On 23/02/2020 18:07, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 2/23/20 7:58 AM, Jens Axboe wrote: >> On 2/23/20 7:49 AM, Jens Axboe wrote: >>>> Anyway, creds handling is too scattered across the code, and this do a >>>> lot of useless refcounting and bouncing. It's better to find it a >>>> better place in the near future. >>> >>> I think a good cleanup on top of this would be to move the personality >>> lookup to io_req_defer_prep(), and kill it from io_submit_sqe(). Now >>> __io_issue_sqe() does the right thing, and it'll just fall out nicely >>> with that as far as I can tell. >>> >>> Care to send a patch for that? >> >> Since we also need it for non-deferral, how about just leaving the >> lookup in there and removing the assignment? That means we only do that >> juggling in one spot, which makes more sense. I think this should just >> be folded into the previous patch. > > Tested, we need a ref grab on the creds when assigning since we're > dropped at the other end. Nice, this looks much better. > > diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c > index cead1a0602b4..d83f113f22fd 100644 > --- a/fs/io_uring.c > +++ b/fs/io_uring.c > @@ -4923,7 +4923,6 @@ static inline void io_queue_link_head(struct io_kiocb *req) > static bool io_submit_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe, > struct io_submit_state *state, struct io_kiocb **link) > { > - const struct cred *old_creds = NULL; > struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx; > unsigned int sqe_flags; > int ret, id; > @@ -4938,14 +4937,12 @@ static bool io_submit_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe, > > id = READ_ONCE(sqe->personality); > if (id) { > - const struct cred *personality_creds; > - > - personality_creds = idr_find(&ctx->personality_idr, id); > - if (unlikely(!personality_creds)) { > + req->work.creds = idr_find(&ctx->personality_idr, id); > + if (unlikely(!req->work.creds)) { > ret = -EINVAL; > goto err_req; > } > - old_creds = override_creds(personality_creds); > + get_cred(req->work.creds); > } > > /* same numerical values with corresponding REQ_F_*, safe to copy */ > @@ -4957,8 +4954,6 @@ static bool io_submit_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe, > err_req: > io_cqring_add_event(req, ret); > io_double_put_req(req); > - if (old_creds) > - revert_creds(old_creds); > return false; > } > > @@ -5019,8 +5014,6 @@ static bool io_submit_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe, > } > } > > - if (old_creds) > - revert_creds(old_creds); > return true; > } > > -- Pavel Begunkov