The patch titled
IPC/semaphores: move the rwmutex handling inside semctl_down
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ipc-semaphores-move-the-rwmutex-handling-inside-semctl_down.patch
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Subject: IPC/semaphores: move the rwmutex handling inside semctl_down
From: Pierre Peiffer <pierre.peiffer@xxxxxxxx>
semctl_down is called with the rwmutex (the one which protects the list of
ipcs) taken in write mode.
This patch moves this rwmutex taken in write-mode inside semctl_down.
This has the advantages of reducing a little bit the window during which this
rwmutex is taken, clarifying sys_semctl, and finally of having a coherent
behaviour with [shm|msg]ctl_down
Signed-off-by: Pierre Peiffer <pierre.peiffer@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/sem.c | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff -puN ipc/sem.c~ipc-semaphores-move-the-rwmutex-handling-inside-semctl_down ipc/sem.c
--- a/ipc/sem.c~ipc-semaphores-move-the-rwmutex-handling-inside-semctl_down
+++ a/ipc/sem.c
@@ -875,6 +875,11 @@ static inline unsigned long copy_semid_f
}
}
+/*
+ * This function handles some semctl commands which require the rw_mutex
+ * to be held in write mode.
+ * NOTE: no locks must be held, the rw_mutex is taken inside this function.
+ */
static int semctl_down(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int semid, int semnum,
int cmd, int version, union semun arg)
{
@@ -887,9 +892,12 @@ static int semctl_down(struct ipc_namesp
if(copy_semid_from_user (&setbuf, arg.buf, version))
return -EFAULT;
}
+ down_write(&sem_ids(ns).rw_mutex);
sma = sem_lock_check_down(ns, semid);
- if (IS_ERR(sma))
- return PTR_ERR(sma);
+ if (IS_ERR(sma)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(sma);
+ goto out_up;
+ }
ipcp = &sma->sem_perm;
@@ -915,26 +923,22 @@ static int semctl_down(struct ipc_namesp
switch(cmd){
case IPC_RMID:
freeary(ns, ipcp);
- err = 0;
- break;
+ goto out_up;
case IPC_SET:
ipcp->uid = setbuf.uid;
ipcp->gid = setbuf.gid;
ipcp->mode = (ipcp->mode & ~S_IRWXUGO)
| (setbuf.mode & S_IRWXUGO);
sma->sem_ctime = get_seconds();
- sem_unlock(sma);
- err = 0;
break;
default:
- sem_unlock(sma);
err = -EINVAL;
- break;
}
- return err;
out_unlock:
sem_unlock(sma);
+out_up:
+ up_write(&sem_ids(ns).rw_mutex);
return err;
}
@@ -968,9 +972,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_semctl (int semid, i
return err;
case IPC_RMID:
case IPC_SET:
- down_write(&sem_ids(ns).rw_mutex);
err = semctl_down(ns,semid,semnum,cmd,version,arg);
- up_write(&sem_ids(ns).rw_mutex);
return err;
default:
return -EINVAL;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from pierre.peiffer@xxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
ipc-use-ipc_buildid-directly-from-ipc_addid.patch
ipc-use-ipc_buildid-directly-from-ipc_addid-cleanup.patch
ipc-scale-msgmni-to-the-amount-of-lowmem.patch
ipc-scale-msgmni-to-the-number-of-ipc-namespaces.patch
ipc-define-the-slab_memory_callback-priority-as-a-constant.patch
ipc-recompute-msgmni-on-memory-add--remove.patch
ipc-invoke-the-ipcns-notifier-chain-as-a-work-item.patch
ipc-recompute-msgmni-on-ipc-namespace-creation-removal.patch
ipc-do-not-recompute-msgmni-anymore-if-explicitly-set-by-user.patch
ipc-re-enable-msgmni-automatic-recomputing-msgmni-if-set-to-negative.patch
ipc-semaphores-code-factorisation.patch
ipc-shared-memory-introduce-shmctl_down.patch
ipc-message-queues-introduce-msgctl_down.patch
ipc-semaphores-move-the-rwmutex-handling-inside-semctl_down.patch
ipc-semaphores-remove-one-unused-parameter-from-semctl_down.patch
ipc-get-rid-of-the-use-_setbuf-structure.patch
ipc-introduce-ipc_update_perm.patch
ipc-consolidate-all-xxxctl_down-functions.patch
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