linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/12] perf symbols: Introduce filename_

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Message-Id: <1464636298-7709-11-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 30 May 2016 16:24:56 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@...il.com>,
	Hemant Kumar <hemant@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 10/12] perf symbols: Introduce filename__readable to check readability

From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>

Introduce filename__readable to check readability by opening the file
directly. Since the access(R_OK) just checks the readability based on
real UID/GID, it is ignored that the effective UID/GID and capabilities
for some special file (e.g.  /proc/kcore).

filename__readable() directly opens given file with O_RDONLY so that the
kernel checks it by effective UID/GID and capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@...il.com>
Cc: Hemant Kumar <hemant@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160528151513.16098.97576.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 54c4ff2b1cee..a469346a305d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1641,6 +1641,20 @@ static int find_matching_kcore(struct map *map, char *dir, size_t dir_sz)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Use open(O_RDONLY) to check readability directly instead of access(R_OK)
+ * since access(R_OK) only checks with real UID/GID but open() use effective
+ * UID/GID and actual capabilities (e.g. /proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO).
+ */
+static bool filename__readable(const char *file)
+{
+	int fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return false;
+	close(fd);
+	return true;
+}
+
 static char *dso__find_kallsyms(struct dso *dso, struct map *map)
 {
 	u8 host_build_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE];
@@ -1668,7 +1682,6 @@ static char *dso__find_kallsyms(struct dso *dso, struct map *map)
 	/* Use /proc/kallsyms if possible */
 	if (is_host) {
 		DIR *d;
-		int fd;
 
 		/* If no cached kcore go with /proc/kallsyms */
 		d = opendir(path);
@@ -1677,16 +1690,15 @@ static char *dso__find_kallsyms(struct dso *dso, struct map *map)
 		closedir(d);
 
 		/*
-		 * Do not check the build-id cache, until we know we cannot use
-		 * /proc/kcore.
+		 * Do not check the build-id cache, unless we know we cannot use
+		 * /proc/kcore or module maps don't match to /proc/kallsyms.
+		 * To check readability of /proc/kcore, do not use access(R_OK)
+		 * since /proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO to read and access
+		 * can't check it.
 		 */
-		fd = open("/proc/kcore", O_RDONLY);
-		if (fd != -1) {
-			close(fd);
-			/* If module maps match go with /proc/kallsyms */
-			if (!validate_kcore_addresses("/proc/kallsyms", map))
-				goto proc_kallsyms;
-		}
+		if (filename__readable("/proc/kcore") &&
+		    !validate_kcore_addresses("/proc/kallsyms", map))
+			goto proc_kallsyms;
 
 		/* Find kallsyms in build-id cache with kcore */
 		if (!find_matching_kcore(map, path, sizeof(path)))
-- 
2.5.5