Re: [PATCH v5 02/11] futex2: Implement vectorized wait

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Hi Arnd,

Thank you for your feedback.

Às 05:50 de 17/08/21, Arnd Bergmann escreveu:
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 2:13 AM André Almeida <andrealmeid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Add support to wait on multiple futexes. This is the interface
>> implemented by this syscall:
>>
>> futex_waitv(struct futex_waitv *waiters, unsigned int nr_futexes,
>>             unsigned int flags, struct timespec *timo)
>>
>> struct futex_waitv {
>>         __u64 val;
>>         void *uaddr;
>>         unsigned int flags;
>> };
> 
> You should generally try to avoid structures with implicit padding
> like this one.
> 
>>  arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl |   1 +
>>  arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl |   1 +
>>  include/linux/compat.h                 |   9 +
>>  include/linux/futex.h                  | 108 ++++++--
>>  include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h      |   4 +-
> 
> I would split out the syscall table changes from the implementation, but then
> do the table changes for all architectures, at least when you get to a version
> that gets close to being accepted.
> 

Ok, I'll make sure to do that.

>> +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
>> +/**
>> + * compat_futex_parse_waitv - Parse a waitv array from userspace
>> + * @futexv:    Kernel side list of waiters to be filled
>> + * @uwaitv:     Userspace list to be parsed
>> + * @nr_futexes: Length of futexv
>> + *
>> + * Return: Error code on failure, pointer to a prepared futexv otherwise
>> + */
>> +static int compat_futex_parse_waitv(struct futex_vector *futexv,
>> +                                   struct compat_futex_waitv __user *uwaitv,
>> +                                   unsigned int nr_futexes)
>> +{
>> +       struct compat_futex_waitv aux;
>> +       unsigned int i;
>> +
>> +       for (i = 0; i < nr_futexes; i++) {
>> +               if (copy_from_user(&aux, &uwaitv[i], sizeof(aux)))
>> +                       return -EFAULT;
>> +
>> +               if ((aux.flags & ~FUTEXV_WAITER_MASK) ||
>> +                   (aux.flags & FUTEX_SIZE_MASK) != FUTEX_32)
>> +                       return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> +               futexv[i].w.flags = aux.flags;
>> +               futexv[i].w.val = aux.val;
>> +               futexv[i].w.uaddr = compat_ptr(aux.uaddr);
>> +               futexv[i].q = futex_q_init;
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(futex_waitv, struct compat_futex_waitv __user *, waiters,
>> +                      unsigned int, nr_futexes, unsigned int, flags,
>> +                      struct __kernel_timespec __user *, timo)
>> +{
>> +       struct hrtimer_sleeper to;
>> +       struct futex_vector *futexv;
>> +       struct timespec64 ts;
>> +       ktime_t time;
>> +       int ret;
> 
> It would be nice to reduce the duplication a little. compat_sys_futex_waitv()
> and sys_futex_waitv() only differ by a single line, in which they call
> a different
> parse function, and the two parse functions only differ in the layout of the
> user space structure. The get_timespec64() call already has an
> in_compat_syscall() check in it, so I would suggest having a single entry
> point for native and compat mode, but either having the parse function
> add another such check or making the structure layout compatible.
> 
> The normal way of doing this is to have a __u64 value instead of the pointer,
> and then using u64_to_uptr() for the conversion. It might be nice to
> add a global
> 
> typedef __u64 __kernel_uptr_t;
> 
> for this purpose.
> 

You're right, I could save a lot of lines doing that. I wasn't aware
that get_timespec64() was "compat-aware". I'll apply those changes for
my next version.

>        Arnd
> 



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