Re: [PATCH -next] fs: Fix memory leaks in do_renameat2() error paths

Jens Axboe
2020-10-30T23:21:50Z

On 10/30/20 4:22 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 02:33:11PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 10/30/20 12:49 PM, Al Viro wrote:
>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:46:26PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>
>>>> See other reply, it's being posted soon, just haven't gotten there yet
>>>> and it wasn't ready.
>>>>
>>>> It's a prep patch so we can call do_renameat2 and pass in a filename
>>>> instead. The intent is not to have any functional changes in that prep
>>>> patch. But once we can pass in filenames instead of user pointers, it's
>>>> usable from io_uring.
>>>
>>> You do realize that pathname resolution is *NOT* offloadable to helper
>>> threads, I hope...
>>
>> How so? If we have all the necessary context assigned, what's preventing
>> it from working?
>
> Semantics of /proc/self/..., for starters (and things like /proc/mounts, etc.
> *do* pass through that, /dev/stdin included)

Don't we just need ->thread_pid for that to work?

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Jens Axboe