RE: [PATCH RFCv2 2/3] lib/vsprintf.c: make %pD print full path for file

[Justin He <Justin.He@arm.com>]

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH RFCv2 2/3] lib/vsprintf.c: make %pD print full path
> for file
>
> On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 03:09:28PM +0000, Justin He wrote:
> > > I'm not sure why it's so complicated.  p->len records how many bytes
> > > are needed for the entire path; can't you just return -p->len ?
> >
> > prepend_name() will return at the beginning if p->len is <0 in this case,
> > we can't even get the correct full path size if keep __prepend_path
> unchanged.
> > We need another new helper __prepend_path_size() to get the full path
> size
> > regardless of the negative value p->len.
>
> It's a little hard to follow, based on just the patches.  Is there a
> git tree somewhere of Al's patches that you're based on?

The git tree of Al's patches is at:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git/log/?h=work.d_path

>
> Seems to me that prepend_name() is just fine because it updates p->len
> before returning false:
>
>  static bool prepend_name(struct prepend_buffer *p, const struct qstr
> *name)
>  {
>       const char *dname = smp_load_acquire(&name->name); /* ^^^ */
>       u32 dlen = READ_ONCE(name->len);
>       char *s;
>
>       p->len -= dlen + 1;
>       if (unlikely(p->len < 0))
>               return false;
>
> I think the only change you'd need to make for vsnprintf() is in
> prepend_path():
>
> -             if (!prepend_name(&b, &dentry->d_name))
> -                     break;
> +             prepend_name(&b, &dentry->d_name);
>
> Would that hurt anything else?
I will try your suggestion soon.

>
> > More than that, even the 1st vsnprintf could have _end_ > _buf_ in some
> case:
> > What if printk("%pD", filp) ? The 1st vsnprintf has positive (end-buf).
>
> I don't understand the problem ... if p->len is positive, then you
> succeeded.  if p->len is negative then -p->len is the expected return
> value from vsnprintf().  No?

There are 3 cases I once met in my debugging:
1. p->len is positive but too small (e.g. end-buf is 6). In first prepend_name
loop p-len-=dlen, then p->len is negative

2. p->len is negative at the very beginning (i.e. end-buf is negative)

3. p->len positive and large enough. Typically the 2nd vsnprintf of printk


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Cheers,
Justin (Jia He)


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