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| author | Adam Tkac <vonsch@gmail.com> | 2008-10-15 22:01:45 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-16 11:21:31 -0700 |
| commit | 0c2d64fb6cae9aae480f6a46cfe79f8d7d48b59f (patch) | |
| tree | f0080c63a78a021cc3404e12e205e3b82e982427 /kernel/sys.c | |
| parent | b4236f81f2347096df650fb072f50d67bb6066a2 (diff) | |
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rlimit: permit setting RLIMIT_NOFILE to RLIM_INFINITY
When a process wants to set the limit of open files to RLIM_INFINITY it
gets EPERM even if it has CAP_SYS_RESOURCE capability.
For example, BIND does:
...
#elif defined(NR_OPEN) && defined(__linux__)
/*
* Some Linux kernels don't accept RLIM_INFINIT; the maximum
* possible value is the NR_OPEN defined in linux/fs.h.
*/
if (resource == isc_resource_openfiles && rlim_value == RLIM_INFINITY) {
rl.rlim_cur = rl.rlim_max = NR_OPEN;
unixresult = setrlimit(unixresource, &rl);
if (unixresult == 0)
return (ISC_R_SUCCESS);
}
#elif ...
If we allow setting RLIMIT_NOFILE to RLIM_INFINITY we increase portability
- you don't have to check if OS is linux and then use different schema for
limits.
The spec says "Specifying RLIM_INFINITY as any resource limit value on a
successful call to setrlimit() shall inhibit enforcement of that resource
limit." and we're presently not doing that.
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sys.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sys.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c index 234d9454294e..d5b79f65ad9b 100644 --- a/kernel/sys.c +++ b/kernel/sys.c @@ -1450,14 +1450,22 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setrlimit(unsigned int resource, struct rlimit __user *rlim) return -EINVAL; if (copy_from_user(&new_rlim, rlim, sizeof(*rlim))) return -EFAULT; - if (new_rlim.rlim_cur > new_rlim.rlim_max) - return -EINVAL; old_rlim = current->signal->rlim + resource; if ((new_rlim.rlim_max > old_rlim->rlim_max) && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) return -EPERM; - if (resource == RLIMIT_NOFILE && new_rlim.rlim_max > sysctl_nr_open) - return -EPERM; + + if (resource == RLIMIT_NOFILE) { + if (new_rlim.rlim_max == RLIM_INFINITY) + new_rlim.rlim_max = sysctl_nr_open; + if (new_rlim.rlim_cur == RLIM_INFINITY) + new_rlim.rlim_cur = sysctl_nr_open; + if (new_rlim.rlim_max > sysctl_nr_open) + return -EPERM; + } + + if (new_rlim.rlim_cur > new_rlim.rlim_max) + return -EINVAL; retval = security_task_setrlimit(resource, &new_rlim); if (retval) |