[PATCH 1/3] proc: refactor /proc/$pid/mem to use struct as private_data
Jan Kara
jack at suse.cz
Thu Aug 20 11:20:16 UTC 2026
On Tue 18-08-26 21:51:05, Jann Horn wrote:
> Refactor the handlers for proc_mem_operations to use the new struct
> mem_private as ->private_data, rather than directly storing an mm_struct*
> in ->private_data.
>
> This is in preparation for adding more state in mem_private in the next
> commit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh at google.com>
Looks good to me. Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
Honza
> ---
> fs/proc/base.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
> index 780f81259052..bec6197329dc 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
> @@ -848,11 +848,24 @@ static int __mem_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int mode)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +/* private_data for proc_mem_operations */
> +struct mem_private {
> + struct mm_struct *mm;
> +};
> +
> static int mem_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> + struct mem_private *priv __free(kfree) = kmalloc_obj(struct mem_private);
> +
> + if (!priv)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(file->f_op->fop_flags & FOP_UNSIGNED_OFFSET)))
> return -EINVAL;
> - return __mem_open(inode, file, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH);
> + priv->mm = proc_mem_open(inode, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH);
> + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->mm))
> + return priv->mm ? PTR_ERR(priv->mm) : -ESRCH;
> + file->private_data = no_free_ptr(priv);
> + return 0;
> }
>
> static bool proc_mem_foll_force(struct file *file, struct mm_struct *mm)
> @@ -880,7 +893,8 @@ static bool proc_mem_foll_force(struct file *file, struct mm_struct *mm)
> static ssize_t mem_rw(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
> size_t count, loff_t *ppos, int write)
> {
> - struct mm_struct *mm = file->private_data;
> + struct mem_private *priv = file->private_data;
> + struct mm_struct *mm = priv->mm;
> unsigned long addr = *ppos;
> ssize_t copied;
> char *page;
> @@ -970,12 +984,21 @@ static int mem_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static int mem_release_with_private(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> +{
> + struct mem_private *priv = file->private_data;
> +
> + mmdrop(priv->mm);
> + kfree(priv);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static const struct file_operations proc_mem_operations = {
> .llseek = mem_lseek,
> .read = mem_read,
> .write = mem_write,
> .open = mem_open,
> - .release = mem_release,
> + .release = mem_release_with_private,
> .fop_flags = FOP_UNSIGNED_OFFSET,
> };
>
>
> --
> 2.55.0.737.g08866a6d13-goog
>
--
Jan Kara <jack at suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR
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