linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/io_uring: fix O_PATH fds in openat, openat2, statx

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Date:   Thu, 7 May 2020 13:05:23 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Max Kellermann <mk@...all.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/io_uring: fix O_PATH fds in openat, openat2, statx

On 5/7/20 1:01 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 08:57:25PM +0200, Max Kellermann wrote:
>> If an operation's flag `needs_file` is set, the function
>> io_req_set_file() calls io_file_get() to obtain a `struct file*`.
>>
>> This fails for `O_PATH` file descriptors, because those have no
>> `struct file*`
> 
> O_PATH descriptors most certainly *do* have that.  What the hell
> are you talking about?

Yeah, hence I was interested in the test case. Since this is
bypassing that part, was assuming we'd have some logic error
that attempted a file grab for a case where we shouldn't.

-- 
Jens Axboe