[PATCH v8 1/3] vfs, fdtable: Add get_task_file helper

[Sargun Dhillon]

This introduces a function which can be used to fetch a file, given an
arbitrary task. As long as the user holds a reference (refcnt) to the
task_struct it is safe to call, and will either return NULL on failure,
or a pointer to the file, with a refcnt.

This patch is based on Oleg Nesterov's (cf. [1]) patch from September
2018.

[1]: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20180915160423.GA31461@xxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/file.c            | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 include/linux/file.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 2f4fcf985079..2fc5eeef54a4 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -706,9 +706,9 @@ void do_close_on_exec(struct files_struct *files)
 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 }
 
-static struct file *__fget(unsigned int fd, fmode_t mask, unsigned int refs)
+static struct file *__fget_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd,
+				 fmode_t mask, unsigned int refs)
 {
-	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
 	struct file *file;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
@@ -729,6 +729,12 @@ static struct file *__fget(unsigned int fd, fmode_t mask, unsigned int refs)
 	return file;
 }
 
+static inline struct file *__fget(unsigned int fd, fmode_t mask,
+				  unsigned int refs)
+{
+	return __fget_files(current->files, fd, mask, refs);
+}
+
 struct file *fget_many(unsigned int fd, unsigned int refs)
 {
 	return __fget(fd, FMODE_PATH, refs);
@@ -746,6 +752,18 @@ struct file *fget_raw(unsigned int fd)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fget_raw);
 
+struct file *fget_task(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int fd)
+{
+	struct file *file = NULL;
+
+	task_lock(task);
+	if (task->files)
+		file = __fget_files(task->files, fd, 0, 1);
+	task_unlock(task);
+
+	return file;
+}
+
 /*
  * Lightweight file lookup - no refcnt increment if fd table isn't shared.
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
index 3fcddff56bc4..c6c7b24ea9f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ extern void fput(struct file *);
 extern void fput_many(struct file *, unsigned int);
 
 struct file_operations;
+struct task_struct;
 struct vfsmount;
 struct dentry;
 struct inode;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ static inline void fdput(struct fd fd)
 extern struct file *fget(unsigned int fd);
 extern struct file *fget_many(unsigned int fd, unsigned int refs);
 extern struct file *fget_raw(unsigned int fd);
+extern struct file *fget_task(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int fd);
 extern unsigned long __fdget(unsigned int fd);
 extern unsigned long __fdget_raw(unsigned int fd);
 extern unsigned long __fdget_pos(unsigned int fd);
-- 
2.20.1