mirror of
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
synced 2026-05-10 15:13:44 -04:00
d701a8ccac
Pull xfs irix ioctl housecleaning from Darrick Wong:
"Remove the XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP* and XFS_IOC_FREESP* ioctl families.
This is the second of a series of small pull requests that perform
some long overdue housecleaning of XFS ioctls. This time, we're
vacating the implementation of all variants of the ALLOCSP and FREESP
ioctls, which are holdovers from EFS in Irix, circa 1993. Roughly
equivalent functionality have been available for both ioctls since
2.6.25 (April 2008):
- XFS_IOC_FREESP ftruncates a file.
- XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP is the equivalent of fallocate.
As noted in the fix patch for CVE 2021-4155, the ALLOCSP ioctl has
been serving up stale disk blocks since 2000, and in 21 years
**nobody** noticed. On those grounds I think it's safe to vacate the
implementation.
Note that we lose the ability to preallocate and truncate relative to
the current file position, but as nobody's ever implemented that for
the VFS, I conclude that it's not in high demand.
Linux has always used fallocate as the space management system call,
whereas these Irix legacy ioctls only ever worked on XFS, and have
been the cause of recent stale data disclosure vulnerabilities. As
equivalent functionality is available elsewhere, remove the code"
* tag 'xfs-5.17-merge-5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux:
xfs: kill the XFS_IOC_{ALLOC,FREE}SP* ioctls
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.