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From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v4 08/11] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_init_append()
Date: Fri,  2 Oct 2026 20:59:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261003035921.1918874-8-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261003035906.too.263-kees@kernel.org>

From: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>

Several strlcat() call sites being converted to seq_buf need behavior
seq_buf doesn't currently provide. The normal seq_buf_init() always
sets the new buffer size to 0 via seq_buf_clear(). Code migrating from
strlcat(buf, ...), which appends to whatever buf already contains,
can't use seq_buf_init() without discarding that existing content. Add
seq_buf_init_append(), which preserves the existing contents and positions
the seq_buf to append after it. A buffer with no NUL within its size
starts out overflowed, as strlcat() treats it as already truncated.
Add KUnit tests for behavior coverage.

Tests passed under qemu on ARCH=x86_64 with GCC 16.2.0 and CONFIG_KASAN=y,
and on big-endian ARCH=s390 with GCC s390x-linux-gnu 16.2.0.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/seq_buf.h   | 25 +++++++++++++++
 lib/tests/seq_buf_kunit.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 92 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/seq_buf.h b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
index 195e612a212a..50b1e78eeea6 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
@@ -71,6 +71,31 @@ seq_buf_set_overflow(struct seq_buf *s)
 	s->len = s->size + 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * seq_buf_init_append - initialize a seq_buf over a buffer that may
+ *			 already hold NUL-terminated content
+ * @s: the seq_buf handle
+ * @buf: pointer to the (possibly non-empty) buffer
+ * @size: total size of @buf
+ *
+ * Unlike seq_buf_init(), which always starts @buf at len=0, this
+ * preserves whatever NUL-terminated content @buf already holds and
+ * positions @s to append after it. Useful for converting code that used
+ * to append to an existing buffer with strlcat()/scnprintf() and friends.
+ *
+ * If @buf holds no NUL within @size, @s starts out overflowed, as
+ * strlcat() treats such a buffer as already truncated.
+ */
+static inline void
+seq_buf_init_append(struct seq_buf *s, char *buf, unsigned int size)
+{
+	s->buffer = buf;
+	s->size = size;
+	s->len = strnlen(buf, size);
+	if (s->len == size)
+		seq_buf_set_overflow(s);
+}
+
 /*
  * How much buffer is left on the seq_buf?
  */
diff --git a/lib/tests/seq_buf_kunit.c b/lib/tests/seq_buf_kunit.c
index b6fc7b784859..170524146892 100644
--- a/lib/tests/seq_buf_kunit.c
+++ b/lib/tests/seq_buf_kunit.c
@@ -29,6 +29,72 @@ static void seq_buf_init_test(struct kunit *test)
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_strlen(&s), 0);
 }
 
+static void seq_buf_init_append_test(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	char buf[32] = "hello";
+	struct seq_buf s;
+
+	/* Initial string contents match. */
+	seq_buf_init_append(&s, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.size, 32);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.len, 5);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_buffer_left(&s), 32 - 5);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_used(&s), 5);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "hello");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_strlen(&s), 5);
+
+	/* Appending with space works. */
+	seq_buf_puts(&s, " world");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_used(&s), 11);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "hello world");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_strlen(&s), 11);
+
+	/* No truncation when space for NUL is present. */
+	seq_buf_init_append(&s, buf, 12);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.size, 12);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.len, 11);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_used(&s), 11);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "hello world");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_strlen(&s), 11);
+
+	/*
+	 * No NUL within the size: the content is already truncated, as
+	 * strlcat() would see it, so @s starts out overflowed. The content
+	 * stays, and appending adds nothing.
+	 */
+	seq_buf_init_append(&s, buf, 11);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.size, 11);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_buffer_left(&s), 0);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_used(&s), 11);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_MEMEQ(test, buf, "hello world", 11);
+	seq_buf_puts(&s, "!");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_MEMEQ(test, buf, "hello world", 11);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "hello worl");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_strlen(&s), 10);
+
+	/*
+	 * The size bounds the scan: the string runs past it, so there is
+	 * no NUL within the size either.
+	 */
+	seq_buf_init_append(&s, buf, 5);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.size, 5);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_buffer_left(&s), 0);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "hell");
+
+	/* With no room even for a NUL, @s is overflowed and @buf untouched. */
+	seq_buf_init_append(&s, buf, 0);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_used(&s), 0);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, buf[0], 'h');
+}
+
 static void seq_buf_declare_test(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	DECLARE_SEQ_BUF(s, 24);
@@ -662,6 +728,7 @@ static void seq_buf_terminate_test(struct kunit *test)
 
 static struct kunit_case seq_buf_test_cases[] = {
 	KUNIT_CASE(seq_buf_init_test),
+	KUNIT_CASE(seq_buf_init_append_test),
 	KUNIT_CASE(seq_buf_declare_test),
 	KUNIT_CASE(seq_buf_clear_test),
 	KUNIT_CASE(seq_buf_puts_test),
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-03  3:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-03  3:59 [PATCH v4 00/11] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_strlen() Kees Cook
2026-10-03  3:59 ` [PATCH v4 01/11] seq_buf: Do not print an empty line from an overflowed seq_buf_do_printk() Kees Cook
2026-10-03  4:50   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-03  3:59 ` [PATCH v4 02/11] seq_buf: Do not pop from an overflowed seq_buf Kees Cook
2026-10-03  3:59 ` [PATCH v4 03/11] seq_buf: Copy what fits when seq_buf_puts() and seq_buf_putmem() overflow Kees Cook
2026-10-03  4:50   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-03  3:59 ` [PATCH v4 04/11] seq_buf: Clear what a writer did not claim when a seq_buf overflows Kees Cook
2026-10-03  4:50   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-03  3:59 ` [PATCH v4 05/11] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_strlen() Kees Cook
2026-10-03 15:36   ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-10-03  3:59 ` [PATCH v4 06/11] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_terminate() Kees Cook
2026-10-03  3:59 ` [PATCH v4 07/11] bpf: Remove dead newline stripping from format_disasm_line() Kees Cook
2026-10-03  3:59 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2026-10-03  4:33   ` [PATCH v4 08/11] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_init_append() bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-03 10:31     ` Kees Cook
2026-10-03  3:59 ` [PATCH v4 09/11] powerpc/papr_scm: Return the string length from the sysfs show functions Kees Cook
2026-10-03  3:59 ` [PATCH v4 10/11] nvdimm: ndtest: Return the string length from flags_show() Kees Cook
2026-10-03  3:59 ` [PATCH v4 11/11] docs: core-api: Document the seq_buf API Kees Cook
2026-10-03  6:32 ` [PATCH v4 00/11] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_strlen() Alexei Starovoitov

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