linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]:RESEND : Return proper error value on failure of dentry

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:21:05 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	vibi_sreenivasan@....com, Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>,
	Kylene Hall <kylene@...ibm.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Reiner Sailer <sailer@...son.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]:RESEND : Return proper error value on failure of
 dentry_open

On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:39:58 +0200 Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:

> On 06/01/2009 10:27 AM, vibi sreenivasan wrote:
> > --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> > @@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ int ima_path_check(struct path *path, int mask)
> >  	}
> >  out:
> >  	mutex_unlock(&iint->mutex);
> > -	if (file)
> > +	if (!IS_ERR(file))
> >  		fput(file);
> 
> No, IS_ERR won't catch NULL and there is 'file = NULL' on the
> dentry_open fail path. I still think 'if (file)' is proper condition.
> 
> What bug did you hit?

	if (!(iint->flags & IMA_MEASURED)) {
		struct dentry *dentry = dget(path->dentry);
		struct vfsmount *mnt = mntget(path->mnt);

		file = dentry_open(dentry, mnt, O_RDONLY | O_LARGEFILE,
				   current_cred());
		if (IS_ERR(file)) {
			pr_info("%s dentry_open failed\n", dentry->d_name.name);
			rc = PTR_ERR(file);
			file = NULL;
			goto out;
		}
		rc = get_path_measurement(iint, file, dentry->d_name.name);
	}
out:
	mutex_unlock(&iint->mutex);
	if (file)
		fput(file);
	kref_put(&iint->refcount, iint_free);
	return 0;
}

The handling of `file' looks OK to me.

otoh the function just drops the error code on the floor.  Shouldn't it
return `rc'?

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