vfs: define kernel_read_file_from_path
This patch defines kernel_read_file_from_path(), a wrapper for the VFS
common kernel_read_file().
Changelog:
- revert error msg regression - reported by Sergey Senozhatsky
- Separated from the IMA patch
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 1138dc5..64cb3bc 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -884,6 +884,25 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_read_file);
+int kernel_read_file_from_path(char *path, void **buf, loff_t *size,
+ loff_t max_size, enum kernel_read_file_id id)
+{
+ struct file *file;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!path || !*path)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ file = filp_open(path, O_RDONLY, 0);
+ if (IS_ERR(file))
+ return PTR_ERR(file);
+
+ ret = kernel_read_file(file, buf, size, max_size, id);
+ fput(file);
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_read_file_from_path);
+
ssize_t read_code(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, loff_t pos, size_t len)
{
ssize_t res = vfs_read(file, (void __user *)addr, len, &pos);