Re: [RFC PATCH] getvalues(2) prototype

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Wed Mar 23 2022 - 07:42:29 EST


On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 08:27:12PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Add a new userspace API that allows getting multiple short values in a
> single syscall.
>
> This would be useful for the following reasons:
>
> - Calling open/read/close for many small files is inefficient. E.g. on my
> desktop invoking lsof(1) results in ~60k open + read + close calls under
> /proc and 90% of those are 128 bytes or less.
>
> - Interfaces for getting various attributes and statistics are fragmented.
> For files we have basic stat, statx, extended attributes, file attributes
> (for which there are two overlapping ioctl interfaces). For mounts and
> superblocks we have stat*fs as well as /proc/$PID/{mountinfo,mountstats}.
> The latter also has the problem on not allowing queries on a specific
> mount.
>
> - Some attributes are cheap to generate, some are expensive. Allowing
> userspace to select which ones it needs should allow optimizing queries.
>
> - Adding an ascii namespace should allow easy extension and self
> description.
>
> - The values can be text or binary, whichever is fits best.
>
> The interface definition is:
>
> struct name_val {
> const char *name; /* in */
> struct iovec value_in; /* in */
> struct iovec value_out; /* out */
> uint32_t error; /* out */
> uint32_t reserved;
> };

Yes, we really need a way to query for various fs information. I'm a bit
torn about the details of this interface though. I would really like if
we had interfaces that are really easy to use from userspace comparable
to statx for example. I know having this generic as possible was the
goal but I'm just a bit uneasy with such interfaces. They become
cumbersome to use in userspace. I'm not sure if the data: part for
example should be in this at all. That seems a bit out of place to me.

Would it be really that bad if we added multiple syscalls for different
types of info? For example, querying mount information could reasonably
be a more focussed separate system call allowing to retrieve detailed
mount propagation info, flags, idmappings and so on. Prior approaches to
solve this in a completely generic way have gotten us not very far too
so I'm a bit worried about this aspect too.

For performance concerns, once those multiple system calls are in place
they will naturally be made available in io_uring and so if people do
really have performance issues they can rely on io_uring (to e.g.,
offload system call cost).

>
> int getvalues(int dfd, const char *path, struct name_val *vec, size_t num,
> unsigned int flags);
>
> @dfd and @path are used to lookup object $ORIGIN. @vec contains @num
> name/value descriptors. @flags contains lookup flags for @path.
>
> The syscall returns the number of values filled or an error.
>
> A single name/value descriptor has the following fields:
>
> @name describes the object whose value is to be returned. E.g.
>
> mnt - list of mount parameters
> mnt:mountpoint - the mountpoint of the mount of $ORIGIN
> mntns - list of mount ID's reachable from the current root
> mntns:21:parentid - parent ID of the mount with ID of 21
> xattr:security.selinux - the security.selinux extended attribute
> data:foo/bar - the data contained in file $ORIGIN/foo/bar
>
> If the name starts with the separator, then it is taken to have the same
> prefix as the previous name/value descriptor. E.g. in the following
> sequence of names the second one is equivalent to mnt:parentid:
>
> mnt:mountpoint
> :parentid
>
> @value_in supplies the buffer to store value(s) in. If a subsequent
> name/value descriptor has NULL value of value_in.iov_base, then the buffer
> from the previous name/value descriptor will be used. This way it's
> possible to use a shared buffer for multiple values.
>
> The starting address and length of the actual value will be stored in
> @value_out, unless an error has occurred in which case @error will be set to
> the positive errno value.
>
> Multiple names starting with the same prefix (including the shorthand form)
> may also be batched together under the same lock, so the order of the names
> can determine atomicity.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1 +
> fs/Makefile | 2 +-
> fs/mount.h | 8 +
> fs/namespace.c | 42 ++
> fs/proc_namespace.c | 2 +-
> fs/values.c | 524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 6 files changed, 577 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 fs/values.c
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
> index c84d12608cd2..c72668001b39 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
> @@ -372,6 +372,7 @@
> 448 common process_mrelease sys_process_mrelease
> 449 common futex_waitv sys_futex_waitv
> 450 common set_mempolicy_home_node sys_set_mempolicy_home_node
> +451 common getvalues sys_getvalues
>
> #
> # Due to a historical design error, certain syscalls are numbered differently
> diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
> index 208a74e0b00e..f00d6bcd1178 100644
> --- a/fs/Makefile
> +++ b/fs/Makefile
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ obj-y := open.o read_write.o file_table.o super.o \
> pnode.o splice.o sync.o utimes.o d_path.o \
> stack.o fs_struct.o statfs.o fs_pin.o nsfs.o \
> fs_types.o fs_context.o fs_parser.o fsopen.o init.o \
> - kernel_read_file.o remap_range.o
> + kernel_read_file.o remap_range.o values.o
>
> ifeq ($(CONFIG_BLOCK),y)
> obj-y += buffer.o direct-io.o mpage.o
> diff --git a/fs/mount.h b/fs/mount.h
> index 0b6e08cf8afb..a3ca5233e481 100644
> --- a/fs/mount.h
> +++ b/fs/mount.h
> @@ -148,3 +148,11 @@ static inline bool is_anon_ns(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
> }
>
> extern void mnt_cursor_del(struct mnt_namespace *ns, struct mount *cursor);
> +
> +extern void namespace_lock_read(void);
> +extern void namespace_unlock_read(void);
> +extern void show_mnt_opts(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt);
> +extern void seq_mnt_list(struct seq_file *seq, struct mnt_namespace *ns,
> + struct path *root);
> +extern struct vfsmount *mnt_lookup_by_id(struct mnt_namespace *ns,
> + struct path *root, int id);
> diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
> index de6fae84f1a1..52b15c17251f 100644
> --- a/fs/namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/namespace.c
> @@ -1405,6 +1405,38 @@ void mnt_cursor_del(struct mnt_namespace *ns, struct mount *cursor)
> }
> #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
>
> +void seq_mnt_list(struct seq_file *seq, struct mnt_namespace *ns,
> + struct path *root)
> +{
> + struct mount *m;
> +
> + down_read(&namespace_sem);
> + for (m = mnt_list_next(ns, &ns->list); m; m = mnt_list_next(ns, &m->mnt_list)) {
> + if (is_path_reachable(m, m->mnt.mnt_root, root)) {
> + seq_printf(seq, "%i", m->mnt_id);
> + seq_putc(seq, '\0');
> + }
> + }
> + up_read(&namespace_sem);
> +}
> +
> +/* called with namespace_sem held for read */
> +struct vfsmount *mnt_lookup_by_id(struct mnt_namespace *ns, struct path *root,
> + int id)
> +{
> + struct mount *m;
> +
> + for (m = mnt_list_next(ns, &ns->list); m; m = mnt_list_next(ns, &m->mnt_list)) {
> + if (m->mnt_id == id) {
> + if (is_path_reachable(m, m->mnt.mnt_root, root))
> + return mntget(&m->mnt);
> + else
> + return NULL;
> + }
> + }
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +
> /**
> * may_umount_tree - check if a mount tree is busy
> * @m: root of mount tree
> @@ -1494,6 +1526,16 @@ static inline void namespace_lock(void)
> down_write(&namespace_sem);
> }
>
> +void namespace_lock_read(void)
> +{
> + down_read(&namespace_sem);
> +}
> +
> +void namespace_unlock_read(void)
> +{
> + up_read(&namespace_sem);
> +}
> +
> enum umount_tree_flags {
> UMOUNT_SYNC = 1,
> UMOUNT_PROPAGATE = 2,
> diff --git a/fs/proc_namespace.c b/fs/proc_namespace.c
> index 49650e54d2f8..fa6dc2c20578 100644
> --- a/fs/proc_namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/proc_namespace.c
> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int show_sb_opts(struct seq_file *m, struct super_block *sb)
> return security_sb_show_options(m, sb);
> }
>
> -static void show_mnt_opts(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
> +void show_mnt_opts(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
> {
> static const struct proc_fs_opts mnt_opts[] = {
> { MNT_NOSUID, ",nosuid" },
> diff --git a/fs/values.c b/fs/values.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..618fa9bf48a1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fs/values.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,524 @@
> +#include <linux/syscalls.h>
> +#include <linux/printk.h>
> +#include <linux/namei.h>
> +#include <linux/fs_struct.h>
> +#include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
> +#include <linux/xattr.h>
> +#include "pnode.h"
> +#include "internal.h"
> +
> +#define VAL_GRSEP ':'
> +
> +struct name_val {
> + const char __user *name; /* in */
> + struct iovec value_in; /* in */
> + struct iovec value_out; /* out */
> + __u32 error; /* out */
> + __u32 reserved;
> +};
> +
> +struct val_iter {
> + struct name_val __user *curr;
> + size_t num;
> + struct iovec vec;
> + char name[256];
> + size_t bufsize;
> + struct seq_file seq;
> + const char *prefix;
> + const char *sub;
> +};
> +
> +struct val_desc {
> + const char *name;
> + union {
> + int idx;
> + int (*get)(struct val_iter *vi, const struct path *path);
> + };
> +};
> +
> +static int val_get(struct val_iter *vi)
> +{
> + struct name_val nameval;
> + long err;
> +
> + if (copy_from_user(&nameval, vi->curr, sizeof(nameval)))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + err = strncpy_from_user(vi->name, nameval.name, sizeof(vi->name));
> + if (err < 0)
> + return err;
> + if (err == sizeof(vi->name))
> + return -ERANGE;
> +
> + if (nameval.value_in.iov_base)
> + vi->vec = nameval.value_in;
> +
> + vi->seq.size = min(vi->vec.iov_len, vi->bufsize);
> + vi->seq.count = 0;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int val_next(struct val_iter *vi)
> +{
> + vi->curr++;
> + vi->num--;
> +
> + return vi->num ? val_get(vi) : 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int val_end(struct val_iter *vi, size_t count)
> +{
> + struct iovec iov = {
> + .iov_base = vi->vec.iov_base,
> + .iov_len = count,
> + };
> +
> + if (copy_to_user(&vi->curr->value_out, &iov, sizeof(iov)))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + vi->vec.iov_base += count;
> + vi->vec.iov_len -= count;
> +
> + return val_next(vi);
> +}
> +
> +static int val_err(struct val_iter *vi, int err)
> +{
> + if (put_user(-err, &vi->curr->error))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + return val_next(vi);
> +}
> +
> +static int val_end_seq(struct val_iter *vi, int err)
> +{
> + size_t count = vi->seq.count;
> +
> + if (err)
> + return val_err(vi, err);
> +
> + if (count == vi->seq.size)
> + return -EOVERFLOW;
> +
> + if (copy_to_user(vi->vec.iov_base, vi->seq.buf, count))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + return val_end(vi, count);
> +}
> +
> +static struct val_desc *val_lookup(struct val_iter *vi, struct val_desc *vd)
> +{
> + const char *name = vi->name;
> + const char *prefix = vi->prefix;
> + size_t prefixlen = strlen(prefix);
> +
> + if (prefixlen) {
> + /*
> + * Name beggining with a group separator is a shorthand for
> + * previously prefix.
> + */
> + if (name[0] == VAL_GRSEP) {
> + name++;
> + } else {
> + if (strncmp(name, prefix, prefixlen) != 0)
> + return NULL;
> + name += prefixlen;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + vi->sub = NULL;
> + for (; vd->name; vd++) {
> + if (strcmp(name, vd->name) == 0)
> + break;
> + else {
> + size_t grlen = strlen(vd->name);
> +
> + if (strncmp(vd->name, name, grlen) == 0 &&
> + name[grlen] == VAL_GRSEP) {
> + vi->sub = name + grlen + 1;
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> + }
> + return vd;
> +}
> +
> +static int val_get_group(struct val_iter *vi, struct val_desc *vd)
> +{
> + for (; vd->name; vd++)
> + seq_write(&vi->seq, vd->name, strlen(vd->name) + 1);
> +
> + return val_end_seq(vi, 0);
> +}
> +
> +static bool val_push_prefix(struct val_iter *vi, const char **oldprefix)
> +{
> + char *newprefix;
> +
> + newprefix = kmemdup_nul(vi->name, vi->sub - vi->name, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (newprefix) {
> + *oldprefix = vi->prefix;
> + vi->prefix = newprefix;
> + }
> +
> + return newprefix;
> +}
> +
> +static void val_pop_prefix(struct val_iter *vi, const char *oldprefix)
> +{
> + kfree(vi->prefix);
> + vi->prefix = oldprefix;
> +}
> +
> +enum {
> + VAL_MNT_ID,
> + VAL_MNT_PARENTID,
> + VAL_MNT_ROOT,
> + VAL_MNT_MOUNTPOINT,
> + VAL_MNT_OPTIONS,
> + VAL_MNT_SHARED,
> + VAL_MNT_MASTER,
> + VAL_MNT_PROPAGATE_FROM,
> + VAL_MNT_UNBINDABLE,
> + VAL_MNT_NOTFOUND,
> +};
> +
> +static struct val_desc val_mnt_group[] = {
> + { .name = "id", .idx = VAL_MNT_ID },
> + { .name = "parentid", .idx = VAL_MNT_PARENTID, },
> + { .name = "root", .idx = VAL_MNT_ROOT, },
> + { .name = "mountpoint", .idx = VAL_MNT_MOUNTPOINT, },
> + { .name = "options", .idx = VAL_MNT_OPTIONS, },
> + { .name = "shared", .idx = VAL_MNT_SHARED, },
> + { .name = "master", .idx = VAL_MNT_MASTER, },
> + { .name = "propagate_from", .idx = VAL_MNT_PROPAGATE_FROM, },
> + { .name = "unbindable", .idx = VAL_MNT_UNBINDABLE, },
> + { .name = NULL, .idx = VAL_MNT_NOTFOUND },
> +};
> +
> +static int seq_mnt_root(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *mnt)
> +{
> + struct super_block *sb = mnt->mnt_sb;
> + int err = 0;
> +
> + if (sb->s_op->show_path) {
> + err = sb->s_op->show_path(seq, mnt->mnt_root);
> + if (!err) {
> + seq_putc(seq, '\0');
> + if (seq->count < seq->size)
> + seq->count = string_unescape(seq->buf, seq->buf, seq->size, UNESCAPE_OCTAL);
> + }
> + } else {
> + seq_dentry(seq, mnt->mnt_root, "");
> + }
> +
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> +static int val_mnt_show(struct val_iter *vi, struct vfsmount *mnt)
> +{
> + struct mount *m = real_mount(mnt);
> + struct path root, mnt_path;
> + struct val_desc *vd;
> + const char *oldprefix;
> + int err = 0;
> +
> + if (!val_push_prefix(vi, &oldprefix))
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + while (!err && vi->num) {
> + vd = val_lookup(vi, val_mnt_group);
> + if (!vd)
> + break;
> +
> + switch(vd->idx) {
> + case VAL_MNT_ID:
> + seq_printf(&vi->seq, "%i", m->mnt_id);
> + break;
> + case VAL_MNT_PARENTID:
> + seq_printf(&vi->seq, "%i", m->mnt_parent->mnt_id);
> + break;
> + case VAL_MNT_ROOT:
> + seq_mnt_root(&vi->seq, mnt);
> + break;
> + case VAL_MNT_MOUNTPOINT:
> + get_fs_root(current->fs, &root);
> + mnt_path.dentry = mnt->mnt_root;
> + mnt_path.mnt = mnt;
> + err = seq_path_root(&vi->seq, &mnt_path, &root, "");
> + path_put(&root);
> + break;
> + case VAL_MNT_OPTIONS:
> + seq_puts(&vi->seq, mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_READONLY ? "ro" : "rw");
> + show_mnt_opts(&vi->seq, mnt);
> + break;
> + case VAL_MNT_SHARED:
> + if (IS_MNT_SHARED(m))
> + seq_printf(&vi->seq, "%i,", m->mnt_group_id);
> + break;
> + case VAL_MNT_MASTER:
> + if (IS_MNT_SLAVE(m))
> + seq_printf(&vi->seq, "%i,",
> + m->mnt_master->mnt_group_id);
> + break;
> + case VAL_MNT_PROPAGATE_FROM:
> + if (IS_MNT_SLAVE(m)) {
> + int dom;
> +
> + get_fs_root(current->fs, &root);
> + dom = get_dominating_id(m, &root);
> + path_put(&root);
> + if (dom)
> + seq_printf(&vi->seq, "%i,", dom);
> + }
> + break;
> + case VAL_MNT_UNBINDABLE:
> + if (IS_MNT_UNBINDABLE(m))
> + seq_puts(&vi->seq, "yes");
> + break;
> + default:
> + err = -ENOENT;
> + break;
> + }
> + err = val_end_seq(vi, err);
> + }
> + val_pop_prefix(vi, oldprefix);
> +
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> +static int val_mnt_get(struct val_iter *vi, const struct path *path)
> +{
> + int err;
> +
> + if (!vi->sub)
> + return val_get_group(vi, val_mnt_group);
> +
> + namespace_lock_read();
> + err = val_mnt_show(vi, path->mnt);
> + namespace_unlock_read();
> +
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> +static int val_mntns_get(struct val_iter *vi, const struct path *path)
> +{
> + struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns = current->nsproxy->mnt_ns;
> + struct vfsmount *mnt;
> + struct path root;
> + char *end;
> + int mnt_id;
> + int err;
> +
> + if (!vi->sub) {
> + get_fs_root(current->fs, &root);
> + seq_mnt_list(&vi->seq, mnt_ns, &root);
> + path_put(&root);
> + return val_end_seq(vi, 0);
> + }
> +
> + end = strchr(vi->sub, VAL_GRSEP);
> + if (end)
> + *end = '\0';
> + err = kstrtoint(vi->sub, 10, &mnt_id);
> + if (err)
> + return val_err(vi, err);
> + vi->sub = NULL;
> + if (end) {
> + *end = VAL_GRSEP;
> + vi->sub = end + 1;
> + }
> +
> + namespace_lock_read();
> + get_fs_root(current->fs, &root);
> + mnt = mnt_lookup_by_id(mnt_ns, &root, mnt_id);
> + path_put(&root);
> + if (!mnt) {
> + namespace_unlock_read();
> + return val_err(vi, -ENOENT);
> + }
> + if (vi->sub)
> + err = val_mnt_show(vi, mnt);
> + else
> + err = val_get_group(vi, val_mnt_group);
> +
> + namespace_unlock_read();
> + mntput(mnt);
> +
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t val_do_read(struct val_iter *vi, struct path *path)
> +{
> + ssize_t ret;
> + struct file *file;
> + struct open_flags op = {
> + .open_flag = O_RDONLY,
> + .acc_mode = MAY_READ,
> + .intent = LOOKUP_OPEN,
> + };
> +
> + file = do_file_open_root(path, "", &op);
> + if (IS_ERR(file))
> + return PTR_ERR(file);
> +
> + ret = vfs_read(file, vi->vec.iov_base, vi->vec.iov_len, NULL);
> + fput(file);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t val_do_readlink(struct val_iter *vi, struct path *path)
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = security_inode_readlink(path->dentry);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + return vfs_readlink(path->dentry, vi->vec.iov_base, vi->vec.iov_len);
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool dot_or_dotdot(const char *s)
> +{
> + return s[0] == '.' &&
> + (s[1] == '/' || s[1] == '\0' ||
> + (s[1] == '.' && (s[2] == '/' || s[2] == '\0')));
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * - empty path is okay
> + * - must not begin or end with slash or have a double slash anywhere
> + * - must not have . or .. components
> + */
> +static bool val_verify_path(const char *subpath)
> +{
> + const char *s = subpath;
> +
> + if (s[0] == '\0')
> + return true;
> +
> + if (s[0] == '/' || s[strlen(s) - 1] == '/' || strstr(s, "//"))
> + return false;
> +
> + for (s--; s; s = strstr(s + 3, "/."))
> + if (dot_or_dotdot(s + 1))
> + return false;
> +
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> +static int val_data_get(struct val_iter *vi, const struct path *path)
> +{
> + struct path this;
> + ssize_t ret;
> +
> + if (!vi->sub)
> + return val_err(vi, -ENOENT);
> +
> + if (!val_verify_path(vi->sub))
> + return val_err(vi, -EINVAL);
> +
> + ret = vfs_path_lookup(path->dentry, path->mnt, vi->sub,
> + LOOKUP_NO_XDEV | LOOKUP_BENEATH |
> + LOOKUP_IN_ROOT, &this);
> + if (ret)
> + return val_err(vi, ret);
> +
> + ret = -ENODATA;
> + if (d_is_reg(this.dentry) || d_is_symlink(this.dentry)) {
> + if (d_is_reg(this.dentry))
> + ret = val_do_read(vi, &this);
> + else
> + ret = val_do_readlink(vi, &this);
> + }
> + path_put(&this);
> + if (ret == -EFAULT)
> + return ret;
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return val_err(vi, ret);
> + if (ret == vi->vec.iov_len)
> + return -EOVERFLOW;
> +
> + return val_end(vi, ret);
> +}
> +
> +static int val_xattr_get(struct val_iter *vi, const struct path *path)
> +{
> + ssize_t ret;
> + struct user_namespace *mnt_userns = mnt_user_ns(path->mnt);
> + void *value = vi->seq.buf + vi->seq.count;
> + size_t size = min_t(size_t, vi->seq.size - vi->seq.count,
> + XATTR_SIZE_MAX);
> +
> + if (!vi->sub)
> + return val_err(vi, -ENOENT);
> +
> + ret = vfs_getxattr(mnt_userns, path->dentry, vi->sub, value, size);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return val_err(vi, ret);
> +
> + if ((strcmp(vi->sub, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS) == 0) ||
> + (strcmp(vi->sub, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT) == 0))
> + posix_acl_fix_xattr_to_user(mnt_userns, value, ret);
> +
> + vi->seq.count += ret;
> +
> + return val_end_seq(vi, 0);
> +}
> +
> +
> +static struct val_desc val_toplevel_group[] = {
> + { .name = "mnt", .get = val_mnt_get, },
> + { .name = "mntns", .get = val_mntns_get, },
> + { .name = "xattr", .get = val_xattr_get, },
> + { .name = "data", .get = val_data_get, },
> + { .name = NULL },
> +};
> +
> +SYSCALL_DEFINE5(getvalues,
> + int, dfd,
> + const char __user *, pathname,
> + struct name_val __user *, vec,
> + size_t, num,
> + unsigned int, flags)
> +{
> + char vals[1024];
> + struct val_iter vi = {
> + .curr = vec,
> + .num = num,
> + .seq.buf = vals,
> + .bufsize = sizeof(vals),
> + .prefix = "",
> + };
> + struct val_desc *vd;
> + struct path path = {};
> + ssize_t err;
> +
> + err = user_path_at(dfd, pathname, 0, &path);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> + err = val_get(&vi);
> + if (err)
> + goto out;
> +
> + if (!strlen(vi.name)) {
> + err = val_get_group(&vi, val_toplevel_group);
> + goto out;
> + }
> + while (!err && vi.num) {
> + vd = val_lookup(&vi, val_toplevel_group);
> + if (!vd->name)
> + err = val_err(&vi, -ENOENT);
> + else
> + err = vd->get(&vi, &path);
> + }
> +out:
> + if (err == -EOVERFLOW)
> + err = 0;
> +
> + path_put(&path);
> + return err < 0 ? err : num - vi.num;
> +}
> --
> 2.35.1
>