From: "Miquel Sabaté Solà" <mssola@mssola.com>
To: Daan De Meyer <daan@amutable.com>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] btrfs: add 32-bit compat ioctl for BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_INFO
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:22:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87qzm5csxq.fsf@> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wlvxct5e.fsf@> ("Miquel Sabaté Solà"'s message of "Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:18:05 +0200")
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Hi,
Just realized I'm commenting on an old thread and that the AUTO_KFREE
suggestion was already applied by David.
Sorry for the noise.
Miquel Sabaté Solà @ 2026-06-17 13:18 +02:
> Hi,
>
> Just a small comment from my side, but feel free to ignore it :)
>
> Daan De Meyer @ 2026-05-21 07:51 GMT:
>
>> On 64-bit kernels with 32-bit userspace, struct btrfs_ioctl_timespec is
>> laid out as 16 bytes (8B sec + 4B nsec + 4B trailing padding) instead of
>> the 12 bytes a 32-bit userspace expects, because the surrounding struct
>> is not packed. As a result, struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args has
>> a different size and layout in 32-bit userspace than in the 64-bit
>> kernel, and BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_INFO returns garbage to 32-bit callers.
>>
>> Mirror what was done for BTRFS_IOC_SET_RECEIVED_SUBVOL: add a packed
>> btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args_32 with btrfs_ioctl_timespec_32 fields,
>> define BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_INFO_32 with that struct as the size
>> argument, factor the existing handler into a shared _btrfs_ioctl_get_
>> subvol_info() helper, and add btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_32() which
>> fills the kernel struct and translates field-by-field into the 32-bit
>> struct before copy_to_user().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daan De Meyer <daan@amutable.com>
>> ---
>> fs/btrfs/ioctl.c | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>> 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
>> index a39460bf68a7..31be2590f1b2 100644
>> --- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
>> +++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
>> @@ -82,6 +82,30 @@ struct btrfs_ioctl_received_subvol_args_32 {
>>
>> #define BTRFS_IOC_SET_RECEIVED_SUBVOL_32 _IOWR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 37, \
>> struct btrfs_ioctl_received_subvol_args_32)
>> +
>> +struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args_32 {
>> + __u64 treeid;
>> + char name[BTRFS_VOL_NAME_MAX + 1];
>> + __u64 parent_id;
>> + __u64 dirid;
>> + __u64 generation;
>> + __u64 flags;
>> + __u8 uuid[BTRFS_UUID_SIZE];
>> + __u8 parent_uuid[BTRFS_UUID_SIZE];
>> + __u8 received_uuid[BTRFS_UUID_SIZE];
>> + __u64 ctransid;
>> + __u64 otransid;
>> + __u64 stransid;
>> + __u64 rtransid;
>> + struct btrfs_ioctl_timespec_32 ctime;
>> + struct btrfs_ioctl_timespec_32 otime;
>> + struct btrfs_ioctl_timespec_32 stime;
>> + struct btrfs_ioctl_timespec_32 rtime;
>> + __u64 reserved[8];
>> +} __attribute__ ((__packed__));
>> +
>> +#define BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_INFO_32 _IOR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 60, \
>> + struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args_32)
>> #endif
>>
>> #if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) && defined(CONFIG_COMPAT)
>> @@ -1945,9 +1969,9 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_ino_lookup_user(struct file *file, void __user *argp)
>> }
>>
>> /* Get the subvolume information in BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM and BTRFS_ROOT_BACKREF */
>> -static int btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info(struct inode *inode, void __user *argp)
>> +static int _btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info(struct inode *inode,
>> + struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args *subvol_info)
>> {
>> - struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args *subvol_info;
>> struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info;
>> struct btrfs_root *root;
>> struct btrfs_path *path;
>> @@ -1964,12 +1988,6 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info(struct inode *inode, void __user *argp)
>> if (!path)
>> return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> - subvol_info = kzalloc_obj(*subvol_info);
>> - if (!subvol_info) {
>> - btrfs_free_path(path);
>> - return -ENOMEM;
>> - }
>> -
>> fs_info = BTRFS_I(inode)->root->fs_info;
>>
>> /* Get root_item of inode's subvolume */
>> @@ -2048,15 +2066,79 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info(struct inode *inode, void __user *argp)
>> }
>> }
>>
>> - btrfs_free_path(path);
>> - path = NULL;
>> - if (copy_to_user(argp, subvol_info, sizeof(*subvol_info)))
>> - ret = -EFAULT;
>> -
>> out:
>> btrfs_put_root(root);
>> out_free:
>> btrfs_free_path(path);
>> + return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>> +static int btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_32(struct inode *inode, void __user *argp)
>> +{
>> + struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args *subvol_info = NULL;
>> + struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args_32 *subvol_info_32 = NULL;
>
> Maybe these two variables could be declared with the AUTO_KFREE helper,
> so you could remove goto's and the cleanup section in the end.
>
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + subvol_info = kzalloc_obj(*subvol_info);
>> + if (!subvol_info)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> + subvol_info_32 = kzalloc_obj(*subvol_info_32);
>> + if (!subvol_info_32) {
>> + ret = -ENOMEM;
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> +
>> + ret = _btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info(inode, subvol_info);
>> + if (ret)
>> + goto out;
>> +
>> + subvol_info_32->treeid = subvol_info->treeid;
>> + memcpy(subvol_info_32->name, subvol_info->name, sizeof(subvol_info_32->name));
>> + subvol_info_32->parent_id = subvol_info->parent_id;
>> + subvol_info_32->dirid = subvol_info->dirid;
>> + subvol_info_32->generation = subvol_info->generation;
>> + subvol_info_32->flags = subvol_info->flags;
>> + memcpy(subvol_info_32->uuid, subvol_info->uuid, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
>> + memcpy(subvol_info_32->parent_uuid, subvol_info->parent_uuid, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
>> + memcpy(subvol_info_32->received_uuid, subvol_info->received_uuid, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
>> + subvol_info_32->ctransid = subvol_info->ctransid;
>> + subvol_info_32->otransid = subvol_info->otransid;
>> + subvol_info_32->stransid = subvol_info->stransid;
>> + subvol_info_32->rtransid = subvol_info->rtransid;
>> + subvol_info_32->ctime.sec = subvol_info->ctime.sec;
>> + subvol_info_32->ctime.nsec = subvol_info->ctime.nsec;
>> + subvol_info_32->otime.sec = subvol_info->otime.sec;
>> + subvol_info_32->otime.nsec = subvol_info->otime.nsec;
>> + subvol_info_32->stime.sec = subvol_info->stime.sec;
>> + subvol_info_32->stime.nsec = subvol_info->stime.nsec;
>> + subvol_info_32->rtime.sec = subvol_info->rtime.sec;
>> + subvol_info_32->rtime.nsec = subvol_info->rtime.nsec;
>> +
>> + if (copy_to_user(argp, subvol_info_32, sizeof(*subvol_info_32)))
>> + ret = -EFAULT;
>> +
>> +out:
>> + kfree(subvol_info_32);
>> + kfree(subvol_info);
>> + return ret;
>> +}
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +static int btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info(struct inode *inode, void __user *argp)
>> +{
>> + struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args *subvol_info;
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + subvol_info = kzalloc_obj(*subvol_info);
>> + if (!subvol_info)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> + ret = _btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info(inode, subvol_info);
>> + if (!ret && copy_to_user(argp, subvol_info, sizeof(*subvol_info)))
>> + ret = -EFAULT;
>> +
>> kfree(subvol_info);
>> return ret;
>> }
>> @@ -5273,6 +5355,10 @@ long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
>> return btrfs_ioctl_set_features(file, argp);
>> case BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_INFO:
>> return btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info(inode, argp);
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>> + case BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_INFO_32:
>> + return btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_32(inode, argp);
>> +#endif
>> case BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_ROOTREF:
>> return btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_rootref(root, argp);
>> case BTRFS_IOC_INO_LOOKUP_USER:
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-21 7:51 [PATCH] btrfs: add 32-bit compat ioctl for BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_INFO Daan De Meyer
2026-05-23 16:46 ` David Sterba
2026-06-17 10:44 ` Qu Wenruo
2026-06-17 11:18 ` Miquel Sabaté Solà
2026-06-17 11:22 ` Miquel Sabaté Solà [this message]
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