Re: [PATCH 6/9] procfs: add pid_seq_private struct to handle /proc/<pid>/{stat|stack}

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On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:02:15AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 6:27 AM, Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This patch is preparation to handle sensitive ONE entries:
> > /proc/<pid>/stat
> > /proc/<pid>/stack
> >
> > These files use sequence iterators and we want to keep that logic, and
> > their internal handler semantics.
> >
> > The sequence iterators stock the inode in the seq_file->private field,
> > so in order to keep the semantic and to make the cached permission
> > checks available during ->read(), we add the 'pid_seq_private' struct
> > that contains both the inode and the cached permission. It will be the
> > one referenced in the seq_file->private.
> >
> > This way the internal handlers of /proc/<pid>/{stat|stack} wont change.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/proc/internal.h | 11 +++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
> > index f5c452c..f28e4f01 100644
> > --- a/fs/proc/internal.h
> > +++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
> > @@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ struct proc_inode {
> >         struct inode vfs_inode;
> >  };
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Struct used by some /proc/<pid>/$entries that use sequence
> > + * iterators.
> > + * This struct will be saved in seq_file->private so seq handlers
> > + * can access the inode and the cached permission checks of ->open().
> > + */
> > +struct pid_seq_private {
> > +       int permitted;
> > +       struct inode *inode;
> > +};
> > +
> >  typedef int (*proc_read_fn_t)(char *page,
> >                               struct task_struct *task, int permitted);
> 
> int opener_may_ptrace, please.
Ok, I'll change it in v2.

Thanks

-- 
Djalal Harouni
http://opendz.org
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