Re: [PATCH v12 01/12] lib: introduce copy_struct_{to,from}_user helpers
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- To: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 01/12] lib: introduce copy_struct_{to,from}_user helpers
- From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 00:49:44 +0100
- Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>, "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>, Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>, Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christian Brauner <christian@xxxxxxxxxx>, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>, Tycho Andersen <tycho@xxxxxxxx>, David Drysdale <drysdale@xxxxxxxxxx>, Chanho Min <chanho.min@xxxxxxx>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>, Aleksa Sarai <asarai@xxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kselftest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-m68k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-parisc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-xtensa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 09:00:03AM +1000, Aleksa Sarai wrote:
> > > + return -EFAULT;
> > > + }
> > > + /* Copy the interoperable parts of the struct. */
> > > + if (__copy_to_user(dst, src, size))
> > > + return -EFAULT;
> >
> > Why not simply clear_user() and copy_to_user()?
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you mean -- are you asking why we need to
> do memchr_inv(src + size, 0, rest) earlier?
I'm asking why bother with __ and separate access_ok().
> > if ((unsigned long)addr & 1) {
> > u8 v;
> > if (get_user(v, (__u8 __user *)addr))
> > return -EFAULT;
> > if (v)
> > return -E2BIG;
> > addr++;
> > }
> > if ((unsigned long)addr & 2) {
> > u16 v;
> > if (get_user(v, (__u16 __user *)addr))
> > return -EFAULT;
> > if (v)
> > return -E2BIG;
> > addr +=2;
> > }
> > if ((unsigned long)addr & 4) {
> > u32 v;
> > if (get_user(v, (__u32 __user *)addr))
> > return -EFAULT;
> > if (v)
> > return -E2BIG;
> > }
> > <read the rest like you currently do>
Actually, this is a dumb way to do it - page size on anything
is going to be a multiple of 8, so you could just as well
read 8 bytes from an address aligned down. Then mask the
bytes you don't want to check out and see if there's anything
left.
You can have readability boundaries inside a page - it's either
the entire page (let alone a single word) being readable, or
it's EFAULT for all parts.
> > would be saner, and things like x86 could trivially add an
> > asm variant - it's not hard. Incidentally, memchr_inv() is
> > an overkill in this case...
>
> Why is memchr_inv() overkill?
Look at its implementation; you only care if there are
non-zeroes, you don't give a damn where in the buffer
the first one would be. All you need is the same logics
as in "from userland" case
if (!count)
return true;
offset = (unsigned long)from & 7
p = (u64 *)(from - offset);
v = *p++;
if (offset) { // unaligned
count += offset;
v &= ~aligned_byte_mask(offset); // see strnlen_user.c
}
while (count > 8) {
if (v)
return false;
v = *p++;
count -= 8;
}
if (count != 8)
v &= aligned_byte_mask(count);
return v == 0;
All there is to it...
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