memfd_create() is similar to mmap(MAP_ANON), but returns a file-descriptor
that you can pass to mmap(). It can support sealing and avoids any
connection to user-visible mount-points. Thus, it's not subject to quotas
on mounted file-systems, but can be used like malloc()'ed memory, but
with a file-descriptor to it.
memfd_create() does not create a front-FD, but instead returns the raw
shmem file, so calls like ftruncate() can be used. Also calls like fstat()
will return proper information and mark the file as regular file. If you
want sealing, you can specify MFD_ALLOW_SEALING. Otherwise, sealing is not
support (like on all other regular files).
Compared to O_TMPFILE, it does not require a tmpfs mount-point and is not
subject to quotas and alike.
Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1 +
arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1 +
include/linux/syscalls.h | 1 +
include/uapi/linux/memfd.h | 10 ++++++
kernel/sys_ni.c | 1 +
mm/shmem.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 88 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/memfd.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index 96bc506..c943b8a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -359,3 +359,4 @@
350 i386 finit_module sys_finit_module
351 i386 sched_setattr sys_sched_setattr
352 i386 sched_getattr sys_sched_getattr
+353 i386 memfd_create sys_memfd_create
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index 04376ac..dfcfd6f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@
314 common sched_setattr sys_sched_setattr
315 common sched_getattr sys_sched_getattr
316 common renameat2 sys_renameat2
+317 common memfd_create sys_memfd_create
#
# x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index a4a0588..133b705 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_timerfd_settime(int ufd, int flags,
asmlinkage long sys_timerfd_gettime(int ufd, struct itimerspec __user *otmr);
asmlinkage long sys_eventfd(unsigned int count);
asmlinkage long sys_eventfd2(unsigned int count, int flags);
+asmlinkage long sys_memfd_create(const char *uname_ptr, u64 size, u64 flags);
asmlinkage long sys_fallocate(int fd, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len);
asmlinkage long sys_old_readdir(unsigned int, struct old_linux_dirent __user *, unsigned int);
asmlinkage long sys_pselect6(int, fd_set __user *, fd_set __user *,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/memfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/memfd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4a6db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/memfd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_MEMFD_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_MEMFD_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/* flags for memfd_create(2) (u64) */
+#define MFD_CLOEXEC 0x0001ULL
+#define MFD_ALLOW_SEALING 0x0002ULL
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMFD_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index bc8d1b7..f96c329 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ cond_syscall(compat_sys_timerfd_settime);
cond_syscall(compat_sys_timerfd_gettime);
cond_syscall(sys_eventfd);
cond_syscall(sys_eventfd2);
+cond_syscall(sys_memfd_create);
/* performance counters: */
cond_syscall(sys_perf_event_open);
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 175a5b8..203cc4e 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ static struct vfsmount *shm_mnt;
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/fcntl.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/memfd.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -2919,6 +2921,78 @@ out4:
return error;
}
+#define MFD_NAME_PREFIX "memfd:"
+#define MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof(MFD_NAME_PREFIX) - 1)
+#define MFD_NAME_MAX_LEN (NAME_MAX - MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN)
+
+#define MFD_ALL_FLAGS (MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING)
+
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(memfd_create,
+ const char*, uname,
+ u64, size,
+ u64, flags)
+{
+ struct shmem_inode_info *info;
+ struct file *shm;
+ char *name;
+ int fd, r;
+ long len;
+
+ if (flags & ~(u64)MFD_ALL_FLAGS)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if ((u64)(loff_t)size != size || (loff_t)size < 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* length includes terminating zero */
+ len = strnlen_user(uname, MFD_NAME_MAX_LEN);
+ if (len <= 0)
+ return -EFAULT;
+ else if (len > MFD_NAME_MAX_LEN)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ name = kmalloc(len + MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!name)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ strcpy(name, MFD_NAME_PREFIX);
+ if (copy_from_user(&name[MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN], uname, len)) {
+ r = -EFAULT;
+ goto err_name;
+ }
+
+ /* terminating-zero may have changed after strnlen_user() returned */
+ if (name[len + MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN - 1]) {
+ r = -EFAULT;
+ goto err_name;
+ }
+
+ fd = get_unused_fd_flags((flags & MFD_CLOEXEC) ? O_CLOEXEC : 0);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ r = fd;
+ goto err_name;
+ }
+
+ shm = shmem_file_setup(name, size, 0);
+ if (IS_ERR(shm)) {
+ r = PTR_ERR(shm);
+ goto err_fd;
+ }
+ info = SHMEM_I(file_inode(shm));
+ shm->f_mode |= FMODE_LSEEK | FMODE_PREAD | FMODE_PWRITE;
+ if (flags & MFD_ALLOW_SEALING)
+ info->seals |= SHMEM_ALLOW_SEALING;
+
+ fd_install(fd, shm);
+ kfree(name);
+ return fd;
+
+err_fd:
+ put_unused_fd(fd);
+err_name:
+ kfree(name);
+ return r;
+}
+
#else /* !CONFIG_SHMEM */
/*
--
1.9.2
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