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-rw-r--r--fs/exec.c10
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/array.c2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h28
-rw-r--r--kernel/kthread.c2
4 files changed, 24 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 6c53920795c2..77364806b48d 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1189,16 +1189,6 @@ static int unshare_sighand(struct task_struct *me)
return 0;
}
-char *__get_task_comm(char *buf, size_t buf_size, struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
- task_lock(tsk);
- /* Always NUL terminated and zero-padded */
- strscpy_pad(buf, tsk->comm, buf_size);
- task_unlock(tsk);
- return buf;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__get_task_comm);
-
/*
* These functions flushes out all traces of the currently running executable
* so that a new one can be started
diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 34a47fb0c57f..55ed3510d2bb 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void proc_task_name(struct seq_file *m, struct task_struct *p, bool escape)
else if (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
get_kthread_comm(tcomm, sizeof(tcomm), p);
else
- __get_task_comm(tcomm, sizeof(tcomm), p);
+ get_task_comm(tcomm, p);
if (escape)
seq_escape_str(m, tcomm, ESCAPE_SPACE | ESCAPE_SPECIAL, "\n\\");
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index bb343136ddd0..67718d5591dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1121,9 +1121,12 @@ struct task_struct {
/*
* executable name, excluding path.
*
- * - normally initialized setup_new_exec()
- * - access it with [gs]et_task_comm()
- * - lock it with task_lock()
+ * - normally initialized begin_new_exec()
+ * - set it with set_task_comm()
+ * - strscpy_pad() to ensure it is always NUL-terminated and
+ * zero-padded
+ * - task_lock() to ensure the operation is atomic and the name is
+ * fully updated.
*/
char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
@@ -1938,10 +1941,23 @@ static inline void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, const char *from)
__set_task_comm(tsk, from, false);
}
-extern char *__get_task_comm(char *to, size_t len, struct task_struct *tsk);
+/*
+ * - Why not use task_lock()?
+ * User space can randomly change their names anyway, so locking for readers
+ * doesn't make sense. For writers, locking is probably necessary, as a race
+ * condition could lead to long-term mixed results.
+ * The strscpy_pad() in __set_task_comm() can ensure that the task comm is
+ * always NUL-terminated and zero-padded. Therefore the race condition between
+ * reader and writer is not an issue.
+ *
+ * - BUILD_BUG_ON() can help prevent the buf from being truncated.
+ * Since the callers don't perform any return value checks, this safeguard is
+ * necessary.
+ */
#define get_task_comm(buf, tsk) ({ \
- BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(buf) != TASK_COMM_LEN); \
- __get_task_comm(buf, sizeof(buf), tsk); \
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(buf) < TASK_COMM_LEN); \
+ strscpy_pad(buf, (tsk)->comm); \
+ buf; \
})
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 9bb36897b6c6..a5ac612b1609 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void get_kthread_comm(char *buf, size_t buf_size, struct task_struct *tsk)
struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(tsk);
if (!kthread || !kthread->full_name) {
- __get_task_comm(buf, buf_size, tsk);
+ strscpy(buf, tsk->comm, buf_size);
return;
}