introduce get_cmdline() for retreiving the value of a processes
proc/self/cmdline value.

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rient...@google.com>
Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <s...@tycho.nsa.gov>

Signed-off-by: William Roberts <wrobe...@tresys.com>
---
 include/linux/mm.h |    1 +
 mm/util.c          |   48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index f28f46e..db89a94 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1175,6 +1175,7 @@ void account_page_writeback(struct page *page);
 int set_page_dirty(struct page *page);
 int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page);
 int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page);
+int get_cmdline(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer, int buflen);
 
 /* Is the vma a continuation of the stack vma above it? */
 static inline int vma_growsdown(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index a24aa22..8122710 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -445,6 +445,54 @@ unsigned long vm_commit_limit(void)
        return allowed;
 }
 
+/**
+ * get_cmdline() - copy the cmdline value to a buffer.
+ * @task:     the task whose cmdline value to copy.
+ * @buffer:   the buffer to copy to.
+ * @buflen:   the length of the buffer. Larger cmdline values are truncated
+ *            to this length.
+ * Returns the size of the cmdline field copied. Note that the copy does
+ * not guarantee an ending NULL byte.
+ */
+int get_cmdline(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer, int buflen)
+{
+       int res = 0;
+       unsigned int len;
+       struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(task);
+       if (!mm)
+               goto out;
+       if (!mm->arg_end)
+               goto out_mm;    /* Shh! No looking before we're done */
+
+       len = mm->arg_end - mm->arg_start;
+
+       if (len > buflen)
+               len = buflen;
+
+       res = access_process_vm(task, mm->arg_start, buffer, len, 0);
+
+       /*
+        * If the nul at the end of args has been overwritten, then
+        * assume application is using setproctitle(3).
+        */
+       if (res > 0 && buffer[res-1] != '\0' && len < buflen) {
+               len = strnlen(buffer, res);
+               if (len < res) {
+                       res = len;
+               } else {
+                       len = mm->env_end - mm->env_start;
+                       if (len > buflen - res)
+                               len = buflen - res;
+                       res += access_process_vm(task, mm->env_start,
+                                                buffer+res, len, 0);
+                       res = strnlen(buffer, res);
+               }
+       }
+out_mm:
+       mmput(mm);
+out:
+       return res;
+}
 
 /* Tracepoints definitions. */
 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmalloc);
-- 
1.7.9.5

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