This patch is preparation to handle sensitive ONE entries: /proc/<pid>/stat /proc/<pid>/stack
These files use sequence iterators and we want to keep that logic, and their internal handler semantics. The sequence iterators stock the inode in the seq_file->private field, so in order to keep the semantic and to make the cached permission checks available during ->read(), we add the 'pid_seq_private' struct that contains both the inode and the cached permission. It will be the one referenced in the seq_file->private. This way the internal handlers of /proc/<pid>/{stat|stack} wont change. Signed-off-by: Djalal Harouni <tix...@opendz.org> --- fs/proc/internal.h | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h index f5c452c..f28e4f01 100644 --- a/fs/proc/internal.h +++ b/fs/proc/internal.h @@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ struct proc_inode { struct inode vfs_inode; }; +/* + * Struct used by some /proc/<pid>/$entries that use sequence + * iterators. + * This struct will be saved in seq_file->private so seq handlers + * can access the inode and the cached permission checks of ->open(). + */ +struct pid_seq_private { + int permitted; + struct inode *inode; +}; + typedef int (*proc_read_fn_t)(char *page, struct task_struct *task, int permitted); -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/