linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/8] fs: introduce kernel_pread

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Date:   Sat, 6 Jun 2020 08:52:16 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/8] fs: introduce kernel_pread_file* support

On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 10:04:51PM -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
> -int kernel_read_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size,
> -		     loff_t max_size, enum kernel_read_file_id id)
> -{
> -	loff_t i_size, pos;
> +int kernel_pread_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size,
> +		      loff_t pos, loff_t max_size,
> +		      enum kernel_pread_opt opt,
> +		      enum kernel_read_file_id id)
> +{
> +	loff_t alloc_size;
> +	loff_t buf_pos;
> +	loff_t read_end;
> +	loff_t i_size;
>  	ssize_t bytes = 0;
>  	int ret;
>  

Look, it's not your fault, but this is a great example of how we end
up with atrocious interfaces.  Someone comes along and implements a
simple DWIM interface that solves their problem.  Then somebody else
adds a slight variant that solves their problem, and so on and so on,
and we end up with this bonkers API where the arguments literally change
meaning depending on other arguments.

> @@ -950,21 +955,31 @@ int kernel_read_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size,
>  		ret = -EINVAL;
>  		goto out;
>  	}
> -	if (i_size > SIZE_MAX || (max_size > 0 && i_size > max_size)) {
> +
> +	/* Default read to end of file */
> +	read_end = i_size;
> +
> +	/* Allow reading partial portion of file */
> +	if ((opt == KERNEL_PREAD_PART) &&
> +	    (i_size > (pos + max_size)))
> +		read_end = pos + max_size;
> +
> +	alloc_size = read_end - pos;
> +	if (i_size > SIZE_MAX || (max_size > 0 && alloc_size > max_size)) {
>  		ret = -EFBIG;
>  		goto out;

... like that.

I think what we actually want is:

ssize_t vmap_file_range(struct file *, loff_t start, loff_t end, void **bufp);
void vunmap_file_range(struct file *, void *buf);

If end > i_size, limit the allocation to i_size.  Returns the number
of bytes allocated, or a negative errno.  Writes the pointer allocated
to *bufp.  Internally, it should use the page cache to read in the pages
(taking appropriate reference counts).  Then it maps them using vmap()
instead of copying them to a private vmalloc() array.

kernel_read_file() can be converted to use this API.  The users will
need to be changed to call kernel_read_end(struct file *file, void *buf)
instead of vfree() so it can call allow_write_access() for them.

vmap_file_range() has a lot of potential uses.  I'm surprised we don't
have it already, to be honest.