Linux: Use faccessat2 to implement faccessat (bug 18683)

This provides correct AT_EACCESS handling and also takes Linux security modules into account. Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <[email protected]>
bminor · Aug 7, 2020 · 3d3ab57 · 3d3ab57
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diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/faccessat.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/faccessat.c
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
 int
 faccessat (int fd, const char *file, int mode, int flag)
 {
+  int ret = INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (faccessat2, fd, file, mode, flag);
+#if __ASSUME_FACCESSAT2
+  return ret;
+#else
+  if (ret == 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
+    return ret;
+
   if (flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_EACCESS))
     return INLINE_SYSCALL_ERROR_RETURN_VALUE (EINVAL);
 
@@ -41,9 +48,9 @@ faccessat (int fd, const char *file, int mode, int flag)
     return -1;
 
   mode &= (X_OK | W_OK | R_OK);	/* Clear any bogus bits. */
-#if R_OK != S_IROTH || W_OK != S_IWOTH || X_OK != S_IXOTH
-# error Oops, portability assumptions incorrect.
-#endif
+# if R_OK != S_IROTH || W_OK != S_IWOTH || X_OK != S_IXOTH
+#  error Oops, portability assumptions incorrect.
+# endif
 
   if (mode == F_OK)
     return 0;			/* The file exists. */
@@ -68,4 +75,5 @@ faccessat (int fd, const char *file, int mode, int flag)
     return 0;
 
   return INLINE_SYSCALL_ERROR_RETURN_VALUE (EACCES);
+#endif /* !__ASSUME_FACCESSAT2 */
 }
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
@@ -214,4 +214,12 @@
 # define __ASSUME_WAITID_PID0_P_PGID
 #endif
 
+/* The faccessat2 system call was introduced across all architectures
+   in Linux 5.8.  */
+#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x050800
+# define __ASSUME_FACCESSAT2 1
+#else
+# define __ASSUME_FACCESSAT2 0
+#endif
+
 #endif /* kernel-features.h */