SOCK_KERNEL - avoids user-space from actually using this socket for anything. This enables sticking kernel sockets into the files_table for identifying and reference counting purposes. (iSCSI wants to do this) Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Mike Christie --- include/net/sock.h | 1 + net/socket.c | 10 +++++++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6-git/include/net/sock.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-git.orig/include/net/sock.h 2007-03-22 11:29:07.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6-git/include/net/sock.h 2007-03-22 11:29:08.000000000 +0100 @@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ enum sock_flags { SOCK_LOCALROUTE, /* route locally only, %SO_DONTROUTE setting */ SOCK_QUEUE_SHRUNK, /* write queue has been shrunk recently */ SOCK_VMIO, /* the VM depends on us - make sure we're serviced */ + SOCK_KERNEL, /* userspace cannot touch this socket */ }; static inline void sock_copy_flags(struct sock *nsk, struct sock *osk) Index: linux-2.6-git/net/socket.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-git.orig/net/socket.c 2007-03-22 11:28:58.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6-git/net/socket.c 2007-03-26 12:00:36.000000000 +0200 @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int sock_alloc_fd(struct file **f return fd; } -static int sock_attach_fd(struct socket *sock, struct file *file) +static noinline int sock_attach_fd(struct socket *sock, struct file *file) { struct qstr this; char name[32]; @@ -381,6 +381,10 @@ static int sock_attach_fd(struct socket file->f_op = SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_fop = &socket_file_ops; file->f_mode = FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE; file->f_flags = O_RDWR; + if (unlikely(sock->sk && sock_flag(sock->sk, SOCK_KERNEL))) { + file->f_mode = 0; + file->f_flags = 0; + } file->f_pos = 0; file->private_data = sock; @@ -806,6 +810,10 @@ static long sock_ioctl(struct file *file int pid, err; sock = file->private_data; + + if (unlikely(sock_flag(sock->sk, SOCK_KERNEL))) + return -EBADF; + if (cmd >= SIOCDEVPRIVATE && cmd <= (SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 15)) { err = dev_ioctl(cmd, argp); } else -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/