linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sys_execve and sys_uselib do not call into fsnotify

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Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:04:33 +0100
From:	Frederik Deweerdt <frederik.deweerdt@...og.eu>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sys_execve and sys_uselib do not call into fsnotify

Hello Eric,

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 01:53:20PM -0500, Eric Paris wrote:
> sys_execve and sys_uselib do not call into fsnotify so inotify does not get
> open events for these types of syscalls.  This patch simply makes the
> requisite fsnotify calls.

Just curious, isn't the fact that the open still may fail a problem?
For example, if the lib is not executable in sys_uselib or if the file
was denied write access in open_exec.

Regards,
Frederik
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
> ---
> 
>  fs/exec.c |    5 +++++
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
> index ec5df9a..cbd93b5 100644
> --- a/fs/exec.c
> +++ b/fs/exec.c
> @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
>  #include <linux/audit.h>
>  #include <linux/tracehook.h>
>  #include <linux/kmod.h>
> +#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>  #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
> @@ -135,6 +136,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_uselib(const char __user * library)
>  	if (IS_ERR(file))
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	fsnotify_open(file->f_path.dentry);
> +
>  	error = -ENOEXEC;
>  	if(file->f_op) {
>  		struct linux_binfmt * fmt;
> @@ -687,6 +690,8 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
>  	if (IS_ERR(file))
>  		return file;
>  
> +	fsnotify_open(file->f_path.dentry);
> +
>  	err = deny_write_access(file);
>  	if (err) {
>  		fput(file);
> 
> 
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