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[v2,2/2] fs/sysctl: remove redundant link check in proc_sys_link_fill_cache()

Message ID 20180227233156.29826-2-danilokrummrich@dk-develop.de (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Danilo Krummrich Feb. 27, 2018, 11:31 p.m. UTC
proc_sys_link_fill_cache() does not need to check whether we're
called for a link - it's already done by scan().

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@dk-develop.de>
---
v2: removed 'err' as it's only used for sysctl_follow_link()
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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Kees Cook Feb. 27, 2018, 11:41 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 3:31 PM, Danilo Krummrich
<danilokrummrich@dk-develop.de> wrote:
> proc_sys_link_fill_cache() does not need to check whether we're
> called for a link - it's already done by scan().
>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@dk-develop.de>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

> ---
> v2: removed 'err' as it's only used for sysctl_follow_link()

Thanks :)

Luis, do you have a tree for sysctl, or should these just go via -mm?

-Kees

> ---
>  fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 9 +++------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> index 82ac5f682b73..d36ef667c0a8 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> @@ -712,12 +712,9 @@ static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,
>         if (IS_ERR(head))
>                 return false;
>
> -       if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
> -               /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
> -               int err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table);
> -               if (err)
> -                       goto out;
> -       }
> +       /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
> +       if (sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table))
> +               goto out;
>
>         ret = proc_sys_fill_cache(file, ctx, head, table);
>  out:
> --
> 2.14.1
>
Luis Chamberlain Feb. 28, 2018, 1:15 a.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 03:41:40PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 3:31 PM, Danilo Krummrich
> <danilokrummrich@dk-develop.de> wrote:
> > proc_sys_link_fill_cache() does not need to check whether we're
> > called for a link - it's already done by scan().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@dk-develop.de>
> 
> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> 
> > ---
> > v2: removed 'err' as it's only used for sysctl_follow_link()
> 
> Thanks :)
> 
> Luis, do you have a tree for sysctl, or should these just go via -mm?

-mm has been working beautifully so far.

Now that acks have been collected, Danilo, can you also add the other tags
mentioned and resubmit and add akpm@linux-foundation.org ?

  Luis
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diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 82ac5f682b73..d36ef667c0a8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -712,12 +712,9 @@  static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,
 	if (IS_ERR(head))
 		return false;
 
-	if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
-		/* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
-		int err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
-	}
+	/* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
+	if (sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table))
+		goto out;
 
 	ret = proc_sys_fill_cache(file, ctx, head, table);
 out: