Commit d7627467 authored by David Howells's avatar David Howells Committed by Linus Torvalds
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Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer


Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer so that kernel_execve() compiles
correctly on ARM:

arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c:88: warning: passing argument 1 of 'do_execve' discards qualifiers from pointer target type

This also requires the argv and envp arguments to be consted twice, once for
the pointer array and once for the strings the array points to.  This is
because do_execve() passes a pointer to the filename (now const) to
copy_strings_kernel().  A simpler alternative would be to cast the filename
pointer in do_execve() when it's passed to copy_strings_kernel().

do_execve() may not change any of the strings it is passed as part of the argv
or envp lists as they are some of them in .rodata, so marking these strings as
const should be fine.

Further kernel_execve() and sys_execve() need to be changed to match.

This has been test built on x86_64, frv, arm and mips.
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-by: default avatarRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Acked-by: default avatarRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent da5cabf8
Showing with 74 additions and 34 deletions
+74 -34
......@@ -387,8 +387,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_elf_task_fp);
* sys_execve() executes a new program.
*/
asmlinkage int
do_sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename, char __user * __user *argv,
char __user * __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
do_sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename,
const char __user *const __user *argv,
const char __user *const __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int error;
char *filename;
......
......@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs *regs)
/* sys_execve() executes a new program.
* This is called indirectly via a small wrapper
*/
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *filenamei, char __user * __user *argv,
char __user * __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *filenamei,
const char __user *const __user *argv,
const char __user *const __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int error;
char * filename;
......@@ -78,14 +79,17 @@ asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *filenamei, char __user * __user *ar
return error;
}
int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
const char *const argv[],
const char *const envp[])
{
struct pt_regs regs;
int ret;
memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
ret = do_execve(filename, (char __user * __user *)argv,
(char __user * __user *)envp, &regs);
ret = do_execve(filename,
(const char __user *const __user *)argv,
(const char __user *const __user *)envp, &regs);
if (ret < 0)
goto out;
......
......@@ -384,8 +384,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename,
char __user *__user *uargv,
char __user *__user *uenvp, struct pt_regs *regs)
const char __user *const __user *uargv,
const char __user *const __user *uenvp,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int error;
char *filename;
......
......@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
*/
#include <linux/unistd.h>
int kernel_execve(const char *file, char **argv, char **envp)
int kernel_execve(const char *file,
const char *const *argv,
const char *const *envp)
{
register long scno asm("r8") = __NR_execve;
register long sc1 asm("r12") = (long)file;
......
......@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
/*
* sys_execve() executes a new program.
*/
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv, char __user * __user *envp)
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name,
const char __user *const __user *argv,
const char __user *const __user *envp)
{
int error;
char *filename;
......
......@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(long r10, long r11, long r12, long r13, long mof, long
/*
* sys_execve() executes a new program.
*/
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *fname, char **argv, char **envp,
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *fname,
const char *const *argv,
const char *const *envp,
long r13, long mof, long srp,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
......
......@@ -218,8 +218,10 @@ sys_vfork(long r10, long r11, long r12, long r13, long mof, long srp,
/* sys_execve() executes a new program. */
asmlinkage int
sys_execve(const char *fname, char **argv, char **envp, long r13, long mof, long srp,
struct pt_regs *regs)
sys_execve(const char *fname,
const char *const *argv,
const char *const *envp, long r13, long mof, long srp,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int error;
char *filename;
......
......@@ -250,8 +250,9 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
/*
* sys_execve() executes a new program.
*/
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv,
char __user * __user *envp)
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name,
const char __user *const __user *argv,
const char __user *const __user *envp)
{
int error;
char * filename;
......
......@@ -212,7 +212,10 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
/*
* sys_execve() executes a new program.
*/
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *name, char **argv, char **envp,int dummy,...)
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *name,
const char *const *argv,
const char *const *envp,
int dummy, ...)
{
int error;
char * filename;
......
......@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ asmlinkage void syscall_print(void *dummy,...)
* Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
* end up with proper pt_regs.
*/
int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
const char *const argv[],
const char *const envp[])
{
register long res __asm__("er0");
register char *const *_c __asm__("er3") = envp;
......
......@@ -633,7 +633,9 @@ dump_fpu (struct pt_regs *pt, elf_fpregset_t dst)
}
long
sys_execve (const char __user *filename, char __user * __user *argv, char __user * __user *envp,
sys_execve (const char __user *filename,
const char __user *const __user *argv,
const char __user *const __user *envp,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
char *fname;
......
......@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(unsigned long r0, unsigned long r1, unsigned long r2,
* sys_execve() executes a new program.
*/
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename,
char __user * __user *uargv,
char __user * __user *uenvp,
const char __user *const __user *uargv,
const char __user *const __user *uenvp,
unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5,
unsigned long r6, struct pt_regs regs)
{
......
......@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_cachectl(char *addr, int nbytes, int op)
* Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
* end up with proper pt_regs.
*/
int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
const char *const argv[],
const char *const envp[])
{
register long __scno __asm__ ("r7") = __NR_execve;
register long __arg3 __asm__ ("r2") = (long)(envp);
......
......@@ -315,7 +315,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_fpu);
/*
* sys_execve() executes a new program.
*/
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv, char __user * __user *envp)
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name,
const char __user *const __user *argv,
const char __user *const __user *envp)
{
int error;
char * filename;
......
......@@ -459,7 +459,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_getpagesize(void)
* Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
* end up with proper pt_regs.
*/
int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
const char *const argv[],
const char *const envp[])
{
register long __res asm ("%d0") = __NR_execve;
register long __a asm ("%d1") = (long)(filename);
......
......@@ -350,7 +350,9 @@ void dump(struct pt_regs *fp)
/*
* sys_execve() executes a new program.
*/
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *name, char **argv, char **envp)
asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *name,
const char *const *argv,
const char *const *envp)
{
int error;
char * filename;
......
......@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_getpagesize(void)
* Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
* end up with proper pt_regs.
*/
int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
const char *const argv[],
const char *const envp[])
{
register long __res asm ("%d0") = __NR_execve;
register long __a asm ("%d1") = (long)(filename);
......
......@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ asmlinkage long microblaze_clone(int flags, unsigned long stack, struct pt_regs
return do_fork(flags, stack, regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
}
asmlinkage long microblaze_execve(const char __user *filenamei, char __user *__user *argv,
char __user *__user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
asmlinkage long microblaze_execve(const char __user *filenamei,
const char __user *const __user *argv,
const char __user *const __user *envp,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int error;
char *filename;
......@@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
* Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
* end up with proper pt_regs.
*/
int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
const char *const argv[],
const char *const envp[])
{
register const char *__a __asm__("r5") = filename;
register const void *__b __asm__("r6") = argv;
......
......@@ -258,8 +258,10 @@ asmlinkage int sys_execve(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
error = PTR_ERR(filename);
if (IS_ERR(filename))
goto out;
error = do_execve(filename, (char __user *__user *) (long)regs.regs[5],
(char __user *__user *) (long)regs.regs[6], &regs);
error = do_execve(filename,
(const char __user *const __user *) (long)regs.regs[5],
(const char __user *const __user *) (long)regs.regs[6],
&regs);
putname(filename);
out:
......@@ -436,7 +438,9 @@ asmlinkage void bad_stack(void)
* Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
* end up with proper pt_regs.
*/
int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
const char *const argv[],
const char *const envp[])
{
register unsigned long __a0 asm("$4") = (unsigned long) filename;
register unsigned long __a1 asm("$5") = (unsigned long) argv;
......
......@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_vfork(void)
}
asmlinkage long sys_execve(const char __user *name,
char __user * __user *argv,
char __user * __user *envp)
const char __user *const __user *argv,
const char __user *const __user *envp)
{
char *filename;
int error;
......
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