[PATCH][bpf] don't bother with getname/kern_path - use user_path_at

[PATCH][bpf] don't bother with getname/kern_path - use user_path_at

[Al Viro]

	kernel/bpf/inode.c misuses kern_path...() - it's much simpler
(and more efficient, on top of that) to use user_path...() counterparts
rather than bothering with doing getname() manually.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/inode.c b/kernel/bpf/inode.c
index ecf42bec38c0..e11059b99f18 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/inode.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/inode.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations bpf_dir_iops = {
 	.unlink		= simple_unlink,
 };
 
-static int bpf_obj_do_pin(const struct filename *pathname, void *raw,
+static int bpf_obj_do_pin(const char __user *pathname, void *raw,
 			  enum bpf_type type)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static int bpf_obj_do_pin(const struct filename *pathname, void *raw,
 	umode_t mode;
 	int ret;
 
-	dentry = kern_path_create(AT_FDCWD, pathname->name, &path, 0);
+	dentry = user_path_create(AT_FDCWD, pathname, &path, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
 
@@ -422,30 +422,22 @@ static int bpf_obj_do_pin(const struct filename *pathname, void *raw,
 
 int bpf_obj_pin_user(u32 ufd, const char __user *pathname)
 {
-	struct filename *pname;
 	enum bpf_type type;
 	void *raw;
 	int ret;
 
-	pname = getname(pathname);
-	if (IS_ERR(pname))
-		return PTR_ERR(pname);
-
 	raw = bpf_fd_probe_obj(ufd, &type);
-	if (IS_ERR(raw)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(raw);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(raw))
+		return PTR_ERR(raw);
 
-	ret = bpf_obj_do_pin(pname, raw, type);
+	ret = bpf_obj_do_pin(pathname, raw, type);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		bpf_any_put(raw, type);
-out:
-	putname(pname);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void *bpf_obj_do_get(const struct filename *pathname,
+static void *bpf_obj_do_get(const char __user *pathname,
 			    enum bpf_type *type, int flags)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -453,7 +445,7 @@ static void *bpf_obj_do_get(const struct filename *pathname,
 	void *raw;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = kern_path(pathname->name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
+	ret = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, pathname, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
@@ -480,36 +472,27 @@ static void *bpf_obj_do_get(const struct filename *pathname,
 int bpf_obj_get_user(const char __user *pathname, int flags)
 {
 	enum bpf_type type = BPF_TYPE_UNSPEC;
-	struct filename *pname;
-	int ret = -ENOENT;
 	int f_flags;
 	void *raw;
+	int ret;
 
 	f_flags = bpf_get_file_flag(flags);
 	if (f_flags < 0)
 		return f_flags;
 
-	pname = getname(pathname);
-	if (IS_ERR(pname))
-		return PTR_ERR(pname);
-
-	raw = bpf_obj_do_get(pname, &type, f_flags);
-	if (IS_ERR(raw)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(raw);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	raw = bpf_obj_do_get(pathname, &type, f_flags);
+	if (IS_ERR(raw))
+		return PTR_ERR(raw);
 
 	if (type == BPF_TYPE_PROG)
 		ret = bpf_prog_new_fd(raw);
 	else if (type == BPF_TYPE_MAP)
 		ret = bpf_map_new_fd(raw, f_flags);
 	else
-		goto out;
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		bpf_any_put(raw, type);
-out:
-	putname(pname);
 	return ret;
 }
 

Re: [PATCH][bpf] don't bother with getname/kern_path - use user_path_at

[Daniel Borkmann]

On 1/21/20 12:28 AM, Al Viro wrote:
> 	kernel/bpf/inode.c misuses kern_path...() - it's much simpler
> (and more efficient, on top of that) to use user_path...() counterparts
> rather than bothering with doing getname() manually.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Looks good, applied, thanks!