From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
wangzijie <wangzijie1@honor.com>,
Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
passt-dev@passt.top, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
"Rick P . Edgecombe" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
"Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] proc: Bring back lseek() operations for /proc/net entries
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:23:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250822172335.3187858-1-sbrivio@redhat.com> (raw)
Commit ff7ec8dc1b64 ("proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek
as ones for proc_read_iter et.al") breaks lseek() for all /proc/net
entries, as shown for instance by pasta(1), a user-mode network
implementation using those entries to scan for bound ports:
$ strace -e openat,lseek -e s=none pasta -- true
[...]
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/net/tcp", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 12
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/net/tcp6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 13
lseek(12, 0, SEEK_SET) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek)
lseek() failed on /proc/net file: Illegal seek
lseek(13, 0, SEEK_SET) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek)
lseek() failed on /proc/net file: Illegal seek
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/net/udp", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/net/udp6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 15
lseek(14, 0, SEEK_SET) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek)
lseek() failed on /proc/net file: Illegal seek
lseek(15, 0, SEEK_SET) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek)
lseek() failed on /proc/net file: Illegal seek
[...]
That's because PROC_ENTRY_proc_lseek isn't set for /proc/net entries,
and it's now mandatory for lseek(). In fact, flags aren't set at all
for those entries because pde_set_flags() isn't called for them.
As commit d919b33dafb3 ("proc: faster open/read/close with "permanent"
files") introduced flags for procfs directory entries, along with the
pde_set_flags() helper, they weren't relevant for /proc/net entries,
so the lack of pde_set_flags() calls in proc_create_net_*() functions
was harmless.
Now that the calls are strictly needed for lseek() functionality,
add them.
Fixes: ff7ec8dc1b64 ("proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al")
Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
---
fs/proc/generic.c | 2 +-
fs/proc/internal.h | 1 +
fs/proc/proc_net.c | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 76e800e38c8f..57ec5e385d1b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_reg(const char *name, umode_t mode,
return p;
}
-static void pde_set_flags(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
+void pde_set_flags(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
{
if (pde->proc_ops->proc_flags & PROC_ENTRY_PERMANENT)
pde->flags |= PROC_ENTRY_PERMANENT;
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index e737401d7383..a358974f14d2 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ extern struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int)
struct dentry *proc_lookup_de(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct proc_dir_entry *);
extern int proc_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
int proc_readdir_de(struct file *, struct dir_context *, struct proc_dir_entry *);
+void pde_set_flags(struct proc_dir_entry *pde);
static inline void pde_get(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
{
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_net.c b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
index 52f0b75cbce2..20bc7481b02c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_net.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_net_data(const char *name, umode_t mode,
p->proc_ops = &proc_net_seq_ops;
p->seq_ops = ops;
p->state_size = state_size;
+ pde_set_flags(p);
return proc_register(parent, p);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_create_net_data);
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_net_data_write(const char *name, umode_t mode
p->seq_ops = ops;
p->state_size = state_size;
p->write = write;
+ pde_set_flags(p);
return proc_register(parent, p);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_create_net_data_write);
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_net_single(const char *name, umode_t mode,
pde_force_lookup(p);
p->proc_ops = &proc_net_single_ops;
p->single_show = show;
+ pde_set_flags(p);
return proc_register(parent, p);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_create_net_single);
@@ -261,6 +264,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_net_single_write(const char *name, umode_t mo
p->proc_ops = &proc_net_single_ops;
p->single_show = show;
p->write = write;
+ pde_set_flags(p);
return proc_register(parent, p);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_create_net_single_write);
--
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_net_data(const char *name, umode_t mode,
p->proc_ops = &proc_net_seq_ops;
p->seq_ops = ops;
p->state_size = state_size;
+ pde_set_flags(p);
return proc_register(parent, p);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_create_net_data);
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_net_data_write(const char *name, umode_t mode
p->seq_ops = ops;
p->state_size = state_size;
p->write = write;
+ pde_set_flags(p);
return proc_register(parent, p);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_create_net_data_write);
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_net_single(const char *name, umode_t mode,
pde_force_lookup(p);
p->proc_ops = &proc_net_single_ops;
p->single_show = show;
+ pde_set_flags(p);
return proc_register(parent, p);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_create_net_single);
@@ -261,6 +264,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_net_single_write(const char *name, umode_t mo
p->proc_ops = &proc_net_single_ops;
p->single_show = show;
p->write = write;
+ pde_set_flags(p);
return proc_register(parent, p);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_create_net_single_write);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-08-22 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-22 17:23 Stefano Brivio [this message]
2025-08-22 23:09 ` [PATCH] proc: Bring back lseek() operations for /proc/net entries Andrew Morton
2025-08-23 8:42 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-08-23 1:53 ` wangzijie
2025-08-23 8:43 ` Stefano Brivio
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