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 24/68] struct filename ->refcnt doesn't need to be atomic
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 04:32:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260114043310.3885463-25-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260114043310.3885463-1-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
... or visible outside of audit, really. Note that references
held in delayed_filename always have refcount 1, and from the
moment of complete_getname() or equivalent point in getname...()
there won't be any references to struct filename instance left
in places visible to other threads.
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
fs/namei.c | 12 ++++++------
include/linux/fs.h | 8 +-------
kernel/auditsc.c | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index b76cc43fe89d..f4359825ba48 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static inline void free_filename(struct filename *p)
static inline void initname(struct filename *name)
{
name->aname = NULL;
- atomic_set(&name->refcnt, 1);
+ name->refcnt = 1;
}
static int getname_long(struct filename *name, const char __user *filename)
@@ -292,13 +292,13 @@ void putname(struct filename *name)
if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(name))
return;
- refcnt = atomic_read(&name->refcnt);
+ refcnt = name->refcnt;
if (unlikely(refcnt != 1)) {
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!refcnt))
return;
- if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&name->refcnt))
- return;
+ name->refcnt--;
+ return;
}
if (unlikely(name->name != name->iname))
@@ -328,12 +328,12 @@ int delayed_getname_uflags(struct delayed_filename *v, const char __user *string
int putname_to_delayed(struct delayed_filename *v, struct filename *name)
{
- if (likely(atomic_read(&name->refcnt) == 1)) {
+ if (likely(name->refcnt == 1)) {
v->__incomplete_filename = name;
return 0;
}
+ name->refcnt--;
v->__incomplete_filename = do_getname_kernel(name->name, true);
- putname(name);
return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(v->__incomplete_filename);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f1612a7dffd0..6a26ee347517 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2412,7 +2412,7 @@ struct audit_names;
struct __filename_head {
const char *name; /* pointer to actual string */
- atomic_t refcnt;
+ int refcnt;
struct audit_names *aname;
};
#define EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX (192 - sizeof(struct __filename_head))
@@ -2527,12 +2527,6 @@ void dismiss_delayed_filename(struct delayed_filename *);
int putname_to_delayed(struct delayed_filename *, struct filename *);
struct filename *complete_getname(struct delayed_filename *);
-static inline struct filename *refname(struct filename *name)
-{
- atomic_inc(&name->refcnt);
- return name;
-}
-
DEFINE_CLASS(filename, struct filename *, putname(_T), getname(p), const char __user *p)
EXTEND_CLASS(filename, _kernel, getname_kernel(p), const char *p)
EXTEND_CLASS(filename, _flags, getname_flags(p, f), const char __user *p, unsigned int f)
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 67d8da927381..86a44b162a87 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2191,7 +2191,7 @@ void __audit_getname(struct filename *name)
n->name = name;
n->name_len = AUDIT_NAME_FULL;
name->aname = n;
- refname(name);
+ name->refcnt++;
}
static inline int audit_copy_fcaps(struct audit_names *name,
@@ -2323,7 +2323,7 @@ void __audit_inode(struct filename *name, const struct dentry *dentry,
return;
if (name) {
n->name = name;
- refname(name);
+ name->refcnt++;
}
out:
@@ -2445,7 +2445,7 @@ void __audit_inode_child(struct inode *parent,
if (found_parent) {
found_child->name = found_parent->name;
found_child->name_len = AUDIT_NAME_FULL;
- refname(found_child->name);
+ found_child->name->refcnt++;
}
}
--
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 ` [PATCH v5 20/68] struct filename: saner handling of long names Al Viro
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 ` Al Viro [this message]
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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