On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 5:36 AM Filip Hejsek <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Use qemu_dup() to ensure the cloexec flag is set on dup'd fds.
>
> The only direct users of dup() are now guest syscalls in the user
> emulators and the implementation of qemu_dup() itself.
>
> Signed-off-by: Filip Hejsek <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <[email protected]>

> ---
> For each call I replaced, I checked how the resulting fd is used
> afterwards. In summary:
>
> hw/virtio/virtio.c:
>     the fd is passed to memory_region_init_ram_from_fd, used for mmaping
>
> io/channel-file.c:
>     the fd is passed to qio_channel_file_new_fd, used for reading/writing
>
> migration/cpr-exec.c:
>     the cloexec flag is cleared
>
> qemu-nbd.c:
>     the fd is stored into old_stderr, then dup2'd back to STDERR_FILENO
>
> system/vl.c:
>     no change in behavior, the code was already setting the cloexec flag
>
> ui/dmabuf.c:
>     the function is called by qemu_spice_gl_update, which passes the fds
>     to SPICE server
>
> tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c:
>     temp dup of stdout, dup2'd back to STDOUT_FILENO
>
> tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c:
>     one fd is dup'd again and returned from mock monitor_get_fd; another
>     is converted to string and given as address to socket_connect
>
> tests/unit/test-vmstate.c:
>     passed to qio_channel_file_new_fd to create a channel
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Also replace the use in migration/cpr-exec.c and the tests
> - Link to v2: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/[email protected]
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Replace the use in qemu-nbd.c too
> - Changed commit message
> - Link to v1: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/[email protected]
> ---
>  hw/virtio/virtio.c             | 2 +-
>  io/channel-file.c              | 2 +-
>  migration/cpr-exec.c           | 2 +-
>  qemu-nbd.c                     | 2 +-
>  system/vl.c                    | 9 +--------
>  tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c | 2 +-
>  tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c | 6 +++---
>  tests/unit/test-vmstate.c      | 2 +-
>  ui/dmabuf.c                    | 2 +-
>  9 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
> index c9f9e5b511..70779fbd56 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
> @@ -3204,7 +3204,7 @@ VirtioSharedMemoryMapping 
> *virtio_shared_memory_mapping_new(uint8_t shmid,
>          return NULL;
>      }
>
> -    fd = dup(fd);
> +    fd = qemu_dup(fd);
>      if (fd < 0) {
>          error_report("Failed to duplicate fd: %s", strerror(errno));
>          return NULL;
> diff --git a/io/channel-file.c b/io/channel-file.c
> index 5cef75a67c..3f707e80c9 100644
> --- a/io/channel-file.c
> +++ b/io/channel-file.c
> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ qio_channel_file_new_fd(int fd)
>  QIOChannelFile *
>  qio_channel_file_new_dupfd(int fd, Error **errp)
>  {
> -    int newfd = dup(fd);
> +    int newfd = qemu_dup(fd);
>
>      if (newfd < 0) {
>          error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Could not dup FD %d", fd);
> diff --git a/migration/cpr-exec.c b/migration/cpr-exec.c
> index daa50916d2..2f38db30bb 100644
> --- a/migration/cpr-exec.c
> +++ b/migration/cpr-exec.c
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bool cpr_exec_persist_state(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp)
>  {
>      QIOChannelFile *fioc = QIO_CHANNEL_FILE(qemu_file_get_ioc(f));
>      /* coverity[leaked_storage] - mfd intentionally kept open across exec() 
> */
> -    int mfd = dup(fioc->fd);
> +    int mfd = qemu_dup(fioc->fd);
>      char val[16];
>
>      /* Remember mfd in environment for post-exec load */
> diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
> index ed5895861b..db1a70b008 100644
> --- a/qemu-nbd.c
> +++ b/qemu-nbd.c
> @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>
>              /* Remember parent's stderr if we will be restoring it. */
>              if (opts.verbose /* fork_process is set */) {
> -                opts.old_stderr = dup(STDERR_FILENO);
> +                opts.old_stderr = qemu_dup(STDERR_FILENO);
>                  if (opts.old_stderr < 0) {
>                      error_report("Could not dup original stderr: %s",
>                                   strerror(errno));
> diff --git a/system/vl.c b/system/vl.c
> index 468a9fc247..9381e3d7f7 100644
> --- a/system/vl.c
> +++ b/system/vl.c
> @@ -614,14 +614,7 @@ static int parse_add_fd(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, 
> Error **errp)
>          return -1;
>      }
>
> -#ifdef F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC
> -    dupfd = fcntl(fd, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, 0);
> -#else
> -    dupfd = dup(fd);
> -    if (dupfd != -1) {
> -        qemu_set_cloexec(dupfd);
> -    }
> -#endif
> +    dupfd = qemu_dup(fd);
>      if (dupfd == -1) {
>          error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "error duplicating fd");
>          return -1;
> diff --git a/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c b/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
> index f6dfa4131b..c4838322fb 100644
> --- a/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
> +++ b/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
> @@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static void test_acpi_asl(test_data *data)
>                      const char *diff_cmd = diff_env ? diff_env : "diff -U 
> 16";
>                      char *diff = g_strdup_printf("%s %s %s", diff_cmd,
>                                                   exp_sdt->asl_file, 
> sdt->asl_file);
> -                    int out = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
> +                    int out = qemu_dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
>                      int ret G_GNUC_UNUSED;
>                      int dupret;
>
> diff --git a/tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c b/tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c
> index 006f5e579c..c47ad6c82d 100644
> --- a/tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c
> +++ b/tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c
> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int monitor_get_fd(Monitor *mon, const char *fdname, Error 
> **errp)
>          error_setg(errp, "No fd named %s", fdname);
>          return -1;
>      }
> -    return dup(mon_fd);
> +    return qemu_dup(mon_fd);
>  }
>
>  /*
> @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static void test_socket_fd_pass_name_bad(void)
>
>      cur_mon = g_malloc(1); /* Fake a monitor */
>      mon_fdname = "myfd";
> -    mon_fd = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
> +    mon_fd = qemu_dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
>      g_assert_cmpint(mon_fd, >, STDERR_FILENO);
>
>      addr.type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_FD;
> @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static void test_socket_fd_pass_num_bad(void)
>      int fd, sfd;
>
>      g_assert(cur_mon == NULL);
> -    sfd = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
> +    sfd = qemu_dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
>
>      addr.type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_FD;
>      addr.u.fd.str = g_strdup_printf("%d", sfd);
> diff --git a/tests/unit/test-vmstate.c b/tests/unit/test-vmstate.c
> index 23f3173070..57f1e3263f 100644
> --- a/tests/unit/test-vmstate.c
> +++ b/tests/unit/test-vmstate.c
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static QEMUFile *open_test_file(bool write)
>      QIOChannel *ioc;
>      QEMUFile *f;
>
> -    fd = dup(temp_fd);
> +    fd = qemu_dup(temp_fd);
>      g_assert(fd >= 0);
>      lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
>      if (write) {
> diff --git a/ui/dmabuf.c b/ui/dmabuf.c
> index 497f82cc61..6d5dffdf84 100644
> --- a/ui/dmabuf.c
> +++ b/ui/dmabuf.c
> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void qemu_dmabuf_dup_fds(QemuDmaBuf *dmabuf, int *fds, int 
> nfds)
>      assert(nfds >= dmabuf->num_planes);
>
>      for (i = 0; i < dmabuf->num_planes; i++) {
> -        fds[i] = dmabuf->fd[i] >= 0 ? dup(dmabuf->fd[i]) : -1;
> +        fds[i] = dmabuf->fd[i] >= 0 ? qemu_dup(dmabuf->fd[i]) : -1;
>      }
>  }
>
>
> ---
> base-commit: 615ece3c406b262996e569f29ea6eed0d81c4d8d
> change-id: 20261012-use-qemu-dup-38628dbac3ee
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Filip Hejsek <[email protected]>
>
>

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