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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/root.c10
-rw-r--r--include/linux/proc_ns.h1
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/fs.h11
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 06a297a27ba3..ed86ac710384 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -363,12 +363,12 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_root_inode_operations = {
* This is the root "inode" in the /proc tree..
*/
struct proc_dir_entry proc_root = {
- .low_ino = PROC_ROOT_INO,
- .namelen = 5,
- .mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
- .nlink = 2,
+ .low_ino = PROCFS_ROOT_INO,
+ .namelen = 5,
+ .mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
+ .nlink = 2,
.refcnt = REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
- .proc_iops = &proc_root_inode_operations,
+ .proc_iops = &proc_root_inode_operations,
.proc_dir_ops = &proc_root_operations,
.parent = &proc_root,
.subdir = RB_ROOT,
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_ns.h b/include/linux/proc_ns.h
index 6258455e49a4..4b20375f3783 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_ns.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_ns.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ extern const struct proc_ns_operations timens_for_children_operations;
* We always define these enumerators
*/
enum {
- PROC_ROOT_INO = 1,
PROC_IPC_INIT_INO = IPC_NS_INIT_INO,
PROC_UTS_INIT_INO = UTS_NS_INIT_INO,
PROC_USER_INIT_INO = USER_NS_INIT_INO,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 0098b0ce8ccb..28238a3edbc1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@
#define RENAME_EXCHANGE (1 << 1) /* Exchange source and dest */
#define RENAME_WHITEOUT (1 << 2) /* Whiteout source */
+/*
+ * The root inode of procfs is guaranteed to always have the same inode number.
+ * For programs that make heavy use of procfs, verifying that the root is a
+ * real procfs root and using openat2(RESOLVE_{NO_{XDEV,MAGICLINKS},BENEATH})
+ * will allow you to make sure you are never tricked into operating on the
+ * wrong procfs file.
+ */
+enum procfs_ino {
+ PROCFS_ROOT_INO = 1,
+};
+
struct file_clone_range {
__s64 src_fd;
__u64 src_offset;