[PATCH v7 2/4] include: Set tsk->comm length to 64 bytes
From: Bhupesh
Date: Mon Aug 11 2025 - 02:47:37 EST
Historically due to the 16-byte length of TASK_COMM_LEN, the
users of 'tsk->comm' are restricted to use a fixed-size target
buffer also of TASK_COMM_LEN for 'memcpy()' like use-cases.
To fix the same, we now use a 64-byte TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN and
set the comm element inside 'task_struct' to the same length:
struct task_struct {
.....
char comm[TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN];
.....
};
where TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN is 64-bytes.
Note, that the existing users have not been modified to migrate to
'TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN', in case they have hard-coded expectations of
dealing with only a 'TASK_COMM_LEN' long 'tsk->comm'.
Signed-off-by: Bhupesh <bhupesh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 35f1ef06eb6c..87e9dfaf61ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ struct user_event_mm;
*/
enum {
TASK_COMM_LEN = 16,
+ TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN = 64,
};
extern void sched_tick(void);
@@ -1162,7 +1163,7 @@ struct task_struct {
* - logic inside set_task_comm() will ensure it is always NUL-terminated and
* zero-padded
*/
- char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
+ char comm[TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN];
struct nameidata *nameidata;
@@ -1961,7 +1962,7 @@ extern void kick_process(struct task_struct *tsk);
extern void __set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, const char *from, bool exec);
#define set_task_comm(tsk, from) ({ \
- BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(from) != TASK_COMM_LEN); \
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(from) < TASK_COMM_LEN); \
__set_task_comm(tsk, from, false); \
})
--
2.38.1