The patch titled
Subject: kernel/pid.c: convert struct pid count to refcount_t
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
convert-struct-pid-count-to-refcount_t.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/convert-struct-pid-count-to-refcount_t.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/convert-struct-pid-count-to-refcount_t.patch
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From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel/pid.c: convert struct pid count to refcount_t
struct pid's count is an atomic_t field used as a refcount. Use
refcount_t for it which is basically atomic_t but does additional checking
to prevent use-after-free bugs.
For memory ordering, the only change is with the following:
- if ((atomic_read(&pid->count) == 1) ||
- atomic_dec_and_test(&pid->count)) {
+ if (refcount_dec_and_test(&pid->count)) {
kmem_cache_free(ns->pid_cachep, pid);
Here the change is from: Fully ordered --> RELEASE + ACQUIRE (as per
refcount-vs-atomic.rst) This ACQUIRE should take care of making sure the
free happens after the refcount_dec_and_test().
The above hunk also removes atomic_read() since it is not needed for the
code to work and it is unclear how beneficial it is. The removal lets
refcount_dec_and_test() check for cases where get_pid() happened before
the object was freed.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190701183826.191936-1-joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KJ Tsanaktsidis <ktsanaktsidis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/pid.h | 5 +++--
kernel/pid.c | 9 ++++-----
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/pid.h~convert-struct-pid-count-to-refcount_t
+++ a/include/linux/pid.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
#define _LINUX_PID_H
#include <linux/rculist.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
enum pid_type
{
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ struct upid {
struct pid
{
- atomic_t count;
+ refcount_t count;
unsigned int level;
/* lists of tasks that use this pid */
struct hlist_head tasks[PIDTYPE_MAX];
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ extern const struct file_operations pidf
static inline struct pid *get_pid(struct pid *pid)
{
if (pid)
- atomic_inc(&pid->count);
+ refcount_inc(&pid->count);
return pid;
}
--- a/kernel/pid.c~convert-struct-pid-count-to-refcount_t
+++ a/kernel/pid.c
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
#include <linux/init_task.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/proc_ns.h>
-#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
#include <linux/sched/task.h>
#include <linux/idr.h>
struct pid init_struct_pid = {
- .count = ATOMIC_INIT(1),
+ .count = REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
.tasks = {
{ .first = NULL },
{ .first = NULL },
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ void put_pid(struct pid *pid)
return;
ns = pid->numbers[pid->level].ns;
- if ((atomic_read(&pid->count) == 1) ||
- atomic_dec_and_test(&pid->count)) {
+ if (refcount_dec_and_test(&pid->count)) {
kmem_cache_free(ns->pid_cachep, pid);
put_pid_ns(ns);
}
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespa
}
get_pid_ns(ns);
- atomic_set(&pid->count, 1);
+ refcount_set(&pid->count, 1);
for (type = 0; type < PIDTYPE_MAX; ++type)
INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&pid->tasks[type]);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
convert-struct-pid-count-to-refcount_t.patch
