Re: [PATCH 1/2] fcntl: add fcntl(F_CHECK_ORIGINAL_MEMFD)

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On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 2:56 PM Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 10:36:46PM +0200, Michal Clapinski wrote:
> > Add a way to check if an fd points to the memfd's original open fd
> > (the one created by memfd_create).
> > Useful because only the original open fd can be both writable and
> > executable.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Clapinski <mclapinski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/fcntl.c                 | 3 +++
> >  include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h | 9 +++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
> > index e871009f6c88..301527e07a4d 100644
> > --- a/fs/fcntl.c
> > +++ b/fs/fcntl.c
> > @@ -419,6 +419,9 @@ static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
> >       case F_SET_RW_HINT:
> >               err = fcntl_rw_hint(filp, cmd, arg);
> >               break;
> > +     case F_CHECK_ORIGINAL_MEMFD:
> > +             err = !(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITER);
> > +             break;
>
> Honestly, make this an ioctl on memfds. This is so specific that it
> really doesn't belong into fcntl().

I've never touched ioctls but if I'm correct, I can't just add it to
memfd. I would have to add it to the underlying fs, so hugetlbfs and
shmem (which I think can be defined as ramfs so also there). File
sealing fcntl is already memfd specific. Are you sure ioctl will be a
better idea?




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