Re: [PATCH bpf-next 11/15] bpf: Add bpf_sys_close() helper.

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On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 08:46:05PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 8:42 PM Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 08:32:20PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > > From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Add bpf_sys_close() helper to be used by the syscall/loader program to close
> > > intermediate FDs and other cleanup.
> >
> > Conditional NAK.  In a lot of contexts close_fd() is very much unsafe.
> > In particular, anything that might call it between fdget() and fdput()
> > is Right Fucking Out(tm).
> > In which contexts can that thing be executed?
> 
> user context only.
> It's not for all of bpf _obviously_.

Let me restate the question: what call chains could lead to bpf_sys_close()?



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