This introduces a function which can be used to fetch a file, given an arbitrary task. As long as the user holds a reference (refcnt) to the task_struct it is safe to call, and will either return NULL on failure, or a pointer to the file, with a refcnt. This patch is based on Oleg Nesterov's (cf. [1]) patch from September 2018. [1]: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20180915160423.GA31461@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@xxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/file.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++-- include/linux/file.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c index 2f4fcf985079..2fc5eeef54a4 100644 --- a/fs/file.c +++ b/fs/file.c @@ -706,9 +706,9 @@ void do_close_on_exec(struct files_struct *files) spin_unlock(&files->file_lock); } -static struct file *__fget(unsigned int fd, fmode_t mask, unsigned int refs) +static struct file *__fget_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd, + fmode_t mask, unsigned int refs) { - struct files_struct *files = current->files; struct file *file; rcu_read_lock(); @@ -729,6 +729,12 @@ static struct file *__fget(unsigned int fd, fmode_t mask, unsigned int refs) return file; } +static inline struct file *__fget(unsigned int fd, fmode_t mask, + unsigned int refs) +{ + return __fget_files(current->files, fd, mask, refs); +} + struct file *fget_many(unsigned int fd, unsigned int refs) { return __fget(fd, FMODE_PATH, refs); @@ -746,6 +752,18 @@ struct file *fget_raw(unsigned int fd) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(fget_raw); +struct file *fget_task(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int fd) +{ + struct file *file = NULL; + + task_lock(task); + if (task->files) + file = __fget_files(task->files, fd, 0, 1); + task_unlock(task); + + return file; +} + /* * Lightweight file lookup - no refcnt increment if fd table isn't shared. * diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h index 3fcddff56bc4..c6c7b24ea9f7 100644 --- a/include/linux/file.h +++ b/include/linux/file.h @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ extern void fput(struct file *); extern void fput_many(struct file *, unsigned int); struct file_operations; +struct task_struct; struct vfsmount; struct dentry; struct inode; @@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ static inline void fdput(struct fd fd) extern struct file *fget(unsigned int fd); extern struct file *fget_many(unsigned int fd, unsigned int refs); extern struct file *fget_raw(unsigned int fd); +extern struct file *fget_task(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int fd); extern unsigned long __fdget(unsigned int fd); extern unsigned long __fdget_raw(unsigned int fd); extern unsigned long __fdget_pos(unsigned int fd); -- 2.20.1
