[PATCH v9 3/5] Add system-wide tunables: Apply tunables part

Arjun Shankar arjun@redhat.com
Tue Jun 30 15:41:14 GMT 2026


Hi DJ,

> Load ld.so.cache and fetch the tunables extension.  Apply
> those tunables to the current program.  We do not yet apply
> security policies.

The two changes since last version look good.
Reviewed-by: Arjun Shankar <arjun@redhat.com>

> ---
>  elf/dl-cache.c    | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  elf/dl-tunables.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  elf/tunconf.h     |  3 +++
>  3 files changed, 122 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/elf/dl-cache.c b/elf/dl-cache.c
> index 07c7e639f5..8b50ad038e 100644
> --- a/elf/dl-cache.c
> +++ b/elf/dl-cache.c
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
>  #include <dl-isa-level.h>
>  #include <fcntl.h>
>  #include <sys/stat.h>
> +#include "tunconf.h"
>
>  /* This is the starting address and the size of the mmap()ed file.  */
>  static struct cache_file *cache;
> @@ -613,3 +614,56 @@ _dl_unload_cache (void)
>       now.  */
>  }
>  #endif
> +
> +const struct tunable_header_cached *
> +_dl_load_cache_tunables (const char **data)
> +{
> +  struct cache_extension_all_loaded ext;
> +  struct tunable_header_cached *thc;
> +  struct tunable_entry_cached *tec;
> +  int i, count;
> +
> +  if (_dl_check_ldsocache_needs_loading ())
> +    _dl_maybe_load_ldsocache ();
> +
> +  if (cache_new)
> +    *data = (const char *) cache_new;
> +  else
> +    return NULL;
> +
> +  if (!cache_extension_load (cache_new, cache, cachesize, &ext))
> +    return NULL;
> +
> +  /* Validate length/contents here. */
> +  if (ext.sections[cache_extension_tag_tunables].size
> +      < sizeof(struct tunable_header_cached))
> +    return NULL;
> +
> +  thc = (struct tunable_header_cached *)
> +    ext.sections[cache_extension_tag_tunables].base;
> +  tec = thc->tunables;
> +  count = thc->num_tunables;
> +
> +  if (ext.sections[cache_extension_tag_tunables].base
> +      + ext.sections[cache_extension_tag_tunables].size
> +      != (void *) & tec[count])

OK. Stricter check.

> +    return NULL;
> +
> +  /* Validate each entry.  */
> +  int s_start = (const char *) (&cache_new->libs[cache_new->nlibs]) - *data;
> +  int s_end = s_start + cache_new->len_strings;
> +  for (i = 0; i < count; i ++)
> +    {
> +      if (thc->tunables[i].name_offset < s_start
> +         || thc->tunables[i].name_offset >= s_end
> +         || thc->tunables[i].value_offset < s_start
> +         || thc->tunables[i].value_offset >= s_end)
> +       return NULL;
> +      if (thc->tunables[i].flag_offset != 0
> +         && (thc->tunables[i].flag_offset < s_start
> +             || thc->tunables[i].flag_offset >= s_end))
> +       return NULL;

OK. Validate flag offset when flag offset is non-zero.

> +    }
> +
> +  return thc;
> +}
> diff --git a/elf/dl-tunables.c b/elf/dl-tunables.c
> index 5c65e8b458..f183e99855 100644
> --- a/elf/dl-tunables.c
> +++ b/elf/dl-tunables.c
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>
>  #define TUNABLES_INTERNAL 1
>  #include "dl-tunables.h"
> +#include "tunconf.h"
>
>  static char **
>  get_next_env (char **envp, char **name, char **val, char ***prev_envp)
> @@ -302,6 +303,70 @@ __tunables_init (char **envp)
>    if (MALLOC_DEFAULT_THP_PAGESIZE > 0)
>      TUNABLE_SET (glibc, malloc, hugetlb, 1);
>
> +#if defined(SHARED) && defined (USE_LDCONFIG)
> +  const struct tunable_header_cached *thc;
> +  const char *td;
> +
> +  thc = _dl_load_cache_tunables (&td);
> +  if (thc != NULL)
> +    {
> +      for (int t = 0; t < thc->num_tunables; ++ t)
> +       {
> +         const struct tunable_entry_cached *tec = &( thc->tunables[t] );
> +         int tid = tec->tunable_id;
> +         const char *name = td + tec->name_offset;
> +         const char *value = td + tec->value_offset;
> +
> +         /* Check that we have the correct tunable, and search by
> +            name if needed.  We rely on order of operations here to
> +            avoid mis-indexing tunables[].  */
> +         if (tid < 0 || tid >= tunables_list_size
> +             || strcmp (name, tunable_list[tid].name) != 0)
> +           {
> +             /* It does not, search by name instead.  */
> +             tid = -1;
> +             for (int i = 0; i < tunables_list_size; i++)
> +               {
> +                 if (strcmp (name, tunable_list[i].name) == 0)
> +                   {
> +                     tid = i;
> +                     break;
> +                   }
> +               }
> +             if (tid == -1)
> +               continue;
> +           }
> +         /* At this point, TID is valid for the tunable we want.  See
> +            if the parsed type matches the desired type.  */
> +
> +         if (tunable_list[tid].type.type_code == TUNABLE_TYPE_STRING)
> +           {
> +             /* This is a memory leak but there's no easy way around
> +                it, as the mapping will go away if the disk file is
> +                updated and the cache is reloaded.  */
> +             tunable_list[tid].val.strval.str = __strdup (value);
> +             tunable_list[tid].val.strval.len = strlen (value);
> +             tunable_list[tid].initialized = true;
> +           }
> +         else
> +           {
> +             tunable_val_t tval;
> +             if (tec->flags & TUNCONF_FLAG_PARSED)
> +               {
> +                 tval.numval = tec->parsed_value;
> +                 do_tunable_update_val (& tunable_list[tid],
> +                                        &tval, NULL, NULL);
> +               }
> +             else
> +               {
> +                 tunable_initialize (& tunable_list[tid],
> +                                     value, strlen (value));
> +               }
> +           }
> +       }
> +    }
> +#endif /* defined(SHARED) && defined (USE_LDCONFIG) */
> +
>    /* Ignore tunables for AT_SECURE programs.  */
>    if (__libc_enable_secure)
>      return;
> diff --git a/elf/tunconf.h b/elf/tunconf.h
> index b446211f94..81c0dd6b06 100644
> --- a/elf/tunconf.h
> +++ b/elf/tunconf.h
> @@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ void parse_tunconf (const char *filename, char *opt_chroot);
>  struct tunable_header_cached * get_tunconf_ext (uint32_t str_offset);
>  #define TUNCONF_SIZE(thc_p) (sizeof(struct tunable_header_cached)              \
>                      + thc_p->num_tunables * sizeof (struct tunable_entry_cached))
> +
> +extern const struct tunable_header_cached *
> +_dl_load_cache_tunables (const char **data);
> --
> 2.47.3
>



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