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authorRafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com>2014-01-27 17:07:01 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-01-27 21:02:39 -0800
commit0f3d2b0135f4bdbfe47a99753923a64efd373d11 (patch)
tree4b211b7502e2412aedd94400bdcb012a2b5814b3 /ipc/util.h
parent78f5009cc35eb5e52d276a046d90ee2f41b60f8c (diff)
ipc: introduce ipc_valid_object() helper to sort out IPC_RMID races
After the locking semantics for the SysV IPC API got improved, a couple of IPC_RMID race windows were opened because we ended up dropping the 'kern_ipc_perm.deleted' check performed way down in ipc_lock(). The spotted races got sorted out by re-introducing the old test within the racy critical sections. This patch introduces ipc_valid_object() to consolidate the way we cope with IPC_RMID races by using the same abstraction across the API implementation. Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Acked-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/ipc/util.h b/ipc/util.h
index 59d78aa94987..d05b7085a887 100644
--- a/ipc/util.h
+++ b/ipc/util.h
@@ -185,6 +185,19 @@ static inline void ipc_unlock(struct kern_ipc_perm *perm)
rcu_read_unlock();
}
+/*
+ * ipc_valid_object() - helper to sort out IPC_RMID races for codepaths
+ * where the respective ipc_ids.rwsem is not being held down.
+ * Checks whether the ipc object is still around or if it's gone already, as
+ * ipc_rmid() may have already freed the ID while the ipc lock was spinning.
+ * Needs to be called with kern_ipc_perm.lock held -- exception made for one
+ * checkpoint case at sys_semtimedop() as noted in code commentary.
+ */
+static inline bool ipc_valid_object(struct kern_ipc_perm *perm)
+{
+ return perm->deleted == 0;
+}
+
struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_obtain_object_check(struct ipc_ids *ids, int id);
int ipcget(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_ids *ids,
struct ipc_ops *ops, struct ipc_params *params);