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authorYann Droneaud <ydroneaud@opteya.com>2013-08-22 20:20:05 +0400
committerAlex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>2013-08-22 20:20:05 +0400
commita5d550703d2c2f0f9fc5fd4a249efa8984dc9353 (patch)
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vfio: use get_unused_fd_flags(0) instead of get_unused_fd()
Macro get_unused_fd() is used to allocate a file descriptor with default flags. Those default flags (0) can be "unsafe": O_CLOEXEC must be used by default to not leak file descriptor across exec(). Instead of macro get_unused_fd(), functions anon_inode_getfd() or get_unused_fd_flags() should be used with flags given by userspace. If not possible, flags should be set to O_CLOEXEC to provide userspace with a default safe behavor. In a further patch, get_unused_fd() will be removed so that new code start using anon_inode_getfd() or get_unused_fd_flags() with correct flags. This patch replaces calls to get_unused_fd() with equivalent call to get_unused_fd_flags(0) to preserve current behavor for existing code. The hard coded flag value (0) should be reviewed on a per-subsystem basis, and, if possible, set to O_CLOEXEC. Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@opteya.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1376327678.git.ydroneaud@opteya.com Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
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