Hi, Following a patchset asking to change calls to get_unused_flag() [1] to use O_CLOEXEC, Alex Williamson [2][3] decided to change VFIO to use the flag. Since it's a related subsystem to KVM, using O_CLOEXEC for file descriptors created by KVM might be applicable too. I'm suggesting to change calls to anon_inode_getfd() to use O_CLOEXEC as default flag. This patchset should be reviewed to not break existing userspace program. BTW, if it's not applicable, I would suggest that new ioctls be added to KVM subsystem, those ioctls would have a "flag" field added to their arguments. Such "flag" would let userspace choose the open flag to use. See for example other APIs using anon_inode_getfd() such as fanotify, inotify, signalfd and timerfd. You might be interested to read: - Secure File Descriptor Handling (Ulrich Drepper, 2008) http://udrepper.livejournal.com/20407.html - Excuse me son, but your code is leaking !!! (Dan Walsh, March 2012) http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/53603.html Regards. [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1376327678.git.ydroneaud@xxxxxxxxxx [2] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377186804.25163.17.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx [3] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130822171744.1297.13711.stgit@xxxxxxxxxx Yann Droneaud (2): kvm: use anon_inode_getfd() with O_CLOEXEC flag ppc: kvm: use anon_inode_getfd() with O_CLOEXEC flag arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 2 +- virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 6 +++--- 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
