RE: [RFC PATCH 0/3] net: Drop size arg from ->sendmsg() and pass msghdr into __ip{,6}_append_data()

[Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>]

David Howells wrote:
> Hi Willem,
> 
> Here's another option to passing MSG_SPLICE_PAGES into sendmsg()[1] without
> polluting the flags in msg->msg_flags.  The idea here is to put the flag
> into a new field in msghdr, msg_kflags, that holds internal kernel flags
> that aren't available to userspace.
> 
> What I've done here is:
> 
>  (1) Pass msg down to __ip_append_data() and __ip6_append_data() so that
>      they can access the extra flags.
> 
>  (2) In order to avoid adding extra arguments to these functions and the
>      functions in their call chains (such as ip_make_skb()), remove the
>      size and flags arguments as these values are redundant if msg is
>      passed in.
> 
>  (3) msg is then passed into getfrag().  I would like to get rid of the
>      "from" argument also in favour of using something in msghdr, but I'm
>      not sure how best to do that.
> 
>  (4) The size parameter to ->sendmsg() seems to be redundant; indeed
>      sock_sendmsg() doesn't actually take it, but rather gets the count
>      from msg_iter - so remove this parameter.
> 
>      kernel_sendmsg() will still take a size, but it sets it on the
>      iterator and then calls sock_sendmsg().
> 
>  (5) Protocol sendmsg implementations then extract the length and the flags
>      from the iterator.
> 
>  (6) Illustrate the addition of msg_kflags and MSG_SPLICE_PAGES.  I think
>      that, at some point in the future, some of the other flags could be
>      moved from msg_flags to msg_kflags.
> 
> David
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230316152618.711970-1-dhowells@redhat.com/ [1]
> 
> David Howells (3):
>   net: Drop the size argument from ->sendmsg()
>   ip: Make __ip{,6}_append_data() and co. take a msghdr*
>   net: Declare MSG_SPLICE_PAGES internal sendmsg() flag
> 
>  crypto/af_alg.c                               | 12 +--
>  crypto/algif_aead.c                           |  9 +--
>  crypto/algif_hash.c                           |  8 +-
>  crypto/algif_rng.c                            |  3 +-
>  crypto/algif_skcipher.c                       | 10 +--
>  drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c                   |  3 +-
>  .../chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls.h       |  2 +-
>  .../chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_io.c    | 15 ++--
>  drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c                       |  4 +-
>  drivers/net/tap.c                             |  3 +-
>  drivers/net/tun.c                             |  3 +-
>  drivers/vhost/net.c                           |  6 +-
>  drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c                    |  2 +-
>  drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c                   |  4 +-
>  drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.h                   |  3 +-
>  fs/afs/rxrpc.c                                |  8 +-
>  include/crypto/if_alg.h                       |  3 +-
>  include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h                 |  3 +-
>  include/linux/lsm_hooks.h                     |  1 -
>  include/linux/net.h                           |  6 +-
>  include/linux/security.h                      |  4 +-
>  include/linux/socket.h                        |  3 +
>  include/net/af_rxrpc.h                        |  3 +-
>  include/net/inet_common.h                     |  2 +-
>  include/net/ip.h                              | 24 +++---
>  include/net/ipv6.h                            | 22 +++---
>  include/net/ping.h                            |  7 +-
>  include/net/sock.h                            |  7 +-
>  include/net/tcp.h                             |  8 +-
>  include/net/udp.h                             |  2 +-
>  include/net/udplite.h                         |  4 +-
>  net/appletalk/ddp.c                           |  3 +-
>  net/atm/common.c                              |  3 +-
>  net/atm/common.h                              |  2 +-
>  net/ax25/af_ax25.c                            |  4 +-
>  net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c                      |  4 +-
>  net/bluetooth/iso.c                           |  4 +-
>  net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c                    |  5 +-
>  net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c                   |  7 +-
>  net/bluetooth/sco.c                           |  4 +-
>  net/caif/caif_socket.c                        | 13 ++--
>  net/can/bcm.c                                 |  3 +-
>  net/can/isotp.c                               |  3 +-
>  net/can/j1939/socket.c                        |  4 +-
>  net/can/raw.c                                 |  3 +-
>  net/core/sock.c                               |  4 +-
>  net/dccp/dccp.h                               |  2 +-
>  net/dccp/proto.c                              |  3 +-
>  net/ieee802154/socket.c                       | 11 +--
>  net/ipv4/af_inet.c                            |  4 +-
>  net/ipv4/icmp.c                               | 14 ++--
>  net/ipv4/ip_output.c                          | 73 ++++++++++---------
>  net/ipv4/ping.c                               | 18 ++---
>  net/ipv4/raw.c                                | 23 +++---
>  net/ipv4/tcp.c                                | 17 +++--
>  net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c                            |  5 +-
>  net/ipv4/tcp_input.c                          |  3 +-
>  net/ipv4/udp.c                                | 24 +++---
>  net/ipv6/af_inet6.c                           |  7 +-
>  net/ipv6/icmp.c                               | 21 ++++--
>  net/ipv6/ip6_output.c                         | 57 +++++++--------
>  net/ipv6/ping.c                               | 12 +--
>  net/ipv6/raw.c                                | 25 +++----
>  net/ipv6/udp.c                                | 26 ++++---
>  net/ipv6/udp_impl.h                           |  2 +-
>  net/iucv/af_iucv.c                            |  4 +-
>  net/kcm/kcmsock.c                             |  2 +-
>  net/key/af_key.c                              |  3 +-
>  net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c                            |  3 +-
>  net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c                           |  3 +-
>  net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c                           |  4 +-
>  net/llc/af_llc.c                              |  5 +-
>  net/mctp/af_mctp.c                            |  3 +-
>  net/mptcp/protocol.c                          |  8 +-
>  net/netlink/af_netlink.c                      | 11 +--
>  net/netrom/af_netrom.c                        |  3 +-
>  net/nfc/llcp_sock.c                           |  7 +-
>  net/nfc/rawsock.c                             |  3 +-
>  net/packet/af_packet.c                        | 11 +--
>  net/phonet/datagram.c                         |  3 +-
>  net/phonet/pep.c                              |  3 +-
>  net/phonet/socket.c                           |  5 +-
>  net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c                            |  4 +-
>  net/rds/rds.h                                 |  2 +-
>  net/rds/send.c                                |  3 +-
>  net/rose/af_rose.c                            |  3 +-
>  net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c                          |  6 +-
>  net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h                       |  2 +-
>  net/rxrpc/output.c                            | 22 +++---
>  net/rxrpc/rxperf.c                            |  4 +-
>  net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c                           | 15 ++--
>  net/sctp/socket.c                             |  3 +-
>  net/smc/af_smc.c                              |  5 +-
>  net/socket.c                                  | 16 ++--
>  net/tipc/socket.c                             | 34 ++++-----
>  net/tls/tls.h                                 |  4 +-
>  net/tls/tls_device.c                          |  5 +-
>  net/tls/tls_sw.c                              |  2 +-
>  net/unix/af_unix.c                            | 19 +++--
>  net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c                      | 16 ++--
>  net/x25/af_x25.c                              |  3 +-
>  net/xdp/xsk.c                                 |  6 +-
>  net/xfrm/espintcp.c                           |  8 +-
>  security/apparmor/lsm.c                       |  6 +-
>  security/security.c                           |  4 +-
>  security/selinux/hooks.c                      |  3 +-
>  security/smack/smack_lsm.c                    |  4 +-
>  security/tomoyo/common.h                      |  3 +-
>  security/tomoyo/network.c                     |  4 +-
>  security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c                      |  6 +-
>  110 files changed, 444 insertions(+), 456 deletions(-)

That's a significant code change if only for this purpose.

If this bit is undefined and ignored by all socket families today,
masking it out in sock_sendmsg should be enough to start using it
safely as an internal flag.