From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>,
Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
audit@vger.kernel.org, io-uring@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 20/68] struct filename: saner handling of long names
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 04:32:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260114043310.3885463-21-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260114043310.3885463-1-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Always allocate struct filename from names_cachep, long name or short;
short names would be embedded into struct filename. Longer ones do
not cannibalize the original struct filename - put them into kmalloc'ed
buffers (PATH_MAX-sized for import from userland, strlen() + 1 - for
ones originating kernel-side, where we know the length beforehand).
Cutoff length for short names is chosen so that struct filename would be
192 bytes long - that's both a multiple of 64 and large enough to cover
the majority of real-world uses.
Simplifies logics in getname()/putname() and friends.
[fixed an embarrassing braino in EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX, first reported by
Dan Carpenter]
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
fs/namei.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
include/linux/fs.h | 10 ++++--
2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index f0be36e257a7..57043b81fe27 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -123,15 +123,14 @@
* PATH_MAX includes the nul terminator --RR.
*/
-#define EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX (PATH_MAX - offsetof(struct filename, iname))
-
/* SLAB cache for struct filename instances */
static struct kmem_cache *names_cachep __ro_after_init;
void __init filename_init(void)
{
- names_cachep = kmem_cache_create_usercopy("names_cache", PATH_MAX, 0,
- SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, 0, PATH_MAX, NULL);
+ names_cachep = kmem_cache_create_usercopy("names_cache", sizeof(struct filename), 0,
+ SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, offsetof(struct filename, iname),
+ EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX, NULL);
}
static inline struct filename *alloc_filename(void)
@@ -150,30 +149,23 @@ static inline void initname(struct filename *name)
atomic_set(&name->refcnt, 1);
}
-static struct filename *getname_long(struct filename *old,
- const char __user *filename)
+static int getname_long(struct filename *name, const char __user *filename)
{
int len;
- /*
- * size is chosen that way we to guarantee that
- * p->iname[0] is within the same object and that
- * p->name can't be equal to p->iname, no matter what.
- */
- const size_t size = offsetof(struct filename, iname[1]);
- struct filename *p __free(kfree) = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ char *p __free(kfree) = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
if (unlikely(!p))
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ return -ENOMEM;
- memmove(old, &old->iname, EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX);
- p->name = (char *)old;
- len = strncpy_from_user((char *)old + EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX,
+ memcpy(p, &name->iname, EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX);
+ len = strncpy_from_user(p + EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX,
filename + EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX,
PATH_MAX - EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX);
if (unlikely(len < 0))
- return ERR_PTR(len);
+ return len;
if (unlikely(len == PATH_MAX - EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX))
- return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
- return no_free_ptr(p);
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+ name->name = no_free_ptr(p);
+ return 0;
}
struct filename *
@@ -199,16 +191,9 @@ getname_flags(const char __user *filename, int flags)
* Handle both empty path and copy failure in one go.
*/
if (unlikely(len <= 0)) {
- if (unlikely(len < 0)) {
- free_filename(result);
- return ERR_PTR(len);
- }
-
/* The empty path is special. */
- if (!(flags & LOOKUP_EMPTY)) {
- free_filename(result);
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
- }
+ if (!len && !(flags & LOOKUP_EMPTY))
+ len = -ENOENT;
}
/*
@@ -217,14 +202,13 @@ getname_flags(const char __user *filename, int flags)
* names_cache allocation for the pathname, and re-do the copy from
* userland.
*/
- if (unlikely(len == EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX)) {
- struct filename *p = getname_long(result, filename);
- if (IS_ERR(p)) {
- free_filename(result);
- return p;
- }
- result = p;
+ if (unlikely(len == EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX))
+ len = getname_long(result, filename);
+ if (unlikely(len < 0)) {
+ free_filename(result);
+ return ERR_PTR(len);
}
+
initname(result);
audit_getname(result);
return result;
@@ -260,29 +244,26 @@ struct filename *getname_kernel(const char * filename)
{
struct filename *result;
int len = strlen(filename) + 1;
+ char *p;
+
+ if (unlikely(len > PATH_MAX))
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
result = alloc_filename();
if (unlikely(!result))
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
if (len <= EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX) {
- result->name = (char *)result->iname;
- } else if (len <= PATH_MAX) {
- const size_t size = offsetof(struct filename, iname[1]);
- struct filename *tmp;
-
- tmp = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (unlikely(!tmp)) {
+ p = (char *)result->iname;
+ memcpy(p, filename, len);
+ } else {
+ p = kmemdup(filename, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (unlikely(!p)) {
free_filename(result);
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
}
- tmp->name = (char *)result;
- result = tmp;
- } else {
- free_filename(result);
- return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
}
- memcpy((char *)result->name, filename, len);
+ result->name = p;
initname(result);
audit_getname(result);
return result;
@@ -305,11 +286,9 @@ void putname(struct filename *name)
return;
}
- if (unlikely(name->name != name->iname)) {
- free_filename((struct filename *)name->name);
- kfree(name);
- } else
- free_filename(name);
+ if (unlikely(name->name != name->iname))
+ kfree(name->name);
+ free_filename(name);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(putname);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 997d515bab32..f0f1e8034539 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2409,13 +2409,19 @@ extern struct kobject *fs_kobj;
/* fs/open.c */
struct audit_names;
-struct filename {
+
+struct __filename_head {
const char *name; /* pointer to actual string */
atomic_t refcnt;
struct audit_names *aname;
- const char iname[];
+};
+#define EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX (192 - sizeof(struct __filename_head))
+struct filename {
+ struct __filename_head;
+ const char iname[EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX];
};
static_assert(offsetof(struct filename, iname) % sizeof(long) == 0);
+static_assert(sizeof(struct filename) % 64 == 0);
static inline struct mnt_idmap *file_mnt_idmap(const struct file *file)
{
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-14 4:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-14 4:32 [PATCH v5 00/68] struct filename series Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 01/68] init_mknod(): turn into a trivial wrapper for do_mknodat() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 02/68] init_mkdir(): turn into a trivial wrapper for do_mkdirat() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 03/68] init_symlink(): turn into a trivial wrapper for do_symlinkat() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 04/68] init_link(): turn into a trivial wrapper for do_linkat() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 05/68] allow to use CLASS() for struct filename * Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 06/68] do_faccessat(): import pathname only once Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 07/68] do_fchmodat(): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 08/68] do_fchownat(): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 09/68] do_utimes_path(): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 10/68] chdir(2): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 11/68] chroot(2): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 12/68] user_statfs(): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 13/68] do_sys_truncate(): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 14/68] do_readlinkat(): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 15/68] get rid of audit_reusename() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 16/68] ntfs: ->d_compare() must not block Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 17/68] getname_flags() massage, part 1 Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 18/68] getname_flags() massage, part 2 Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 19/68] struct filename: use names_cachep only for getname() and friends Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` Al Viro [this message]
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 21/68] fs: hide names_cache behind runtime const machinery Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 22/68] switch __getname_maybe_null() to CLASS(filename_flags) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 23/68] allow incomplete imports of filenames Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 24/68] struct filename ->refcnt doesn't need to be atomic Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 25/68] file_getattr(): filename_lookup() accepts ERR_PTR() as filename Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 26/68] file_setattr(): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 27/68] move_mount(): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 28/68] ksmbd_vfs_path_lookup(): vfs_path_parent_lookup() accepts ERR_PTR() as name Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 29/68] ksmbd_vfs_rename(): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 30/68] do_filp_open(): DTRT when getting ERR_PTR() as pathname Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 31/68] rename do_filp_open() to do_file_open() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 32/68] do_sys_openat2(): get rid of useless check, switch to CLASS(filename) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 33/68] simplify the callers of file_open_name() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 34/68] simplify the callers of do_open_execat() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 35/68] simplify the callers of alloc_bprm() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 36/68] execve: fold {compat_,}do_execve{,at}() into their sole callers Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 37/68] do_execveat_common(): don't consume filename reference Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 38/68] switch {alloc,free}_bprm() to CLASS() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 39/68] non-consuming variant of do_renameat2() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 40/68] non-consuming variant of do_linkat() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 41/68] non-consuming variant of do_symlinkat() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 42/68] non-consuming variant of do_mkdirat() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 43/68] non-consuming variant of do_mknodat() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 44/68] non-consuming variants of do_{unlinkat,rmdir}() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 45/68] file_[gs]etattr(2): switch to CLASS(filename_maybe_null) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 46/68] mount_setattr(2): don't mess with LOOKUP_EMPTY Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 47/68] do_open_execat(): don't care about LOOKUP_EMPTY Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 48/68] vfs_open_tree(): use CLASS(filename_uflags) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 49/68] name_to_handle_at(): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 50/68] fspick(2): use CLASS(filename_flags) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 51/68] do_fchownat(): unspaghettify a bit Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 52/68] chdir(2): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 53/68] do_utimes_path(): switch to CLASS(filename_uflags) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 54/68] do_sys_truncate(): switch to CLASS(filename) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 55/68] do_readlinkat(): switch to CLASS(filename_flags) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 56/68] do_f{chmod,chown,access}at(): use CLASS(filename_uflags) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:32 ` [PATCH v5 57/68] namei.c: convert getname_kernel() callers to CLASS(filename_kernel) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:33 ` [PATCH v5 58/68] namei.c: switch user pathname imports to CLASS(filename{,_flags}) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:33 ` [PATCH v5 59/68] filename_...xattr(): don't consume filename reference Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:33 ` [PATCH v5 60/68] move_mount(2): switch to CLASS(filename_maybe_null) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:33 ` [PATCH v5 61/68] chroot(2): switch to CLASS(filename) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:33 ` [PATCH v5 62/68] quotactl_block(): " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:33 ` [PATCH v5 63/68] statx: switch to CLASS(filename_maybe_null) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:33 ` [PATCH v5 64/68] user_statfs(): switch to CLASS(filename) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:33 ` [PATCH v5 65/68] mqueue: " Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:33 ` [PATCH v5 66/68] ksmbd: use CLASS(filename_kernel) Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:33 ` [PATCH v5 67/68] alpha: switch osf_mount() to strndup_user() Al Viro
2026-01-14 4:33 ` [PATCH v5 68/68] sysfs(2): fs_index() argument is _not_ a pathname Al Viro
2026-01-14 10:41 ` David Laight
2026-01-14 14:35 ` Al Viro
2026-01-14 16:51 ` David Laight
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