linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/4] ipc: Remove extra1 field abuse to pass ipc namespace

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Message-Id: <93df64a8fe93ba20ebbe1d9f8eda484b2f325426.1651584847.git.legion@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue,  3 May 2022 15:39:55 +0200
From:   Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Alexander Mikhalitsyn <alexander.mikhalitsyn@...tuozzo.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        Daniel Walsh <dwalsh@...hat.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>,
        Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>,
        Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>,
        Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Varad Gautam <varad.gautam@...e.com>,
        Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/4] ipc: Remove extra1 field abuse to pass ipc namespace

Eric Biederman pointed out that using .extra1 to pass ipc namespace
looks like an ugly hack and there is a better solution. We can get the
ipc_namespace using the .data field.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87czib9g38.fsf@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org/
Fixes: 1f5c135ee509 ("ipc: Store ipc sysctls in the ipc namespace")
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>
---
 ipc/ipc_sysctl.c | 24 +++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
index d1d5204cf589..eb7ba8e0a355 100644
--- a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
+++ b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
@@ -19,16 +19,11 @@
 static int proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax_orphans(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct ipc_namespace *ns = table->extra1;
-	struct ctl_table ipc_table;
+	struct ipc_namespace *ns =
+		container_of(table->data, struct ipc_namespace, shm_rmid_forced);
 	int err;
 
-	memcpy(&ipc_table, table, sizeof(ipc_table));
-
-	ipc_table.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO;
-	ipc_table.extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE;
-
-	err = proc_dointvec_minmax(&ipc_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	err = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
@@ -55,15 +50,10 @@ static int proc_ipc_auto_msgmni(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 static int proc_ipc_sem_dointvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct ipc_namespace *ns = table->extra1;
-	struct ctl_table ipc_table;
+	struct ipc_namespace *ns =
+		container_of(table->data, struct ipc_namespace, sem_ctls);
 	int ret, semmni;
 
-	memcpy(&ipc_table, table, sizeof(ipc_table));
-
-	ipc_table.extra1 = NULL;
-	ipc_table.extra2 = NULL;
-
 	semmni = ns->sem_ctls[3];
 	ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
@@ -131,6 +121,8 @@ static struct ctl_table ipc_sysctls[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(init_ipc_ns.shm_rmid_forced),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax_orphans,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "msgmax",
@@ -237,7 +229,6 @@ bool setup_ipc_sysctls(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 
 			} else if (tbl[i].data == &init_ipc_ns.shm_rmid_forced) {
 				tbl[i].data = &ns->shm_rmid_forced;
-				tbl[i].extra1 = ns;
 
 			} else if (tbl[i].data == &init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmax) {
 				tbl[i].data = &ns->msg_ctlmax;
@@ -250,7 +241,6 @@ bool setup_ipc_sysctls(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 
 			} else if (tbl[i].data == &init_ipc_ns.sem_ctls) {
 				tbl[i].data = &ns->sem_ctls;
-				tbl[i].extra1 = ns;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
 			} else if (tbl[i].data == &init_ipc_ns.ids[IPC_SEM_IDS].next_id) {
 				tbl[i].data = &ns->ids[IPC_SEM_IDS].next_id;
-- 
2.33.3