Re: [PATCH v3] fs/fcntl: restore checking against COMPAT_LOFF_T_MAX for F_GETLK64

From: Jeff Layton
Date: Tue Nov 14 2017 - 15:19:20 EST


On Tue, 2017-11-14 at 22:25 +0300, Vitaly Lipatov wrote:
> Jeff Layton ÐÐÑÐÐ 14.11.17 22:12:
> ...
> > Wait...
> >
> > Does this do anything at all in the case where you pass in
> > COMPAT_LOFF_T_MAX? l_start and l_len are either off_t or loff_t
> > (depending on arch).
> >
> > Either one will fit in the F_GETLK64/F_OFD_GETLK struct, so I don't see
> > a need to check here.
>
> I am not sure, can off_t be bigger than loff_t ?

I don't think so, at least not in any possible situation we care about
here.

> If not, we have just skip checking against COMPAT_LOFF_T_MAX.
>
> ...
> > > @@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(fcntl64, unsigned int, fd,
> > > unsigned int, cmd,
> > > err = fcntl_getlk(f.file, convert_fcntl_cmd(cmd), &flock);
> > > if (err)
> > > break;
> > > - err = fixup_compat_flock(&flock);
> > > + err = fixup_compat_flock(&flock, COMPAT_LOFF_T_MAX);
> > > if (err)
> > > return err;
> > > err = put_compat_flock64(&flock, compat_ptr(arg));
> >
> > Maybe a simpler fix would be to just remove the fixup_compat_flock call
> > above?
> >

Ok. If you have a test for this, mind testing and sending a patch?

Thanks,
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Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>