Re: [PATCH 4/4] io_uring/register: add IORING_REGISTER_RESIZE_RINGS

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On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 9:59 PM Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/24/24 1:53 PM, Jann Horn wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 9:50?PM Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On 10/24/24 12:13 PM, Jann Horn wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 7:08?PM Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> Add IORING_REGISTER_RESIZE_RINGS, which allows an application to resize
> >>>> the existing rings. It takes a struct io_uring_params argument, the same
> >>>> one which is used to setup the ring initially, and resizes rings
> >>>> according to the sizes given.
> >>> [...]
> >>>> +        * We'll do the swap. Clear out existing mappings to prevent mmap
> >>>> +        * from seeing them, as we'll unmap them. Any attempt to mmap existing
> >>>> +        * rings beyond this point will fail. Not that it could proceed at this
> >>>> +        * point anyway, as we'll hold the mmap_sem until we've done the swap.
> >>>> +        * Likewise, hold the completion * lock over the duration of the actual
> >>>> +        * swap.
> >>>> +        */
> >>>> +       mmap_write_lock(current->mm);
> >>>
> >>> Why does the mmap lock for current->mm suffice here? I see nothing in
> >>> io_uring_mmap() that limits mmap() to tasks with the same mm_struct.
> >>
> >> Ehm does ->mmap() not hold ->mmap_sem already? I was under that
> >> understanding. Obviously if it doesn't, then yeah this won't be enough.
> >> Checked, and it does.
> >>
> >> Ah I see what you mean now, task with different mm. But how would that
> >> come about? The io_uring fd is CLOEXEC, and it can't get passed.
> >
> > Yeah, that's what I meant, tasks with different mm. I think there are
> > a few ways to get the io_uring fd into a different task, the ones I
> > can immediately think of:
> >
> >  - O_CLOEXEC only applies on execve(), fork() should still inherit the fd
> >  - O_CLOEXEC can be cleared via fcntl()
> >  - you can use clone() to create two tasks that share FD tables
> > without sharing an mm
>
> OK good catch, yes then it won't be enough. Might just make sense to
> exclude mmap separately, then. Thanks, I'll work on that for v4!

Yeah, that sounds reasonable to me.





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