking the inode.

-- 
Francis Galiegue, fg@mandrakesoft.com - Normand et fier de l'être
"Programming is a race between programmers, who try and make more and more
idiot-proof software, and universe, which produces more and more remarkable
idiots. Until now, universe leads the race"  -- R. Cook

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diff -urN linux-old/fs/locks.c linux/fs/locks.c
--- linux-old/fs/locks.c	Sun Sep  9 09:00:06 2001
+++ linux/fs/locks.c	Sun Sep  9 09:21:07 2001
@@ -698,6 +698,9 @@
 	struct file_lock *new_fl = locks_alloc_lock(0);
 	int error;
 
+	if (new_fl == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	new_fl->fl_owner = current->files;
 	new_fl->fl_pid = current->pid;
 	new_fl->fl_file = filp;
@@ -1411,6 +1414,9 @@
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int error;
 
+	if (file_lock == NULL)
+		return -ENOLCK;
+
 	/*
 	 * This might block, so we do it before checking the inode.
 	 */
@@ -1563,6 +1569,9 @@
 	struct flock64 flock;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int error;
+
+	if (file_lock == NULL)
+		return -ENOLCK;
 
 	/*
 	 * This might block, so we do it before checking the inode.

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