Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] fs: openat2: Extend open_how to allow userspace-selected fds

[Aleksa Sarai]

On 2020-04-13, Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Inspired by the X protocol's handling of XIDs, allow userspace to select
> the file descriptor opened by openat2, so that it can use the resulting
> file descriptor in subsequent system calls without waiting for the
> response to openat2.
> 
> In io_uring, this allows sequences like openat2/read/close without
> waiting for the openat2 to complete. Multiple such sequences can
> overlap, as long as each uses a distinct file descriptor.

I'm not sure I understand this explanation -- how can you trigger a
syscall with an fd that hasn't yet been registered (unless you're just
hoping the race goes in your favour)?

> Add a new O_SPECIFIC_FD open flag to enable this behavior, only accepted
> by openat2 for now (ignored by open/openat like all unknown flags). Add
> an fd field to struct open_how (along with appropriate padding, and
> verify that the padding is 0 to allow replacing the padding with a field
> in the future).
> 
> The file table has a corresponding new function
> get_specific_unused_fd_flags, which gets the specified file descriptor
> if O_SPECIFIC_FD is set (and the fd isn't -1); otherwise it falls back
> to get_unused_fd_flags, to simplify callers.
> 
> The specified file descriptor must not already be open; if it is,
> get_specific_unused_fd_flags will fail with -EBUSY. This helps catch
> userspace errors.
> 
> When O_SPECIFIC_FD is set, and fd is not -1, openat2 will use the
> specified file descriptor rather than finding the lowest available one.

I still don't like that you can enable this feature with O_SPECIFIC_FD
but then disable it by specifying fd as -1. I understand why this is
needed for pipe2() and socketpair() and that's totally fine, but I don't
think it makes sense for openat2() or other interfaces where there's
only one fd being returned -- what does it mean to say "give me a
specific fd, but actually I don't care what it is"?

I know this is a trade-off between consistency of O_SPECIFIC_FD
interfaces and having wart-less interfaces for each syscall, but I don't
think it breaks consistency to say "syscalls that only give you one fd
don't have a second way of disabling the feature -- just don't pass
O_SPECIFIC_FD".

> Test program:
> 
>     #include <err.h>
>     #include <fcntl.h>
>     #include <stdio.h>
>     #include <unistd.h>
> 
>     int main(void)
>     {
>         struct open_how how = {
> 	    .flags = O_RDONLY | O_SPECIFIC_FD,
> 	    .fd = 42
> 	};
>         int fd = openat2(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/null", &how, sizeof(how));
>         if (fd < 0)
>             err(1, "openat2");
>         printf("fd=%d\n", fd); // prints fd=42
>         return 0;
>     }
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/fcntl.c                                    |  2 +-
>  fs/file.c                                     | 39 +++++++++++++++++++
>  fs/io_uring.c                                 |  3 +-
>  fs/open.c                                     |  8 +++-
>  include/linux/fcntl.h                         |  5 ++-
>  include/linux/file.h                          |  3 ++
>  include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h              |  4 ++
>  include/uapi/linux/openat2.h                  |  3 ++
>  tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.c     |  2 +-
>  tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.h     | 21 +++++++---
>  .../testing/selftests/openat2/openat2_test.c  | 29 +++++++++++++-
>  11 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
> index 2e4c0fa2074b..0357ad667563 100644
> --- a/fs/fcntl.c
> +++ b/fs/fcntl.c
> @@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ static int __init fcntl_init(void)
>  	 * Exceptions: O_NONBLOCK is a two bit define on parisc; O_NDELAY
>  	 * is defined as O_NONBLOCK on some platforms and not on others.
>  	 */
> -	BUILD_BUG_ON(21 - 1 /* for O_RDONLY being 0 */ !=
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(22 - 1 /* for O_RDONLY being 0 */ !=
>  		HWEIGHT32(
>  			(VALID_OPEN_FLAGS & ~(O_NONBLOCK | O_NDELAY)) |
>  			__FMODE_EXEC | __FMODE_NONOTIFY));
> diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
> index ba06140d89af..0674c3a2d3a5 100644
> --- a/fs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/file.c
> @@ -567,6 +567,45 @@ void put_unused_fd(unsigned int fd)
>  
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(put_unused_fd);
>  
> +int __get_specific_unused_fd_flags(unsigned int fd, unsigned int flags,
> +				   unsigned long nofile)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +	struct fdtable *fdt;
> +	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
> +
> +	if (!(flags & O_SPECIFIC_FD) || fd == UINT_MAX)
> +		return __get_unused_fd_flags(flags, nofile);
> +
> +	if (fd >= nofile)
> +		return -EBADF;
> +
> +	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
> +	ret = expand_files(files, fd);
> +	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
> +		goto out_unlock;
> +	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
> +	if (fdt->fd[fd]) {
> +		ret = -EBUSY;
> +		goto out_unlock;
> +	}
> +	__set_open_fd(fd, fdt);
> +	if (flags & O_CLOEXEC)
> +		__set_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
> +	else
> +		__clear_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
> +	ret = fd;
> +
> +out_unlock:
> +	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +int get_specific_unused_fd_flags(unsigned int fd, unsigned int flags)
> +{
> +	return __get_specific_unused_fd_flags(fd, flags, rlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE));
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Install a file pointer in the fd array.
>   *
> diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
> index 358f97be9c7b..4a69e1daf3fe 100644
> --- a/fs/io_uring.c
> +++ b/fs/io_uring.c
> @@ -2997,7 +2997,8 @@ static int io_openat2(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock)
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto err;
>  
> -	ret = __get_unused_fd_flags(req->open.how.flags, req->open.nofile);
> +	ret = __get_specific_unused_fd_flags(req->open.how.fd,
> +			req->open.how.flags, req->open.nofile);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		goto err;
>  
> diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
> index 719b320ede52..c1c2dd2d408d 100644
> --- a/fs/open.c
> +++ b/fs/open.c
> @@ -962,6 +962,8 @@ inline struct open_how build_open_how(int flags, umode_t mode)
>  		.mode = mode & S_IALLUGO,
>  	};
>  
> +	/* O_SPECIFIC_FD doesn't work in open calls that use build_open_how. */
> +	how.flags &= ~O_SPECIFIC_FD;
>  	/* O_PATH beats everything else. */
>  	if (how.flags & O_PATH)
>  		how.flags &= O_PATH_FLAGS;
> @@ -989,6 +991,10 @@ inline int build_open_flags(const struct open_how *how, struct open_flags *op)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	if (how->resolve & ~VALID_RESOLVE_FLAGS)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> +	if (how->pad != 0)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	if (!(flags & O_SPECIFIC_FD) && how->fd != 0)
> +		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	/* Deal with the mode. */
>  	if (WILL_CREATE(flags)) {
> @@ -1143,7 +1149,7 @@ static long do_sys_openat2(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
>  	if (IS_ERR(tmp))
>  		return PTR_ERR(tmp);
>  
> -	fd = get_unused_fd_flags(how->flags);
> +	fd = get_specific_unused_fd_flags(how->fd, how->flags);
>  	if (fd >= 0) {
>  		struct file *f = do_filp_open(dfd, tmp, &op);
>  		if (IS_ERR(f)) {
> diff --git a/include/linux/fcntl.h b/include/linux/fcntl.h
> index 7bcdcf4f6ab2..728849bcd8fa 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fcntl.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fcntl.h
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
>  	(O_RDONLY | O_WRONLY | O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_NOCTTY | O_TRUNC | \
>  	 O_APPEND | O_NDELAY | O_NONBLOCK | O_NDELAY | __O_SYNC | O_DSYNC | \
>  	 FASYNC	| O_DIRECT | O_LARGEFILE | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW | \
> -	 O_NOATIME | O_CLOEXEC | O_PATH | __O_TMPFILE)
> +	 O_NOATIME | O_CLOEXEC | O_PATH | __O_TMPFILE | O_SPECIFIC_FD)
>  
>  /* List of all valid flags for the how->upgrade_mask argument: */
>  #define VALID_UPGRADE_FLAGS \
> @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
>  
>  /* List of all open_how "versions". */
>  #define OPEN_HOW_SIZE_VER0	24 /* sizeof first published struct */
> -#define OPEN_HOW_SIZE_LATEST	OPEN_HOW_SIZE_VER0
> +#define OPEN_HOW_SIZE_VER1	32 /* added fd and pad */
> +#define OPEN_HOW_SIZE_LATEST	OPEN_HOW_SIZE_VER1
>  
>  #ifndef force_o_largefile
>  #define force_o_largefile() (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T))
> diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
> index b67986f818d2..a63301864a36 100644
> --- a/include/linux/file.h
> +++ b/include/linux/file.h
> @@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ extern void set_close_on_exec(unsigned int fd, int flag);
>  extern bool get_close_on_exec(unsigned int fd);
>  extern int __get_unused_fd_flags(unsigned flags, unsigned long nofile);
>  extern int get_unused_fd_flags(unsigned flags);
> +extern int __get_specific_unused_fd_flags(unsigned int fd, unsigned int flags,
> +	unsigned long nofile);
> +extern int get_specific_unused_fd_flags(unsigned int fd, unsigned int flags);
>  extern void put_unused_fd(unsigned int fd);
>  extern unsigned int increase_min_fd(unsigned int num);
>  
> diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h
> index 9dc0bf0c5a6e..d3de5b8b3955 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h
> @@ -89,6 +89,10 @@
>  #define __O_TMPFILE	020000000
>  #endif
>  
> +#ifndef O_SPECIFIC_FD
> +#define O_SPECIFIC_FD	01000000000	/* open as specified fd */
> +#endif
> +
>  /* a horrid kludge trying to make sure that this will fail on old kernels */
>  #define O_TMPFILE (__O_TMPFILE | O_DIRECTORY)
>  #define O_TMPFILE_MASK (__O_TMPFILE | O_DIRECTORY | O_CREAT)      
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/openat2.h b/include/uapi/linux/openat2.h
> index 58b1eb711360..63974a276fb2 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/openat2.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/openat2.h
> @@ -15,11 +15,14 @@
>   * @flags: O_* flags.
>   * @mode: O_CREAT/O_TMPFILE file mode.
>   * @resolve: RESOLVE_* flags.
> + * @fd: Specific file descriptor to use, for O_SPECIFIC_FD.
>   */
>  struct open_how {
>  	__u64 flags;
>  	__u64 mode;
>  	__u64 resolve;
> +	__u32 fd;
> +	__u32 pad; /* Must be 0 in the current version */
>  };
>  
>  /* how->resolve flags for openat2(2). */
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.c
> index 5074681ffdc9..b6533f0b1124 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.c
> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void __attribute__((constructor)) init(void)
>  	struct open_how how = {};
>  	int fd;
>  
> -	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct open_how) != OPEN_HOW_SIZE_VER0);
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct open_how) != OPEN_HOW_SIZE_VER1);
>  
>  	/* Check openat2(2) support. */
>  	fd = sys_openat2(AT_FDCWD, ".", &how);
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.h b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.h
> index a6ea27344db2..b7dea87c17b9 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.h
> @@ -24,28 +24,37 @@
>  #endif /* SYS_openat2 */
>  
>  /*
> - * Arguments for how openat2(2) should open the target path. If @resolve is
> - * zero, then openat2(2) operates very similarly to openat(2).
> + * Arguments for how openat2(2) should open the target path. If only @flags and
> + * @mode are non-zero, then openat2(2) operates very similarly to openat(2).
>   *
> - * However, unlike openat(2), unknown bits in @flags result in -EINVAL rather
> - * than being silently ignored. @mode must be zero unless one of {O_CREAT,
> - * O_TMPFILE} are set.
> + * However, unlike openat(2), unknown or invalid bits in @flags result in
> + * -EINVAL rather than being silently ignored. @mode must be zero unless one of
> + * {O_CREAT, O_TMPFILE} are set.
>   *
>   * @flags: O_* flags.
>   * @mode: O_CREAT/O_TMPFILE file mode.
>   * @resolve: RESOLVE_* flags.
> + * @fd: Specific file descriptor to use, for O_SPECIFIC_FD.
>   */
>  struct open_how {
>  	__u64 flags;
>  	__u64 mode;
>  	__u64 resolve;
> +	__u32 fd;
> +	__u32 pad; /* Must be 0 in the current version */

Small nit: This field should be called __padding to make it more
explicit it's something internal and shouldn't be looked at by
userspace. And the comment should just be "must be zeroed".

>  };
>  
> +/* List of all open_how "versions". */
>  #define OPEN_HOW_SIZE_VER0	24 /* sizeof first published struct */
> -#define OPEN_HOW_SIZE_LATEST	OPEN_HOW_SIZE_VER0
> +#define OPEN_HOW_SIZE_VER1	32 /* added fd and pad */
> +#define OPEN_HOW_SIZE_LATEST	OPEN_HOW_SIZE_VER1
>  
>  bool needs_openat2(const struct open_how *how);
>  
> +#ifndef O_SPECIFIC_FD
> +#define O_SPECIFIC_FD  01000000000
> +#endif
> +
>  #ifndef RESOLVE_IN_ROOT
>  /* how->resolve flags for openat2(2). */
>  #define RESOLVE_NO_XDEV		0x01 /* Block mount-point crossings
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/openat2_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/openat2_test.c
> index b386367c606b..cf21a83c70c9 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/openat2_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/openat2_test.c
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct struct_test {
>  	int err;
>  };
>  
> -#define NUM_OPENAT2_STRUCT_TESTS 7
> +#define NUM_OPENAT2_STRUCT_TESTS 8
>  #define NUM_OPENAT2_STRUCT_VARIATIONS 13
>  
>  void test_openat2_struct(void)
> @@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ void test_openat2_struct(void)
>  		{ .name = "normal struct",
>  		  .arg.inner.flags = O_RDONLY,
>  		  .size = sizeof(struct open_how) },
> +		{ .name = "v0 struct",
> +		  .arg.inner.flags = O_RDONLY,
> +		  .size = OPEN_HOW_SIZE_VER0 },
>  		/* Bigger struct, with zeroed out end. */
>  		{ .name = "bigger struct (zeroed out)",
>  		  .arg.inner.flags = O_RDONLY,
> @@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ struct flag_test {
>  	int err;
>  };
>  
> -#define NUM_OPENAT2_FLAG_TESTS 23
> +#define NUM_OPENAT2_FLAG_TESTS 29
>  
>  void test_openat2_flags(void)
>  {
> @@ -223,6 +226,24 @@ void test_openat2_flags(void)
>  		{ .name = "invalid how.resolve and O_PATH",
>  		  .how.flags = O_PATH,
>  		  .how.resolve = 0x1337, .err = -EINVAL },
> +
> +		/* O_SPECIFIC_FD tests */
> +		{ .name = "O_SPECIFIC_FD",
> +		  .how.flags = O_RDONLY | O_SPECIFIC_FD, .how.fd = 42 },
> +		{ .name = "O_SPECIFIC_FD if fd exists",
> +		  .how.flags = O_RDONLY | O_SPECIFIC_FD, .how.fd = 2,
> +		  .err = -EBUSY },
> +		{ .name = "O_SPECIFIC_FD with fd -1",
> +		  .how.flags = O_RDONLY | O_SPECIFIC_FD, .how.fd = -1 },
> +		{ .name = "fd without O_SPECIFIC_FD",
> +		  .how.flags = O_RDONLY, .how.fd = 42,
> +		  .err = -EINVAL },
> +		{ .name = "fd -1 without O_SPECIFIC_FD",
> +		  .how.flags = O_RDONLY, .how.fd = -1,
> +		  .err = -EINVAL },
> +		{ .name = "existing fd without O_SPECIFIC_FD",
> +		  .how.flags = O_RDONLY, .how.fd = 2,
> +		  .err = -EINVAL },

It would be good to add a test to make sure that a non-zero value of
how->__padding also gives -EINVAL.

>  	};
>  
>  	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_LEN(tests) != NUM_OPENAT2_FLAG_TESTS);
> @@ -268,6 +289,10 @@ void test_openat2_flags(void)
>  			if (!(test->how.flags & O_LARGEFILE))
>  				fdflags &= ~O_LARGEFILE;
>  			failed |= (fdflags != test->how.flags);
> +
> +			if (test->how.flags & O_SPECIFIC_FD
> +			    && test->how.fd != -1)
> +				failed |= (fd != test->how.fd);
>  		}
>  
>  		if (failed) {
> -- 
> 2.26.0
> 


-- 
Aleksa Sarai
Senior Software Engineer (Containers)
SUSE Linux GmbH
<https://www.cyphar.com/>

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