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* [PATCH v4 OPT2] driver core: Fix use-after-free and double free on glue directory
@ 2019-06-26 14:40 Muchun Song
  2019-07-03 19:36 ` Greg KH
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Muchun Song @ 2019-06-26 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gregkh, rafael; +Cc: benh, prsood, mojha, gkohli, linux-kernel

There is a race condition between removing glue directory and adding a new
device under the glue directory. It can be reproduced in following test:

path 1: Add the child device under glue dir
device_add()
    get_device_parent()
        mutex_lock(&gdp_mutex);
        ....
        /*find parent from glue_dirs.list*/
        list_for_each_entry(k, &dev->class->p->glue_dirs.list, entry)
            if (k->parent == parent_kobj) {
                kobj = kobject_get(k);
                break;
            }
        ....
        mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
        ....
    ....
    kobject_add()
        kobject_add_internal()
            create_dir()
                sysfs_create_dir_ns()
                    if (kobj->parent)
                        parent = kobj->parent->sd;
                    ....
                    kernfs_create_dir_ns(parent)
                        kernfs_new_node()
                            kernfs_get(parent)
                        ....
                        /* link in */
                        rc = kernfs_add_one(kn);
                        if (!rc)
                            return kn;

                        kernfs_put(kn)
                            ....
                            repeat:
                            kmem_cache_free(kn)
                            kn = parent;

                            if (kn) {
                                if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kn->count))
                                    goto repeat;
                            }
                        ....

path2: Remove last child device under glue dir
device_del()
    cleanup_device_parent()
        cleanup_glue_dir()
            mutex_lock(&gdp_mutex);
            if (!kobject_has_children(glue_dir))
                kobject_del(glue_dir);
            kobject_put(glue_dir);
            mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);

Before path2 remove last child device under glue dir, If path1 add a new
device under glue dir, the glue_dir kobject reference count will be
increase to 2 via kobject_get(k) in get_device_parent(). And path1 has
been called kernfs_new_node(), but not call kernfs_get(parent).
Meanwhile, path2 call kobject_del(glue_dir) beacause 0 is returned by
kobject_has_children(). This result in glue_dir->sd is freed and it's
reference count will be 0. Then path1 call kernfs_get(parent) will trigger
a warning in kernfs_get()(WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&kn->count))) and increase
it's reference count to 1. Because glue_dir->sd is freed by path2, the next
call kernfs_add_one() by path1 will fail(This is also use-after-free)
and call atomic_dec_and_test() to decrease reference count. Because the
reference count is decremented to 0, it will also call kmem_cache_free()
to free glue_dir->sd again. This will result in double free.

In order to avoid this happening, we can ensure the lookup of the glue
dir and creation of the child object(s) are done under a single instance
of gdp_mutex so we never see a stale "empty" but still poentially used
glue dir around.

The following calltrace is captured in kernel 4.14 with the following patch
applied:

commit 726e41097920 ("drivers: core: Remove glue dirs from sysfs earlier")

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[    3.633703] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 513 at .../fs/kernfs/dir.c:494
                Here is WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&kn->count) in kernfs_get().
....
[    3.633986] Call trace:
[    3.633991]  kernfs_create_dir_ns+0xa8/0xb0
[    3.633994]  sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x54/0xe8
[    3.634001]  kobject_add_internal+0x22c/0x3f0
[    3.634005]  kobject_add+0xe4/0x118
[    3.634011]  device_add+0x200/0x870
[    3.634017]  _request_firmware+0x958/0xc38
[    3.634020]  request_firmware_into_buf+0x4c/0x70
....
[    3.634064] kernel BUG at .../mm/slub.c:294!
                Here is BUG_ON(object == fp) in set_freepointer().
....
[    3.634346] Call trace:
[    3.634351]  kmem_cache_free+0x504/0x6b8
[    3.634355]  kernfs_put+0x14c/0x1d8
[    3.634359]  kernfs_create_dir_ns+0x88/0xb0
[    3.634362]  sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x54/0xe8
[    3.634366]  kobject_add_internal+0x22c/0x3f0
[    3.634370]  kobject_add+0xe4/0x118
[    3.634374]  device_add+0x200/0x870
[    3.634378]  _request_firmware+0x958/0xc38
[    3.634381]  request_firmware_into_buf+0x4c/0x70
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fixes: 726e41097920 ("drivers: core: Remove glue dirs from sysfs earlier")

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <smuchun@gmail.com>
---

Change in v4:
       1. Add some kerneldoc comment.
       2. Remove unlock_if_glue_dir().
       3. Rename get_device_parent_locked_if_glue_dir() to
          get_device_parent_locked.
       4. Update commit message.
Change in v3:
       Add change log.
Change in v2:
       Fix device_move() also.

 drivers/base/core.c | 108 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 4aeaa0c92bda..2251e391a352 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1739,8 +1739,23 @@ class_dir_create_and_add(struct class *class, struct kobject *parent_kobj)
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(gdp_mutex);
 
-static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
-					 struct device *parent)
+/**
+ * __get_device_parent() - Get the parent device kobject.
+ * @dev: Pointer to the device structure.
+ * @parent: Pointer to the parent device structure.
+ * @lock: When we live in a glue directory, should we hold the
+ *        gdp_mutex lock when this function returns? If @lock
+ *        is true, this function returns with the gdp_mutex
+ *        holed. Otherwise it will not.
+ *
+ * Note: Only when we live in a glue directory and @lock is
+ * true, the function will return with the gdp_mutex holed.
+ * In this case, The caller is responsible for releasing the
+ * gdp_mutex lock.
+ */
+static struct kobject *__get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
+					   struct device *parent,
+					   bool lock)
 {
 	if (dev->class) {
 		struct kobject *kobj = NULL;
@@ -1778,16 +1793,32 @@ static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
 				break;
 			}
 		spin_unlock(&dev->class->p->glue_dirs.list_lock);
-		if (kobj) {
-			mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
-			return kobj;
-		}
 
-		/* or create a new class-directory at the parent device */
-		k = class_dir_create_and_add(dev->class, parent_kobj);
-		/* do not emit an uevent for this simple "glue" directory */
-		mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
-		return k;
+		/**
+		 * If not found, create a new class-directory at the
+		 * parent device and do not emit an uevent for this
+		 * simple "glue" directory.
+		 */
+		if (!kobj)
+			kobj = class_dir_create_and_add(dev->class,
+							parent_kobj);
+
+		/**
+		 * If the caller want to add/move a new directory
+		 * under the glue directory next. We should leave
+		 * the function with the gdp_mutex holed. And then
+		 * release the gdp_mutex lock after adding/moving
+		 * the new directory.
+		 *
+		 * Because we should ensure the lookup of the glue
+		 * dir and creation of the child object(s) are done
+		 * under a single instance of gdp_mutex so we never
+		 * see a stale "empty" but still poentially used
+		 * glue dir around.
+		 */
+		if (!lock)
+			mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
+		return kobj;
 	}
 
 	/* subsystems can specify a default root directory for their devices */
@@ -1799,6 +1830,36 @@ static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static inline struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
+						struct device *parent)
+{
+	return __get_device_parent(dev, parent, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Note: When this function returns successfully, the gdp_mutex
+ * lock may be held (when we live in a glue directory). The caller
+ * can determine wheather we hold the lock by live_in_glue_dir().
+ *
+ * If true is returned by live_in_glue_dir(), the caller should
+ * drop the gdp_mutex lock.
+ */
+static inline struct kobject *get_device_parent_locked(struct device *dev,
+						       struct device *parent)
+{
+	struct kobject *kobj = __get_device_parent(dev, parent, true);
+
+	/**
+	 * When we create a new glue directory fail, there
+	 * is no need for us to leave the function with the
+	 * the gdp_mutex holed.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ERR(kobj))
+		mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
+
+	return kobj;
+}
+
 static inline bool live_in_glue_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
 				    struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -2040,7 +2101,7 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 	pr_debug("device: '%s': %s\n", dev_name(dev), __func__);
 
 	parent = get_device(dev->parent);
-	kobj = get_device_parent(dev, parent);
+	kobj = get_device_parent_locked(dev, parent);
 	if (IS_ERR(kobj)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(kobj);
 		goto parent_error;
@@ -2055,10 +2116,17 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 	/* first, register with generic layer. */
 	/* we require the name to be set before, and pass NULL */
 	error = kobject_add(&dev->kobj, dev->kobj.parent, NULL);
-	if (error) {
-		glue_dir = get_glue_dir(dev);
+
+	glue_dir = get_glue_dir(dev);
+	/**
+	 * Drops the mutex possibly acquired by get_device_parent_locked().
+	 * See the comment in __get_device_parent().
+	 */
+	if (live_in_glue_dir(glue_dir, dev))
+		mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
+
+	if (error)
 		goto Error;
-	}
 
 	/* notify platform of device entry */
 	error = device_platform_notify(dev, KOBJ_ADD);
@@ -2972,7 +3040,7 @@ int device_move(struct device *dev, struct device *new_parent,
 
 	device_pm_lock();
 	new_parent = get_device(new_parent);
-	new_parent_kobj = get_device_parent(dev, new_parent);
+	new_parent_kobj = get_device_parent_locked(dev, new_parent);
 	if (IS_ERR(new_parent_kobj)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(new_parent_kobj);
 		put_device(new_parent);
@@ -2982,6 +3050,14 @@ int device_move(struct device *dev, struct device *new_parent,
 	pr_debug("device: '%s': %s: moving to '%s'\n", dev_name(dev),
 		 __func__, new_parent ? dev_name(new_parent) : "<NULL>");
 	error = kobject_move(&dev->kobj, new_parent_kobj);
+
+	/**
+	 * Drops the mutex possibly acquired by get_device_parent_locked().
+	 * See the comment in __get_device_parent().
+	 */
+	if (live_in_glue_dir(new_parent_kobj, dev))
+		mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
+
 	if (error) {
 		cleanup_glue_dir(dev, new_parent_kobj);
 		put_device(new_parent);
-- 
2.17.1


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* Re: [PATCH v4 OPT2] driver core: Fix use-after-free and double free on glue directory
  2019-06-26 14:40 [PATCH v4 OPT2] driver core: Fix use-after-free and double free on glue directory Muchun Song
@ 2019-07-03 19:36 ` Greg KH
  2019-07-03 22:57   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2019-07-03 19:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Muchun Song; +Cc: rafael, benh, prsood, mojha, gkohli, linux-kernel

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 10:40:21PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
> There is a race condition between removing glue directory and adding a new
> device under the glue directory. It can be reproduced in following test:
> 
> path 1: Add the child device under glue dir
> device_add()
>     get_device_parent()
>         mutex_lock(&gdp_mutex);
>         ....
>         /*find parent from glue_dirs.list*/
>         list_for_each_entry(k, &dev->class->p->glue_dirs.list, entry)
>             if (k->parent == parent_kobj) {
>                 kobj = kobject_get(k);
>                 break;
>             }
>         ....
>         mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
>         ....
>     ....
>     kobject_add()
>         kobject_add_internal()
>             create_dir()
>                 sysfs_create_dir_ns()
>                     if (kobj->parent)
>                         parent = kobj->parent->sd;
>                     ....
>                     kernfs_create_dir_ns(parent)
>                         kernfs_new_node()
>                             kernfs_get(parent)
>                         ....
>                         /* link in */
>                         rc = kernfs_add_one(kn);
>                         if (!rc)
>                             return kn;
> 
>                         kernfs_put(kn)
>                             ....
>                             repeat:
>                             kmem_cache_free(kn)
>                             kn = parent;
> 
>                             if (kn) {
>                                 if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kn->count))
>                                     goto repeat;
>                             }
>                         ....
> 
> path2: Remove last child device under glue dir
> device_del()
>     cleanup_device_parent()
>         cleanup_glue_dir()
>             mutex_lock(&gdp_mutex);
>             if (!kobject_has_children(glue_dir))
>                 kobject_del(glue_dir);
>             kobject_put(glue_dir);
>             mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
> 
> Before path2 remove last child device under glue dir, If path1 add a new
> device under glue dir, the glue_dir kobject reference count will be
> increase to 2 via kobject_get(k) in get_device_parent(). And path1 has
> been called kernfs_new_node(), but not call kernfs_get(parent).
> Meanwhile, path2 call kobject_del(glue_dir) beacause 0 is returned by
> kobject_has_children(). This result in glue_dir->sd is freed and it's
> reference count will be 0. Then path1 call kernfs_get(parent) will trigger
> a warning in kernfs_get()(WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&kn->count))) and increase
> it's reference count to 1. Because glue_dir->sd is freed by path2, the next
> call kernfs_add_one() by path1 will fail(This is also use-after-free)
> and call atomic_dec_and_test() to decrease reference count. Because the
> reference count is decremented to 0, it will also call kmem_cache_free()
> to free glue_dir->sd again. This will result in double free.
> 
> In order to avoid this happening, we can ensure the lookup of the glue
> dir and creation of the child object(s) are done under a single instance
> of gdp_mutex so we never see a stale "empty" but still poentially used
> glue dir around.
> 
> The following calltrace is captured in kernel 4.14 with the following patch
> applied:
> 
> commit 726e41097920 ("drivers: core: Remove glue dirs from sysfs earlier")
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [    3.633703] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 513 at .../fs/kernfs/dir.c:494
>                 Here is WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&kn->count) in kernfs_get().
> ....
> [    3.633986] Call trace:
> [    3.633991]  kernfs_create_dir_ns+0xa8/0xb0
> [    3.633994]  sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x54/0xe8
> [    3.634001]  kobject_add_internal+0x22c/0x3f0
> [    3.634005]  kobject_add+0xe4/0x118
> [    3.634011]  device_add+0x200/0x870
> [    3.634017]  _request_firmware+0x958/0xc38
> [    3.634020]  request_firmware_into_buf+0x4c/0x70
> ....
> [    3.634064] kernel BUG at .../mm/slub.c:294!
>                 Here is BUG_ON(object == fp) in set_freepointer().
> ....
> [    3.634346] Call trace:
> [    3.634351]  kmem_cache_free+0x504/0x6b8
> [    3.634355]  kernfs_put+0x14c/0x1d8
> [    3.634359]  kernfs_create_dir_ns+0x88/0xb0
> [    3.634362]  sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x54/0xe8
> [    3.634366]  kobject_add_internal+0x22c/0x3f0
> [    3.634370]  kobject_add+0xe4/0x118
> [    3.634374]  device_add+0x200/0x870
> [    3.634378]  _request_firmware+0x958/0xc38
> [    3.634381]  request_firmware_into_buf+0x4c/0x70
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Fixes: 726e41097920 ("drivers: core: Remove glue dirs from sysfs earlier")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <smuchun@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> Change in v4:
>        1. Add some kerneldoc comment.
>        2. Remove unlock_if_glue_dir().
>        3. Rename get_device_parent_locked_if_glue_dir() to
>           get_device_parent_locked.
>        4. Update commit message.
> Change in v3:
>        Add change log.
> Change in v2:
>        Fix device_move() also.
> 
>  drivers/base/core.c | 108 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 4aeaa0c92bda..2251e391a352 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -1739,8 +1739,23 @@ class_dir_create_and_add(struct class *class, struct kobject *parent_kobj)
>  
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(gdp_mutex);
>  
> -static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
> -					 struct device *parent)
> +/**
> + * __get_device_parent() - Get the parent device kobject.
> + * @dev: Pointer to the device structure.
> + * @parent: Pointer to the parent device structure.
> + * @lock: When we live in a glue directory, should we hold the
> + *        gdp_mutex lock when this function returns? If @lock
> + *        is true, this function returns with the gdp_mutex
> + *        holed. Otherwise it will not.

Ugh, if you are trying to get me to hate one version of these patches,
this is how you do it :)

A function should not "sometimes takes a lock, sometimes does not,
depending on a parameter passed into it"  That way lies madness...


> + *
> + * Note: Only when we live in a glue directory and @lock is
> + * true, the function will return with the gdp_mutex holed.
> + * In this case, The caller is responsible for releasing the
> + * gdp_mutex lock.
> + */
> +static struct kobject *__get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
> +					   struct device *parent,
> +					   bool lock)
>  {
>  	if (dev->class) {
>  		struct kobject *kobj = NULL;
> @@ -1778,16 +1793,32 @@ static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
>  				break;
>  			}
>  		spin_unlock(&dev->class->p->glue_dirs.list_lock);
> -		if (kobj) {
> -			mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
> -			return kobj;
> -		}
>  
> -		/* or create a new class-directory at the parent device */
> -		k = class_dir_create_and_add(dev->class, parent_kobj);
> -		/* do not emit an uevent for this simple "glue" directory */
> -		mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
> -		return k;
> +		/**

Note, in the future, you don't need to use /** for comments in a
function, those are only for kernel doc markers for a _global_ function
that gets pulled into the larger documentation documents.  So even
__get_device_parent() here does not need this.

Anyway, this is a mess.

Ugh I hate glue dirs...

greg k-h

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* Re: [PATCH v4 OPT2] driver core: Fix use-after-free and double free on glue directory
  2019-07-03 19:36 ` Greg KH
@ 2019-07-03 22:57   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  2019-07-04  5:40     ` Greg KH
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt @ 2019-07-03 22:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg KH, Muchun Song; +Cc: rafael, prsood, mojha, gkohli, linux-kernel

On Wed, 2019-07-03 at 21:36 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > -static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
> > -					 struct device *parent)
> > +/**
> > + * __get_device_parent() - Get the parent device kobject.
> > + * @dev: Pointer to the device structure.
> > + * @parent: Pointer to the parent device structure.
> > + * @lock: When we live in a glue directory, should we hold the
> > + *        gdp_mutex lock when this function returns? If @lock
> > + *        is true, this function returns with the gdp_mutex
> > + *        holed. Otherwise it will not.
> 
> Ugh, if you are trying to get me to hate one version of these patches,
> this is how you do it :)
> 
> A function should not "sometimes takes a lock, sometimes does not,
> depending on a parameter passed into it"  That way lies madness...

Yes, I prefer this approach to the fix but I dont like the patch either
for the same reason...

 ...

> Anyway, this is a mess.
> 
> Ugh I hate glue dirs...

Amen...

Ben.



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* Re: [PATCH v4 OPT2] driver core: Fix use-after-free and double free on glue directory
  2019-07-03 22:57   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
@ 2019-07-04  5:40     ` Greg KH
  2019-07-04  6:29       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2019-07-04  5:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  Cc: Muchun Song, rafael, prsood, mojha, gkohli, linux-kernel

On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 08:57:13AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-07-03 at 21:36 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > 
> > > -static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
> > > -					 struct device *parent)
> > > +/**
> > > + * __get_device_parent() - Get the parent device kobject.
> > > + * @dev: Pointer to the device structure.
> > > + * @parent: Pointer to the parent device structure.
> > > + * @lock: When we live in a glue directory, should we hold the
> > > + *        gdp_mutex lock when this function returns? If @lock
> > > + *        is true, this function returns with the gdp_mutex
> > > + *        holed. Otherwise it will not.
> > 
> > Ugh, if you are trying to get me to hate one version of these patches,
> > this is how you do it :)
> > 
> > A function should not "sometimes takes a lock, sometimes does not,
> > depending on a parameter passed into it"  That way lies madness...
> 
> Yes, I prefer this approach to the fix but I dont like the patch either
> for the same reason...
> 
>  ...
> 
> > Anyway, this is a mess.
> > 
> > Ugh I hate glue dirs...
> 
> Amen...

Well, can we just remove them?  Who relies on them anymore?

thanks,

greg k-h

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* Re: [PATCH v4 OPT2] driver core: Fix use-after-free and double free on glue directory
  2019-07-04  5:40     ` Greg KH
@ 2019-07-04  6:29       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt @ 2019-07-04  6:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg KH; +Cc: Muchun Song, rafael, prsood, mojha, gkohli, linux-kernel

On Thu, 2019-07-04 at 07:40 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 08:57:13AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2019-07-03 at 21:36 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > > 
> > > > -static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
> > > > -					 struct device *parent)
> > > > +/**
> > > > + * __get_device_parent() - Get the parent device kobject.
> > > > + * @dev: Pointer to the device structure.
> > > > + * @parent: Pointer to the parent device structure.
> > > > + * @lock: When we live in a glue directory, should we hold the
> > > > + *        gdp_mutex lock when this function returns? If @lock
> > > > + *        is true, this function returns with the gdp_mutex
> > > > + *        holed. Otherwise it will not.
> > > 
> > > Ugh, if you are trying to get me to hate one version of these
> > > patches,
> > > this is how you do it :)
> > > 
> > > A function should not "sometimes takes a lock, sometimes does
> > > not,
> > > depending on a parameter passed into it"  That way lies
> > > madness...
> > 
> > Yes, I prefer this approach to the fix but I dont like the patch
> > either
> > for the same reason...
> > 
> >  ...
> > 
> > > Anyway, this is a mess.
> > > 
> > > Ugh I hate glue dirs...
> > 
> > Amen...
> 
> Well, can we just remove them?  Who relies on them anymore?

Isn't it an ABI ? I'm sure there are going to be userspace things that
break if we do...

Cheers,
Ben.



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