[PATCH v2 01/10] sysctl: Stop implicitly passing current into sysctl_table_root.lookup

From: Eric W. Biederman
Date: Thu Jul 21 2016 - 12:53:45 EST


Passing nsproxy into sysctl_table_root.lookup was a premature
optimization in attempt to avoid depending on current. The
directory /proc/self/sys has not appeared and if and when
it does this code will need to be reviewed closely and reworked
anyway. So remove the premature optimization.

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 14 +++++++-------
include/linux/sysctl.h | 3 +--
net/sysctl_net.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 5e57c3e46e1d..534630687489 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sysctl_lock);

static void drop_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header *header);
static int sysctl_follow_link(struct ctl_table_header **phead,
- struct ctl_table **pentry, struct nsproxy *namespaces);
+ struct ctl_table **pentry);
static int insert_links(struct ctl_table_header *head);
static void put_links(struct ctl_table_header *header);

@@ -319,11 +319,11 @@ static void sysctl_head_finish(struct ctl_table_header *head)
}

static struct ctl_table_set *
-lookup_header_set(struct ctl_table_root *root, struct nsproxy *namespaces)
+lookup_header_set(struct ctl_table_root *root)
{
struct ctl_table_set *set = &root->default_set;
if (root->lookup)
- set = root->lookup(root, namespaces);
+ set = root->lookup(root);
return set;
}

@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_sys_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
goto out;

if (S_ISLNK(p->mode)) {
- ret = sysctl_follow_link(&h, &p, current->nsproxy);
+ ret = sysctl_follow_link(&h, &p);
err = ERR_PTR(ret);
if (ret)
goto out;
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,

if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
/* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
- int err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table, current->nsproxy);
+ int err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table);
if (err)
goto out;
}
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ static struct ctl_dir *xlate_dir(struct ctl_table_set *set, struct ctl_dir *dir)
}

static int sysctl_follow_link(struct ctl_table_header **phead,
- struct ctl_table **pentry, struct nsproxy *namespaces)
+ struct ctl_table **pentry)
{
struct ctl_table_header *head;
struct ctl_table_root *root;
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ static int sysctl_follow_link(struct ctl_table_header **phead,
ret = 0;
spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
root = (*pentry)->data;
- set = lookup_header_set(root, namespaces);
+ set = lookup_header_set(root);
dir = xlate_dir(set, (*phead)->parent);
if (IS_ERR(dir))
ret = PTR_ERR(dir);
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index fa7bc29925c9..6385b331f2b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ struct ctl_table_set {

struct ctl_table_root {
struct ctl_table_set default_set;
- struct ctl_table_set *(*lookup)(struct ctl_table_root *root,
- struct nsproxy *namespaces);
+ struct ctl_table_set *(*lookup)(struct ctl_table_root *root);
int (*permissions)(struct ctl_table_header *head, struct ctl_table *table);
};

diff --git a/net/sysctl_net.c b/net/sysctl_net.c
index ed98c1fc3de1..2951f229a855 100644
--- a/net/sysctl_net.c
+++ b/net/sysctl_net.c
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
#endif

static struct ctl_table_set *
-net_ctl_header_lookup(struct ctl_table_root *root, struct nsproxy *namespaces)
+net_ctl_header_lookup(struct ctl_table_root *root)
{
- return &namespaces->net_ns->sysctls;
+ return &current->nsproxy->net_ns->sysctls;
}

static int is_seen(struct ctl_table_set *set)
--
2.8.3