Naming O_TMPFILE files

[Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

AT_EMPTY_PATH is supposed to be able to give names to files created with 
O_TMPFILE unless O_EXCL was specified at creation time.

However, since this commit

commit 11a7b371b64ef39fc5fb1b6f2218eef7c4d035e3
Author: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Sat Jan 29 18:43:42 2011 +0530

fs: allow AT_EMPTY_PATH in linkat(), limit that to CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH

linkat bails out early with AT_EMPTY_PATH and !CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH, 
never looking at O_EXCL.

The /proc/self/fd kludge works for unprivileged users, but only if 
*both* paths use AT_FDCWD.  It fails if the first path uses a real 
descriptor for /proc/self/fd, or if the second path uses a real 
descriptor for the current directory, or both.  For privileged users, 
only AT_EMPTY_PATH case with an AT_FDCWD target works.

The attached test program prints under a non-privileged user:

error: linkat (fd, "", AT_FDCWD, out_name, AT_EMPTY_PATH):
  No such file or directory
error: linkat (fd, "", current_fd, out_name, AT_EMPTY_PATH):
  No such file or directory
success: linkat (AT_FDCWD, proc_name, AT_FDCWD, out_name, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW)
error: linkat (AT_FDCWD, proc_name, current_fd, out_name, 
AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW):
  No such file or directory
error: linkat (proc_fd, proc_name, AT_FDCWD, out_name, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW):
  No such file or directory
error: linkat (proc_fd, proc_name, current_fd, out_name, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW):
  No such file or directory
successes: 1, failures: 5

And under a privileged user:

success: linkat (fd, "", AT_FDCWD, out_name, AT_EMPTY_PATH)
error: linkat (fd, "", current_fd, out_name, AT_EMPTY_PATH):
  No such file or directory
error: linkat (AT_FDCWD, proc_name, AT_FDCWD, out_name, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW):
  No such file or directory
error: linkat (AT_FDCWD, proc_name, current_fd, out_name, 
AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW):
  No such file or directory
error: linkat (proc_fd, proc_name, AT_FDCWD, out_name, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW):
  No such file or directory
error: linkat (proc_fd, proc_name, current_fd, out_name, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW):
  No such file or directory
successes: 1, failures: 5

(Seen on tmpfs and XFS, 4.7.x kernels.)

I double-checked with strace, and the test case does not appear to be 
broken.  But the exhibited behavior is truly bizarre, and it means that 
it is very difficult to give a name to an O_TMPFILE file.

Is this really the intended behavior?  Has it always been this way?

Thanks,
Florian

#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <stdio.h>

static int failures;
static int successes;

#define CHECK(ret)                              \
  do                                            \
    if ((ret) < 0)                              \
      {                                         \
        printf ("error: %s:\n  %m\n", #ret);    \
        ++failures;                             \
      }                                         \
    else                                        \
      {                                         \
        printf ("success: %s\n", #ret);         \
        ++successes;                            \
      }                                         \
  while (0)

int
main (void)
{
  const char *const out_name = "linkat.out";
  unlink (out_name);

  int fd = open (".", O_RDWR | O_TMPFILE, 0);
  if (fd < 0)
    err (1, "open");
  int current_fd = open (".", O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
  if (current_fd < 0)
    err (1, "open (O_DIRECTORY)");
  int proc_fd = open ("/proc/self/fd", O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
  if (proc_fd < 0)
    err (1, "open (O_DIRECTORY)");

  CHECK (linkat (fd, "", AT_FDCWD, out_name, AT_EMPTY_PATH));
  unlink (out_name);
  CHECK (linkat (fd, "", current_fd, out_name, AT_EMPTY_PATH));
  unlink (out_name);

  char proc_name[100];
  snprintf (proc_name, sizeof (proc_name), "/proc/self/fd/%d", fd);

  CHECK (linkat (AT_FDCWD, proc_name, AT_FDCWD, out_name,
                 AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW));
  unlink (out_name);
  CHECK (linkat (AT_FDCWD, proc_name, current_fd, out_name,
                 AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW));
  unlink (out_name);

  snprintf (proc_name, sizeof (proc_name), "%d", fd);
  CHECK (linkat (proc_fd, proc_name, AT_FDCWD, out_name,
                 AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW));
  unlink (out_name);
  CHECK (linkat (proc_fd, proc_name, current_fd, out_name,
                 AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW));
  unlink (out_name);

  printf ("successes: %d, failures: %d\n", successes, failures);

  return 0;
}