Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:26:01 +0900
> Naohiro Aota <naota@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The idr_pre_get() kernel-doc says "This function should be called
>> prior to locking and calling the idr_get_new* functions.", but the
>> idr_pre_get() calling in bsg_register_queue() is put inside
>> mutex_lock(). Let's fix it.
>>
>
> The idr_pre_get() kerneldoc is wrong. Or at least, misleading.
>
> The way this all works is that we precharge the tree via idr_pre_get()
> and we do this outside locks so we can use GFP_KERNEL. Then we take
> the lock (a spinlock!) and then try to add an element to the tree,
> which will consume objects from the pool which was prefilled by
> idr_pre_get().
>
> There's an obvious race here where someone else can get in and steal
> objects from the prefilled pool. We can fix that with a retry loop:
>
>
> again:
> if (idr_pre_get(..., GFP_KERNEL) == NULL)
> return -ENOMEM; /* We're really out-of-memory */
> spin_lock(lock);
> if (idr_get_new(...) == -EAGAIN) {
> spin_unlock(lock);
> goto again; /* Someone stole our preallocation! */
> }
> ...
>
> this way we avoid the false -ENOMEM which the race would have caused.
> We only declare -ENOMEM when we're REALLY out of memory.
>
>
> But none of this is needed when a sleeping lock is used (as long as the
> sleeping lock isn't taken on the the VM pageout path, of course). In
> that case we can use the sleeping lock to prevent the above race.
>
>> diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
>> index 82d5882..5fd8dd1 100644
>> --- a/block/bsg.c
>> +++ b/block/bsg.c
>> @@ -1010,13 +1010,11 @@ int bsg_register_queue(struct request_queue *q, struct device *parent,
>> bcd = &q->bsg_dev;
>> memset(bcd, 0, sizeof(*bcd));
>>
>> - mutex_lock(&bsg_mutex);
>> -
>> ret = idr_pre_get(&bsg_minor_idr, GFP_KERNEL);
>> - if (!ret) {
>> - ret = -ENOMEM;
>> - goto unlock;
>> - }
>> + if (!ret)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> + mutex_lock(&bsg_mutex);
>>
>> ret = idr_get_new(&bsg_minor_idr, bcd, &minor);
>> if (ret < 0)
>
> So the old code was OK.
>
> The new code, however, is not OK because it is vulnerable to the above
> race wherein another CPU or thread comes in and steals all of this
> thread's preallocation.
I see. Thank you for your comment.
> The idr_pre_get() kerneldoc is wrong. Or at least, misleading.
Then we can fix the kerneldoc like this?
----
>From 707ec72b10950ae123f955308f4f1dc32d7a77be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naohiro Aota <naota@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 08:33:01 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] idr: Fix idr_pre_get() realated description about locking
Despite the idr_pre_get() kernel-doc, there is some case you can call
idr_pre_get() in lock regions. This patch add descriprion for such
cases.
See also: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/16/462
Signed-off-by: Naohiro Aota <naota@xxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/idr.c | 17 ++++++++---------
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index 5e0966b..0f97611 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ static void idr_mark_full(struct idr_layer **pa, int id)
* @idp: idr handle
* @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags
*
- * This function should be called prior to locking and calling the
- * idr_get_new* functions. It preallocates enough memory to satisfy
- * the worst possible allocation.
+ * This function should be called prior to calling the idr_get_new*
+ * functions. It preallocates enough memory to satisfy the worst
+ * possible allocation. You can sleep in this function iff without
+ * holding spinlock.
*
* If the system is REALLY out of memory this function returns 0,
* otherwise 1.
@@ -290,9 +291,8 @@ static int idr_get_new_above_int(struct idr *idp, void *ptr, int starting_id)
* This is the allocate id function. It should be called with any
* required locks.
*
- * If memory is required, it will return -EAGAIN, you should unlock
- * and go back to the idr_pre_get() call. If the idr is full, it will
- * return -ENOSPC.
+ * If memory is required, it will return -EAGAIN, you should go back to
+ * the idr_pre_get() call. If the idr is full, it will return -ENOSPC.
*
* @id returns a value in the range @starting_id ... 0x7fffffff
*/
@@ -321,9 +321,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_get_new_above);
* This is the allocate id function. It should be called with any
* required locks.
*
- * If memory is required, it will return -EAGAIN, you should unlock
- * and go back to the idr_pre_get() call. If the idr is full, it will
- * return -ENOSPC.
+ * If memory is required, it will return -EAGAIN, you should go back to
+ * the idr_pre_get() call. If the idr is full, it will return -ENOSPC.
*
* @id returns a value in the range 0 ... 0x7fffffff
*/
--
1.7.2.3
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