Re: [PATCH 1/5] io_uring/fs: check unused sqe fields for unlinkat

From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi

Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 15:06:40 EST


Yi Xie <xieyi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Zero check unused SQE fields addr3 and pad2 for unlinkat. They're
> not needed now, but could be used sometime in the future.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yi Xie <xieyi@xxxxxxxxxx>

Arguably, this is a common issue across many operations. I'd love
to have a more automated way to write these checks.


Reviewed-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> io_uring/fs.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/io_uring/fs.c b/io_uring/fs.c
> index d0580c754bf8..26ea841a22e7 100644
> --- a/io_uring/fs.c
> +++ b/io_uring/fs.c
> @@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ int io_unlinkat_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
> const char __user *fname;
> int err;
>
> - if (sqe->off || sqe->len || sqe->buf_index || sqe->splice_fd_in)
> + if (sqe->off || sqe->len || sqe->buf_index || sqe->splice_fd_in ||
> + sqe->addr3 || sqe->__pad2[0])
> return -EINVAL;
> if (unlikely(req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE))
> return -EBADF;
> --
> 2.25.1
>

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Gabriel Krisman Bertazi