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1 /*
2 * AppArmor security module
4 * This file contains basic common functions used in AppArmor
6 * Copyright (C) 1998-2008 Novell/SUSE
7 * Copyright 2009-2010 Canonical Ltd.
9 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
10 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
11 * published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the
12 * License.
15 #include <linux/mm.h>
16 #include <linux/slab.h>
17 #include <linux/string.h>
18 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
20 #include "include/audit.h"
23 /**
24 * aa_split_fqname - split a fqname into a profile and namespace name
25 * @fqname: a full qualified name in namespace profile format (NOT NULL)
26 * @ns_name: pointer to portion of the string containing the ns name (NOT NULL)
28 * Returns: profile name or NULL if one is not specified
30 * Split a namespace name from a profile name (see policy.c for naming
31 * description). If a portion of the name is missing it returns NULL for
32 * that portion.
34 * NOTE: may modify the @fqname string. The pointers returned point
35 * into the @fqname string.
37 char *aa_split_fqname(char *fqname, char **ns_name)
39 char *name = strim(fqname);
41 *ns_name = NULL;
42 if (name[0] == ':') {
43 char *split = strchr(&name[1], ':');
44 *ns_name = skip_spaces(&name[1]);
45 if (split) {
46 /* overwrite ':' with \0 */
47 *split = 0;
48 name = skip_spaces(split + 1);
49 } else
50 /* a ns name without a following profile is allowed */
51 name = NULL;
53 if (name && *name == 0)
54 name = NULL;
56 return name;
59 /**
60 * aa_info_message - log a none profile related status message
61 * @str: message to log
63 void aa_info_message(const char *str)
65 if (audit_enabled) {
66 struct common_audit_data sa;
67 COMMON_AUDIT_DATA_INIT(&sa, NONE);
68 sa.aad.info = str;
69 aa_audit_msg(AUDIT_APPARMOR_STATUS, &sa, NULL);
71 printk(KERN_INFO "AppArmor: %s\n", str);
74 /**
75 * kvmalloc - do allocation preferring kmalloc but falling back to vmalloc
76 * @size: size of allocation
78 * Return: allocated buffer or NULL if failed
80 * It is possible that policy being loaded from the user is larger than
81 * what can be allocated by kmalloc, in those cases fall back to vmalloc.
83 void *kvmalloc(size_t size)
85 void *buffer = NULL;
87 if (size == 0)
88 return NULL;
90 /* do not attempt kmalloc if we need more than 16 pages at once */
91 if (size <= (16*PAGE_SIZE))
92 buffer = kmalloc(size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NOWARN);
93 if (!buffer) {
94 /* see kvfree for why size must be at least work_struct size
95 * when allocated via vmalloc
97 if (size < sizeof(struct work_struct))
98 size = sizeof(struct work_struct);
99 buffer = vmalloc(size);
101 return buffer;
105 * do_vfree - workqueue routine for freeing vmalloced memory
106 * @work: data to be freed
108 * The work_struct is overlaid to the data being freed, as at the point
109 * the work is scheduled the data is no longer valid, be its freeing
110 * needs to be delayed until safe.
112 static void do_vfree(struct work_struct *work)
114 vfree(work);
118 * kvfree - free an allocation do by kvmalloc
119 * @buffer: buffer to free (MAYBE_NULL)
121 * Free a buffer allocated by kvmalloc
123 void kvfree(void *buffer)
125 if (is_vmalloc_addr(buffer)) {
126 /* Data is no longer valid so just use the allocated space
127 * as the work_struct
129 struct work_struct *work = (struct work_struct *) buffer;
130 INIT_WORK(work, do_vfree);
131 schedule_work(work);
132 } else
133 kfree(buffer);