From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: passt-dev@passt.top, Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/6] isolation: Move close_open_files() to isolate_fds()
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:46:30 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260717054634.1293553-3-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260717054634.1293553-1-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Most functions in util.c are, well, utilities, that are useful in a bunch
of places. close_open_files(), however, is very specific, it's only called
from isolate_initial(), and performs a very specific step of our self
isolation. So, it makes more sense as a function in isolate.c - move it
there and rename it to isolate_fds().
In addition, call it directly from main() rather than from
isolate_initial(). That's pretty arbitrary now, but will make some
subsequent changes easier.
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
---
isolation.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
isolation.h | 3 ++-
passt.c | 3 ++-
util.c | 49 ---------------------------------------
util.h | 1 -
5 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
diff --git a/isolation.c b/isolation.c
index c868e668..ea85fdba 100644
--- a/isolation.c
+++ b/isolation.c
@@ -24,13 +24,18 @@
* done anything we need to do with those resources, so we have
* multiple stages of self-isolation. In order these are:
*
- * 1. isolate_initial()
+ * 1a. isolate_initial()
* ====================
*
* Executed immediately after startup, drops capabilities we don't
* need at any point during execution (or which we gain back when we
- * need by joining other namespaces), and closes any leaked file we
- * might have inherited from the parent process.
+ * need by joining other namespaces).
+ *
+ * 1b. isolate_fds()
+ * ================
+ *
+ * Executed immediately after isolate_initial(). Closes any leaked
+ * files we might have inherited from the parent process.
*
* 2. isolate_user()
* =================
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
#include <grp.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <limits.h>
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@
#include "passt.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "isolation.h"
+#include "conf.h"
#define CAP_VERSION _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3
#define CAP_WORDS _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3
@@ -193,16 +200,13 @@ static int move_root(void)
/**
* isolate_initial() - Early, mostly config independent self isolation
- * @argc: Argument count
- * @argv: Command line options: only --fd (if present) is relevant here
*
* Should:
* - drop unneeded capabilities
- * - close all open files except for standard streams and the one from --fd
* Mustn't:
* - remove filesystem access (we need to access files during setup)
*/
-void isolate_initial(int argc, char **argv)
+void isolate_initial(void)
{
uint64_t keep;
@@ -243,8 +247,55 @@ void isolate_initial(int argc, char **argv)
keep |= BIT(CAP_SETFCAP) | BIT(CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
drop_caps_ep_except(keep);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * isolate_fds() - Close leaked files, but not --fd, stdin, stdout, stderr
+ * @argc: Argument count
+ * @argv: Command line options, as we need to skip any file given via --fd
+ *
+ * Should:
+ * - close all open files except for standard streams and the one from --fd
+ */
+void isolate_fds(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ const struct option optfd[] = { { "fd", required_argument, NULL, 'F' },
+ { 0 }, };
+ long fd = -1;
+ int name, rc;
+
+ do {
+ name = getopt_long(argc, argv, "-:F:", optfd, NULL);
+
+ if (name == 'F')
+ fd = conf_tap_fd(optarg);
+ } while (name != -1);
+
+ if (fd == -1) {
+ rc = close_range(STDERR_FILENO + 1, ~0U, CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE);
+ } else if (fd == STDERR_FILENO + 1) { /* Still a single range */
+ rc = close_range(STDERR_FILENO + 2, ~0U, CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE);
+ } else {
+ rc = close_range(STDERR_FILENO + 1, fd - 1,
+ CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE);
+ if (!rc)
+ rc = close_range(fd + 1, ~0U, CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE);
+ }
- close_open_files(argc, argv);
+ if (rc) {
+ if (errno == ENOSYS || errno == EINVAL) {
+ /* This probably means close_range() or the
+ * CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE flag is not supported by the
+ * kernel. Not much we can do here except carry on and
+ * hope for the best.
+ */
+ warn(
+"Can't use close_range() to ensure no files leaked by parent");
+ } else {
+ die_perror("Failed to close files leaked by parent");
+ }
+ }
}
/**
diff --git a/isolation.h b/isolation.h
index 66b6968d..e1b1bc5d 100644
--- a/isolation.h
+++ b/isolation.h
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <unistd.h>
-void isolate_initial(int argc, char **argv);
+void isolate_initial(void);
+void isolate_fds(int argc, char **argv);
void isolate_user(const struct ctx *c, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, bool use_userns,
const char *userns);
int isolate_prefork(const struct ctx *c);
diff --git a/passt.c b/passt.c
index cc847ec2..ce20cedb 100644
--- a/passt.c
+++ b/passt.c
@@ -341,7 +341,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
arch_avx2_exec(argv);
- isolate_initial(argc, argv);
+ isolate_initial();
+ isolate_fds(argc, argv);
sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
sa.sa_flags = 0;
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 4bc5d6f8..ce5021a9 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <linux/errqueue.h>
#include <linux/in6.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
#include "linux_dep.h"
#include "util.h"
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
#include "epoll_ctl.h"
#include "pasta.h"
#include "serialise.h"
-#include "conf.h"
#ifdef HAS_GETRANDOM
#include <sys/random.h>
#endif
@@ -924,53 +922,6 @@ const char *str_ee_origin(const struct sock_extended_err *ee)
return "<invalid>";
}
-/**
- * close_open_files() - Close leaked files, but not --fd, stdin, stdout, stderr
- * @argc: Argument count
- * @argv: Command line options, as we need to skip any file given via --fd
- */
-void close_open_files(int argc, char **argv)
-{
- const struct option optfd[] = { { "fd", required_argument, NULL, 'F' },
- { 0 },
- };
- long fd = -1;
- int name, rc;
-
- do {
- name = getopt_long(argc, argv, "-:F:", optfd, NULL);
-
- if (name == 'F')
- fd = conf_tap_fd(optarg);
- } while (name != -1);
-
- if (fd == -1) {
- rc = close_range(STDERR_FILENO + 1, ~0U, CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE);
- } else if (fd == STDERR_FILENO + 1) { /* Still a single range */
- rc = close_range(STDERR_FILENO + 2, ~0U, CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE);
- } else {
- rc = close_range(STDERR_FILENO + 1, fd - 1,
- CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE);
- if (!rc)
- rc = close_range(fd + 1, ~0U, CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE);
- }
-
- if (rc) {
- if (errno == ENOSYS || errno == EINVAL) {
- /* This probably means close_range() or the
- * CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE flag is not supported by the
- * kernel. Not much we can do here except carry on and
- * hope for the best.
- */
- warn(
-"Can't use close_range() to ensure no files leaked by parent");
- } else {
- die_perror("Failed to close files leaked by parent");
- }
- }
-
-}
-
/**
* snprintf_check() - snprintf() wrapper, checking for truncation and errors
* @str: Output buffer
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index 90e8a20d..2435f536 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ intmax_t read_file_integer(const char *path, intmax_t fallback);
int write_remainder(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, size_t iovcnt,
size_t skip, size_t length);
int read_remainder(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, size_t cnt, size_t skip);
-void close_open_files(int argc, char **argv);
bool snprintf_check(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...);
long clamped_scale(long x, long y, long lo, long hi, long f);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-17 5:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-17 5:46 [PATCH v2 0/6] Fix bug 215 and some related issues with fd handling David Gibson
2026-07-17 5:46 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] passt: Always close pidfile_fd, not just when daemonizing David Gibson
2026-07-17 5:46 ` David Gibson [this message]
2026-07-17 5:46 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] isolation, conf: Set c->fd_tap from early parse of --fd David Gibson
2026-07-17 5:46 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] conf: Make conf_tap_fd() operate more like conf_mode() David Gibson
2026-07-17 5:46 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] isolation: Move --fd descriptor to a number of our choosing David Gibson
2026-07-17 5:46 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] main: Ensure fds 0-2 are populated David Gibson
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