[PATCH 1/3] fanotify: Ensure consistent variable type for response

Jan Kara jack at suse.cz
Thu Oct 1 09:49:39 UTC 2020


On Wed 30-09-20 12:12:24, Steve Grubb wrote:
> The user space API for the response variable is __u32. This patch makes
> sure that the whole path through the kernel uses __u32 so that there is
> no sign extension or truncation of the user space response.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb at redhat.com>
> ---
>  fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h      | 2 +-
>  fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Looks good, just one nit below:

> diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> index 63b5dffdca9e..c8da9ea1e76e 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int create_fd(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct path *path,
>   */
>  static void finish_permission_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
>  				    struct fanotify_perm_event *event,
> -				    unsigned int response)
> +				    __u32 response)
>  				    __releases(&group->notification_lock)
>  {
>  	bool destroy = false;
> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static int process_access_response(struct fsnotify_group *group,
>  {
>  	struct fanotify_perm_event *event;
>  	int fd = response_struct->fd;
> -	int response = response_struct->response;
> +	__u32 response = response_struct->response;
>  
>  	pr_debug("%s: group=%p fd=%d response=%d\n", __func__, group,
>  		 fd, response);

You want to print the response with "%u" here I guess...

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack at suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR




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