Re: [PATCH] pidfs: handle FS_IOC32_GETVERSION in compat ioctl

From: Jan Kara

Date: Thu Jul 16 2026 - 07:15:47 EST


On Thu 16-07-26 13:28:20, Li Chen wrote:
> FS_IOC32_GETVERSION has a distinct compat command encoding. Passing it
> through compat_ptr_ioctl() leaves pidfd_ioctl() unable to recognize the
> otherwise architecture-independent inode generation query.
>
> Translate the compat command to FS_IOC_GETVERSION before dispatching it
> through the native pidfd ioctl implementation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>

It's a bit sad we have to do this but you seem to be right. Feel free to
add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>


> ---
> fs/pidfs.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/pidfs.c b/fs/pidfs.c
> index c20ffd747ff51..c55f46c32801d 100644
> --- a/fs/pidfs.c
> +++ b/fs/pidfs.c
> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
> +#include <linux/compat.h>
> #include <linux/exportfs.h>
> #include <linux/file.h>
> #include <linux/fs.h>
> @@ -659,6 +660,17 @@ static long pidfd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> return open_namespace(ns_common);
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> +static long pidfd_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> + unsigned long arg)
> +{
> + if (cmd == FS_IOC32_GETVERSION)
> + cmd = FS_IOC_GETVERSION;
> +
> + return pidfd_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long)compat_ptr(arg));
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> static int pidfs_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> struct pid *pid = inode->i_private;
> @@ -686,7 +698,9 @@ static const struct file_operations pidfs_file_operations = {
> .show_fdinfo = pidfd_show_fdinfo,
> #endif
> .unlocked_ioctl = pidfd_ioctl,
> - .compat_ioctl = compat_ptr_ioctl,
> +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> + .compat_ioctl = pidfd_compat_ioctl,
> +#endif
> };
>
> struct pid *pidfd_pid(const struct file *file)
> --
> 2.52.0
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR