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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"
21 #include "include/apparmor.h"
24 /**
25 * aa_split_fqname - split a fqname into a profile and namespace name
26 * @fqname: a full qualified name in namespace profile format (NOT NULL)
27 * @ns_name: pointer to portion of the string containing the ns name (NOT NULL)
29 * Returns: profile name or NULL if one is not specified
31 * Split a namespace name from a profile name (see policy.c for naming
32 * description). If a portion of the name is missing it returns NULL for
33 * that portion.
35 * NOTE: may modify the @fqname string. The pointers returned point
36 * into the @fqname string.
38 char *aa_split_fqname(char *fqname, char **ns_name)
40 char *name = strim(fqname);
42 *ns_name = NULL;
43 if (name[0] == ':') {
44 char *split = strchr(&name[1], ':');
45 *ns_name = skip_spaces(&name[1]);
46 if (split) {
47 /* overwrite ':' with \0 */
48 *split++ = 0;
49 if (strncmp(split, "//", 2) == 0)
50 split += 2;
51 name = skip_spaces(split);
52 } else
53 /* a ns name without a following profile is allowed */
54 name = NULL;
56 if (name && *name == 0)
57 name = NULL;
59 return name;
62 /**
63 * aa_info_message - log a none profile related status message
64 * @str: message to log
66 void aa_info_message(const char *str)
68 if (audit_enabled) {
69 struct common_audit_data sa;
70 struct apparmor_audit_data aad = {0,};
71 sa.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_NONE;
72 sa.aad = &aad;
73 aad.info = str;
74 aa_audit_msg(AUDIT_APPARMOR_STATUS, &sa, NULL);
76 printk(KERN_INFO "AppArmor: %s\n", str);
79 /**
80 * __aa_kvmalloc - do allocation preferring kmalloc but falling back to vmalloc
81 * @size: how many bytes of memory are required
82 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate (see kmalloc).
84 * Return: allocated buffer or NULL if failed
86 * It is possible that policy being loaded from the user is larger than
87 * what can be allocated by kmalloc, in those cases fall back to vmalloc.
89 void *__aa_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
91 void *buffer = NULL;
93 if (size == 0)
94 return NULL;
96 /* do not attempt kmalloc if we need more than 16 pages at once */
97 if (size <= (16*PAGE_SIZE))
98 buffer = kmalloc(size, flags | GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NOWARN);
99 if (!buffer) {
100 /* see kvfree for why size must be at least work_struct size
101 * when allocated via vmalloc
103 if (size < sizeof(struct work_struct))
104 size = sizeof(struct work_struct);
105 if (flags & __GFP_ZERO)
106 buffer = vzalloc(size);
107 else
108 buffer = vmalloc(size);
110 return buffer;
114 * kvfree - free an allocation do by kvmalloc
115 * @buffer: buffer to free (MAYBE_NULL)
117 * Free a buffer allocated by kvmalloc
119 void kvfree(void *buffer)
121 if (is_vmalloc_addr(buffer))
122 vfree(buffer);
123 else
124 kfree(buffer);