A new macro TASK_COMM_LEN_16 is introduced for the old hard-coded 16 to make it more grepable. As explained above this marco, the difference between TASK_COMM_LEN and TASK_COMM_LEN_16 is that TASK_COMM_LEN_16 must be a fixed size 16 and can't be changed. Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Miroslaw <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/elfcore-compat.h | 8 ++------ include/linux/elfcore.h | 9 ++------- include/linux/sched.h | 5 +++++ 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/elfcore-compat.h b/include/linux/elfcore-compat.h index 54feb64e9b5d..69fa1a728964 100644 --- a/include/linux/elfcore-compat.h +++ b/include/linux/elfcore-compat.h @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ #include <linux/elf.h> #include <linux/elfcore.h> #include <linux/compat.h> +#include <linux/sched.h> /* * Make sure these layouts match the linux/elfcore.h native definitions. @@ -43,12 +44,7 @@ struct compat_elf_prpsinfo __compat_uid_t pr_uid; __compat_gid_t pr_gid; compat_pid_t pr_pid, pr_ppid, pr_pgrp, pr_sid; - /* - * The hard-coded 16 is derived from TASK_COMM_LEN, but it can't be - * changed as it is exposed to userspace. We'd better make it hard-coded - * here. - */ - char pr_fname[16]; + char pr_fname[TASK_COMM_LEN_16]; char pr_psargs[ELF_PRARGSZ]; }; diff --git a/include/linux/elfcore.h b/include/linux/elfcore.h index 746e081879a5..d3bb4bd3c985 100644 --- a/include/linux/elfcore.h +++ b/include/linux/elfcore.h @@ -65,13 +65,8 @@ struct elf_prpsinfo __kernel_gid_t pr_gid; pid_t pr_pid, pr_ppid, pr_pgrp, pr_sid; /* Lots missing */ - /* - * The hard-coded 16 is derived from TASK_COMM_LEN, but it can't be - * changed as it is exposed to userspace. We'd better make it hard-coded - * here. - */ - char pr_fname[16]; /* filename of executable */ - char pr_psargs[ELF_PRARGSZ]; /* initial part of arg list */ + char pr_fname[TASK_COMM_LEN_16]; /* filename of executable */ + char pr_psargs[ELF_PRARGSZ]; /* initial part of arg list */ }; static inline void elf_core_copy_regs(elf_gregset_t *elfregs, struct pt_regs *regs) diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index c79bd7ee6029..8d963a50a2a8 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -279,6 +279,11 @@ struct task_group; * BPF programs. */ enum { + /* + * For the old hard-coded 16, which is exposed to userspace and can't + * be changed. + */ + TASK_COMM_LEN_16 = 16, TASK_COMM_LEN = 16, }; -- 2.17.1