Re: [PATCH] kheaders: Move from proc to sysfs

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Fri May 03 2019 - 20:23:10 EST


On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 9:18 AM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 3:27 AM Joel Fernandes (Google)
> <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The kheaders archive consisting of the kernel headers used for compiling
> > bpf programs is in /proc. However there is concern that moving it here
> > will make it permanent. Let us move it to /sys/kernel as discussed [1].
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1067310/#1265969
> >
> > Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > This patch applies on top of the previous patch that was applied to the
> > driver tree:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1067310/
> >
> > kernel/kheaders.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++------------------------
>
>
> Please rename CONFIG_IKHEADERS_PROC.
>
> Thanks.


Please adjust Kconfig prompt.
tristate "Enable kernel header artifacts through /proc/kheaders.tar.xz"


"depends on PROC_FS" -> "depends on SYSFS"






>
>
>
> > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/kheaders.c b/kernel/kheaders.c
> > index 70ae6052920d..6a16f8f6898d 100644
> > --- a/kernel/kheaders.c
> > +++ b/kernel/kheaders.c
> > @@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
> >
> > #include <linux/kernel.h>
> > #include <linux/module.h>
> > -#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> > +#include <linux/kobject.h>
> > #include <linux/init.h>
> > -#include <linux/uaccess.h>
> >
> > /*
> > * Define kernel_headers_data and kernel_headers_data_end, within which the
> > @@ -31,39 +30,32 @@ extern char kernel_headers_data;
> > extern char kernel_headers_data_end;
> >
> > static ssize_t
> > -ikheaders_read_current(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
> > - size_t len, loff_t *offset)
> > +ikheaders_read(struct file *file, struct kobject *kobj,
> > + struct bin_attribute *bin_attr,
> > + char *buf, loff_t off, size_t len)
> > {
> > - return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, len, offset,
> > - &kernel_headers_data,
> > - &kernel_headers_data_end -
> > - &kernel_headers_data);
> > + memcpy(buf, &kernel_headers_data + off, len);
> > + return len;
> > }
> >
> > -static const struct file_operations ikheaders_file_ops = {
> > - .read = ikheaders_read_current,
> > - .llseek = default_llseek,
> > +static struct bin_attribute kheaders_attr __ro_after_init = {
> > + .attr = {
> > + .name = "kheaders.tar.xz",
> > + .mode = S_IRUGO,
> > + },
> > + .read = &ikheaders_read,
> > };
> >
> > static int __init ikheaders_init(void)
> > {
> > - struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
> > -
> > - /* create the current headers file */
> > - entry = proc_create("kheaders.tar.xz", S_IRUGO, NULL,
> > - &ikheaders_file_ops);
> > - if (!entry)
> > - return -ENOMEM;
> > -
> > - proc_set_size(entry,
> > - &kernel_headers_data_end -
> > - &kernel_headers_data);
> > - return 0;
> > + kheaders_attr.size = (&kernel_headers_data_end -
> > + &kernel_headers_data);
> > + return sysfs_create_bin_file(kernel_kobj, &kheaders_attr);
> > }
> >
> > static void __exit ikheaders_cleanup(void)
> > {
> > - remove_proc_entry("kheaders.tar.xz", NULL);
> > + sysfs_remove_bin_file(kernel_kobj, &kheaders_attr);
> > }
> >
> > module_init(ikheaders_init);
> > --
> > 2.21.0.1020.gf2820cf01a-goog
>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada



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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada