[RFC 2/3] file: allow callers to free the old file descriptor after dup2

From: aloktiagi
Date: Thu Mar 02 2023 - 13:22:35 EST


Allow callers of do_dup2 to free the old file descriptor in case they need to
make additional operations on it.

Signed-off-by: aloktiagi <aloktiagi@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/file.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 4b2346b8a5ee..04c8775d337a 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ bool get_close_on_exec(unsigned int fd)
}

static int do_dup2(struct files_struct *files,
- struct file *file, unsigned fd, unsigned flags)
+ struct file *file, unsigned fd, struct file **fdfile, unsigned flags)
__releases(&files->file_lock)
{
struct file *tofree;
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ __releases(&files->file_lock)
spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);

if (tofree)
- filp_close(tofree, files);
+ *fdfile = tofree;

return fd;

@@ -1132,6 +1132,7 @@ __releases(&files->file_lock)
int replace_fd(unsigned fd, struct file *file, unsigned flags)
{
int err;
+ struct file *fdfile = NULL;
struct files_struct *files = current->files;

if (!file)
@@ -1144,7 +1145,10 @@ int replace_fd(unsigned fd, struct file *file, unsigned flags)
err = expand_files(files, fd);
if (unlikely(err < 0))
goto out_unlock;
- return do_dup2(files, file, fd, flags);
+ err = do_dup2(files, file, fd, &fdfile, flags);
+ if (fdfile)
+ filp_close(fdfile, files);
+ return err;

out_unlock:
spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
@@ -1216,6 +1220,7 @@ static int ksys_dup3(unsigned int oldfd, unsigned int newfd, int flags)
{
int err = -EBADF;
struct file *file;
+ struct file *fdfile = NULL;
struct files_struct *files = current->files;

if ((flags & ~O_CLOEXEC) != 0)
@@ -1237,7 +1242,10 @@ static int ksys_dup3(unsigned int oldfd, unsigned int newfd, int flags)
goto Ebadf;
goto out_unlock;
}
- return do_dup2(files, file, newfd, flags);
+ err = do_dup2(files, file, newfd, &fdfile, flags);
+ if (fdfile)
+ filp_close(fdfile, files);
+ return err;

Ebadf:
err = -EBADF;
--
2.34.1