Subject: + ipcmsg-make-msgctl_nolock-lockless.patch added to -mm tree To: davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx,andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,riel@xxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 13:17:41 -0700 The patch titled Subject: ipc,msg: make msgctl_nolock lockless has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ipcmsg-make-msgctl_nolock-lockless.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx> Subject: ipc,msg: make msgctl_nolock lockless While the INFO cmd doesn't take the ipc lock, the STAT commands do acquire it unnecessarily. We can do the permissions and security checks only holding the rcu lock. This function now mimics semctl_nolock(). Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/msg.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff -puN ipc/msg.c~ipcmsg-make-msgctl_nolock-lockless ipc/msg.c --- a/ipc/msg.c~ipcmsg-make-msgctl_nolock-lockless +++ a/ipc/msg.c @@ -547,17 +547,25 @@ static int msgctl_nolock(struct ipc_name if (!buf) return -EFAULT; + memset(&tbuf, 0, sizeof(tbuf)); + + rcu_read_lock(); if (cmd == MSG_STAT) { - msq = msg_lock(ns, msqid); - if (IS_ERR(msq)) - return PTR_ERR(msq); + msq = msq_obtain_object(ns, msqid); + if (IS_ERR(msq)) { + err = PTR_ERR(msq); + goto out_unlock; + } success_return = msq->q_perm.id; } else { - msq = msg_lock_check(ns, msqid); - if (IS_ERR(msq)) - return PTR_ERR(msq); + msq = msq_obtain_object_check(ns, msqid); + if (IS_ERR(msq)) { + err = PTR_ERR(msq); + goto out_unlock; + } success_return = 0; } + err = -EACCES; if (ipcperms(ns, &msq->q_perm, S_IRUGO)) goto out_unlock; @@ -566,8 +574,6 @@ static int msgctl_nolock(struct ipc_name if (err) goto out_unlock; - memset(&tbuf, 0, sizeof(tbuf)); - kernel_to_ipc64_perm(&msq->q_perm, &tbuf.msg_perm); tbuf.msg_stime = msq->q_stime; tbuf.msg_rtime = msq->q_rtime; @@ -577,7 +583,8 @@ static int msgctl_nolock(struct ipc_name tbuf.msg_qbytes = msq->q_qbytes; tbuf.msg_lspid = msq->q_lspid; tbuf.msg_lrpid = msq->q_lrpid; - msg_unlock(msq); + rcu_read_unlock(); + if (copy_msqid_to_user(buf, &tbuf, version)) return -EFAULT; return success_return; @@ -589,7 +596,7 @@ static int msgctl_nolock(struct ipc_name return err; out_unlock: - msg_unlock(msq); + rcu_read_unlock(); return err; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx are linux-next.patch shm-fix-null-pointer-deref-when-userspace-specifies-invalid-hugepage-size-fix.patch softirq-use-_ret_ip_.patch ipc-move-rcu-lock-out-of-ipc_addid.patch ipc-introduce-ipc-object-locking-helpers.patch ipc-close-open-coded-spin-lock-calls.patch ipc-move-locking-out-of-ipcctl_pre_down_nolock.patch ipcmsg-shorten-critical-region-in-msgctl_down.patch ipcmsg-introduce-msgctl_nolock.patch ipcmsg-introduce-lockless-functions-to-obtain-the-ipc-object.patch ipcmsg-make-msgctl_nolock-lockless.patch ipcmsg-shorten-critical-region-in-msgsnd.patch ipcmsg-shorten-critical-region-in-msgrcv.patch ipc-remove-unused-functions.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html