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2009-06-24futex: Fix the write access fault problem for realThomas Gleixner
commit 64d1304a64 (futex: setup writeable mapping for futex ops which modify user space data) did address only half of the problem of write access faults. The patch was made on two wrong assumptions: 1) access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE,...) would actually check write access. On x86 it does _NOT_. It's a pure address range check. 2) a RW mapped region can not go away under us. That's wrong as well. Nobody can prevent another thread to call mprotect(PROT_READ) on that region where the futex resides. If that call hits between the get_user_pages_fast() verification and the actual write access in the atomic region we are toast again. The solution is to not rely on access_ok and get_user() for any write access related fault on private and shared futexes. Instead we need to fault it in with verification of write access. There is no generic non destructive write mechanism which would fault the user page in trough a #PF, but as we already know that we will fault we can as well call get_user_pages() directly and avoid the #PF overhead. If get_user_pages() returns -EFAULT we know that we can not fix it anymore and need to bail out to user space. Remove a bunch of confusing comments on this issue as well. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: stable@kernel.org
2009-05-20futex: fix restart in wait_requeue_piThomas Gleixner
If the waiter has been requeued to the outer PI futex and is interrupted by a signal and the thread handles the signal then ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK is changed to EINTR and the restart block is discarded. That way we return an unexcpected EINTR to user space instead of ending up in futex_lock_pi_restart. But we do not need to restart the syscall because we know that the condition has changed since we have been requeued. If we would simply restart the syscall then we would drop out via the comparison of the user space value with EWOULDBLOCK. The user space side needs to handle EWOULDBLOCK anyway as the enqueueing on the inner futex can race with a requeue/wake. So we can simply return EWOULDBLOCK to user space which also signals that we did not take the outer futex and let user space handle it in the same way it has to handle the requeue/wake race. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-05-20futex: fix restart for early wakeup in futex_wait_requeue_pi()Thomas Gleixner
The futex_wait_requeue_pi op should restart unconditionally like futex_lock_pi. The user of that function e.g. pthread_cond_wait can not be interrupted so we do not care about the SA_RESTART flag of the signal. Clean up the FIXMEs. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-05-20futex: cleanup error exitThomas Gleixner
Reuse the put_key_ref(key2) call in the exit path. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-05-20Merge branch 'core/urgent' into core/futexesThomas Gleixner
Merge reason: this branch was on an pre -rc1 base, merge it up to -rc6+ to get the latest upstream fixes. Conflicts: kernel/futex.c Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-05-19futex: setup writeable mapping for futex ops which modify user space dataThomas Gleixner
The futex code installs a read only mapping via get_user_pages_fast() even if the futex op function has to modify user space data. The eventual fault was fixed up by futex_handle_fault() which walked the VMA with mmap_sem held. After the cleanup patches which removed the mmap_sem dependency of the futex code commit 4dc5b7a36a49eff97050894cf1b3a9a02523717 (futex: clean up fault logic) removed the private VMA walk logic from the futex code. This change results in a stale RO mapping which is not fixed up. Instead of reintroducing the previous fault logic we set up the mapping in get_user_pages_fast() read/write for all operations which modify user space data. Also handle private futexes in the same way and make the current unconditional access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE) depend on the futex op. Reported-by: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CC: stable@kernel.org
2009-05-15futex: remove the wait queueThomas Gleixner
The waitqueue which is used in struct futex_q is a leftover from the futexfd implementation. There is no need to use a waitqueue at all, as the waiting task is the only user of it. The waitqueue just adds additional locking and a loop in the wake up path which both can be avoided. We have already a task reference in struct futex_q which is used for PI futexes. Use it for normal futexes as well and just wake up the task directly. The logic of signalling the futex wakeup via setting q->lock_ptr to NULL is kept with the difference that we set it NULL before doing the wakeup. This opens an exit race window vs. a non futex wake up of the to be woken up task, which we prevent with get_task_struct / put_task_struct on the waiter. [ Impact: simplification ] Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-30futex: remove FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI (non CMP)Darren Hart
The new requeue PI futex op codes were modeled after the existing FUTEX_REQUEUE and FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE calls. I was unaware at the time that FUTEX_REQUEUE was only around for compatibility reasons and shouldn't be used in new code. Ulrich Drepper elaborates on this in his Futexes are Tricky paper: http://people.redhat.com/drepper/futex.pdf. The deprecated call doesn't catch changes to the futex corresponding to the destination futex which can lead to deadlock. Therefor, I feel it best to remove FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI and leave only FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI as there are not yet any existing users of the API. This patch does change the OP code value of FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI to 12 from 13. Since my test case is the only known user of this API, I felt this was the right thing to do, rather than leave a hole in the enumeration. I chose to continue using the _CMP_ modifier in the OP code to make it explicit to the user that the test is being done. Builds, boots, and ran several hundred iterations requeue_pi.c. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> LKML-Reference: <49ED580E.1050502@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-10futex: fix futex_wait_setup key handlingDarren Hart
If the get_futex_key() call were to fail, the existing code would try and put_futex_key() prior to returning. This patch makes sure we only put_futex_key() if get_futex_key() succeeded. Reported-by: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> LKML-Reference: <20090410165005.14342.16973.stgit@Aeon> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-08futex: fixup unlocked requeue pi caseDarren Hart
Thomas's testing caught a problem when the requeue target futex is unowned and multiple tasks are requeued to it. This patch ensures the FUTEX_WAITERS bit gets set if futex_requeue() will requeue one or more tasks in addition to the one acquiring the lock. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-06futex: add requeue_pi functionalityDarren Hart
PI Futexes and their underlying rt_mutex cannot be left ownerless if there are pending waiters as this will break the PI boosting logic, so the standard requeue commands aren't sufficient. The new commands properly manage pi futex ownership by ensuring a futex with waiters has an owner at all times. This will allow glibc to properly handle pi mutexes with pthread_condvars. The approach taken here is to create two new futex op codes: FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI: Tasks will use this op code to wait on a futex (such as a non-pi waitqueue) and wake after they have been requeued to a pi futex. Prior to returning to userspace, they will acquire this pi futex (and the underlying rt_mutex). futex_wait_requeue_pi() is the result of a high speed collision between futex_wait() and futex_lock_pi() (with the first part of futex_lock_pi() being done by futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() on behalf of the top_waiter). FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI (and FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI): This call must be used to wake tasks waiting with FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI, regardless of how many tasks the caller intends to wake or requeue. pthread_cond_broadcast() should call this with nr_wake=1 and nr_requeue=INT_MAX. pthread_cond_signal() should call this with nr_wake=1 and nr_requeue=0. The reason being we need both callers to get the benefit of the futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() routine. futex_requeue() also enqueues the top_waiter on the rt_mutex via rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock(). Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-06futex: split out futex value validation codeDarren Hart
Refactor the code to validate the expected futex value in order to reuse it with the requeue_pi code. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-06futex: distangle futex_requeue()Darren Hart
futex_requeue() is getting a bit long-winded, and will be getting more so after the requeue_pi patch. Factor out the actual requeueing into a nicely contained inline function to reduce function length and improve legibility. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-06futex: add FUTEX_HAS_TIMEOUT flag to restart.futex.flagsDarren Hart
Currently restart is only used if there is a timeout. The requeue_pi functionality requires restarting to futex_lock_pi() on signal after wakeup in futex_wait_requeue_pi() regardless of if there was a timeout or not. Using 0 for the timeout value is confusing as that could indicate an expired timer. The flag makes this explicit. While the check is not technically needed in futex_wait_restart(), doing so makes the code consistent with and will avoid confusion should the need arise to restart wait without a timeout. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-06futex: split out fixup owner logic from futex_lock_pi()Darren Hart
Refactor the post lock acquisition logic from futex_lock_pi(). This code will be reused in futex_wait_requeue_pi(). Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-06futex: split out atomic logic from futex_lock_pi()Darren Hart
Refactor the atomic portion of futex_lock_pi() into futex_lock_pi_atomic(). This logic will be needed by requeue_pi, so modularize it to reduce code duplication. The only significant change is passing of the task to try and take the lock for. This simplifies the -EDEADLK test as if the lock is owned by task t, it's a deadlock, regardless of if we are doing requeue pi or not. This patch updates the corresponding comment accordingly. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-06futex: add helper to find the top prio waiter of a futexDarren Hart
Improve legibility by wrapping finding the top waiter in a function. This will be used by the follow-on patches for enabling requeue pi. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-06futex: separate futex_wait_queue_me() logic from futex_wait()Darren Hart
Refactor futex_wait() in preparation for futex_wait_requeue_pi(). In order to reuse a good chunk of the futex_wait() code for the upcoming futex_wait_requeue_pi() function, this patch breaks out the queue-to-wakeup section of futex_wait() into futex_wait_queue_me(). Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-04-02futex: comment requeue key reference semanticsDarren Hart
We've tripped over the futex_requeue drop_count refering to key2 instead of key1. The code is actually correct, but is non-intuitive. This patch adds an explicit comment explaining the requeue. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-13futex: remove the pointer math from double_unlock_hb, fixIngo Molnar
Impact: fix double unlock crash Thomas Gleixner noticed that the simplified double_unlock_hb() became ... too unsophisticated: in the hb1 == hb2 case it will do a double unlock. Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> LKML-Reference: <20090312221118.11146.68610.stgit@Aeon> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-13futex: remove the pointer math from double_unlock_hbDarren Hart
Impact: simplify code I mistakenly included the pointer value ordering in the double_unlock_hb() in my previous patch. It's only necessary in the double_lock_hb() function. This patch removes it. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> LKML-Reference: <20090312221118.11146.68610.stgit@Aeon> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-12futex: clean up fault logicDarren Hart
Impact: cleanup Older versions of the futex code held the mmap_sem which had to be dropped in order to call get_user(), so a two-pronged fault handling mechanism was employed to handle faults of the atomic operations. The mmap_sem is no longer held, so get_user() should be adequate. This patch greatly simplifies the logic and improves legibility. Build and boot tested on a 4 way Intel x86_64 workstation. Passes basic pthread_mutex and PI tests out of ltp/testcases/realtime. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> LKML-Reference: <20090312075612.9856.48612.stgit@Aeon> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-12futex: unlock before returning -EFAULTDarren Hart
Impact: rt-mutex failure case fix futex_lock_pi can potentially return -EFAULT with the rt_mutex held. This seems like the wrong thing to do as userspace should assume -EFAULT means the lock was not taken. Even if it could figure this out, we'd be leaving the pi_state->owner in an inconsistent state. This patch unlocks the rt_mutex prior to returning -EFAULT to userspace. Build and boot tested on a 4 way Intel x86_64 workstation. Passes basic pthread_mutex and PI tests out of ltp/testcases/realtime. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> LKML-Reference: <20090312075606.9856.88729.stgit@Aeon> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-12futex: use current->time_slack_ns for rt tasks tooDarren Hart
RT tasks should set their timer slack to 0 on their own. This patch removes the 'if (rt_task()) slack = 0;' block in futex_wait. Build and boot tested on a 4 way Intel x86_64 workstation. Passes basic pthread_mutex and PI tests out of ltp/testcases/realtime. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> LKML-Reference: <20090312075559.9856.28822.stgit@Aeon> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-12futex: add double_unlock_hb()Darren Hart
Impact: cleanup The futex code uses double_lock_hb() which locks the hb->lock's in pointer value order. There is no parallel unlock routine, and the code unlocks them in name order, ignoring pointer value. This patch adds double_unlock_hb() to refactor the duplicated code segments. Build and boot tested on a 4 way Intel x86_64 workstation. Passes basic pthread_mutex and PI tests out of ltp/testcases/realtime. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> LKML-Reference: <20090312075552.9856.48021.stgit@Aeon> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-12futex: additional (get|put)_futex_key() fixesDarren Hart
Impact: fix races futex_requeue and futex_lock_pi still had some bad (get|put)_futex_key() usage. This patch adds the missing put_futex_keys() and corrects a goto in futex_lock_pi() to avoid a double get. Build and boot tested on a 4 way Intel x86_64 workstation. Passes basic pthread_mutex and PI tests out of ltp/testcases/realtime. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> LKML-Reference: <20090312075545.9856.75152.stgit@Aeon> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-12futex: update futex commentaryDarren Hart
Impact: cleanup The futex_hash_bucket can be a bit confusing when first looking at the code as it is a shared queue (and futex_q isn't a queue at all, but rather an element on the queue). The mmap_sem is no longer held outside of the futex_handle_fault() routine, yet numerous comments refer to it. The fshared argument is no an integer. I left some of these comments along as they are simply removed in future patches. Some of the commentary refering to futexes by virtual page mappings was not very clear, and completely accurate (as for shared futexes both the page and the offset are used to determine the key). For the purposes of the function description, just referring to "the futex" seems sufficient. With hashed futexes we now access the page after the hash-bucket is locked, and not only after it is enqueued. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> LKML-Reference: <20090312075537.9856.29954.stgit@Aeon> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-11futex: fix reference leakPeter Zijlstra
Catalin noticed that (38d47c1b7075: futex: rely on get_user_pages() for shared futexes) caused an mm_struct leak. Some tracing with the function graph tracer quickly pointed out that futex_wait() has exit paths with unbalanced reference counts. This regression was discovered by kmemleak. Reported-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Tested-by: "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Tested-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-14[CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 31Heiko Carstens
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2009-01-14[CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 08Heiko Carstens
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2009-01-06Merge branches 'core/futexes', 'core/locking', 'core/rcu' and 'linus' into ↵Ingo Molnar
core/urgent
2009-01-02futex: catch certain assymetric (get|put)_futex_key callsDarren Hart
Impact: add debug check Following up on my previous key reference accounting patches, this patch will catch puts on keys that haven't been "got". This won't catch nested get/put mismatches though. Build and boot tested, with minimal desktop activity and a run of the open_posix_testsuite in LTP for testing. No warnings logged. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-30Merge branch 'core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (63 commits) stacktrace: provide save_stack_trace_tsk() weak alias rcu: provide RCU options on non-preempt architectures too printk: fix discarding message when recursion_bug futex: clean up futex_(un)lock_pi fault handling "Tree RCU": scalable classic RCU implementation futex: rename field in futex_q to clarify single waiter semantics x86/swiotlb: add default swiotlb_arch_range_needs_mapping x86/swiotlb: add default phys<->bus conversion x86: unify pci iommu setup and allow swiotlb to compile for 32 bit x86: add swiotlb allocation functions swiotlb: consolidate swiotlb info message printing swiotlb: support bouncing of HighMem pages swiotlb: factor out copy to/from device swiotlb: add arch hook to force mapping swiotlb: allow architectures to override phys<->bus<->phys conversions swiotlb: add comment where we handle the overflow of a dma mask on 32 bit rcu: fix rcutorture behavior during reboot resources: skip sanity check of busy resources swiotlb: move some definitions to header swiotlb: allow architectures to override swiotlb pool allocation ... Fix up trivial conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/Makefile arch/x86/mm/init_32.c include/linux/hardirq.h as per Ingo's suggestions.
2008-12-30futex: make futex_(get|put)_key() calls symmetricDarren Hart
Impact: cleanup This patch makes the calls to futex_get_key_refs() and futex_drop_key_refs() explicitly symmetric by only "putting" keys we successfully "got". Also cleanup a couple return points that didn't "put" after a successful "get". Build and boot tested on an x86_64 system. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-19futex: clean up futex_(un)lock_pi fault handlingDarren Hart
Impact: cleanup Some apparently left over cruft code was complicating the fault logic: Testing if uval != -EFAULT doesn't have any meaning, get_user() sets ret to either 0 or -EFAULT, there's no need to compare uval, especially not against EFAULT which it will never be. This patch removes the superfluous test and clarifies the comment blocks. Build and boot tested on an 8way x86_64 system. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-18futex: rename field in futex_q to clarify single waiter semanticsDarren Hart
Impact: simplify code I've tripped over the naming of this field a couple times. The futex_q uses a "waiters" list to represent a single blocked task and then calles wake_up_all(). This can lead to confusion in trying to understand the intent of the code, which is to have a single futex_q for every task waiting on a futex. This patch corrects the problem, using a single pointer to the waiting task, and an appropriate call to wake_up, rather than wake_up_all. Compile and boot tested on an 8way x86_64 machine. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-24futex: make clock selectable for FUTEX_WAIT_BITSETThomas Gleixner
FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET could be used instead of FUTEX_WAIT by setting the bit set to FUTEX_BITSET_MATCH_ANY, but FUTEX_WAIT uses CLOCK_REALTIME while FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET uses CLOCK_MONOTONIC. Add a flag to select CLOCK_REALTIME for FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET so glibc can replace the FUTEX_WAIT logic which needs to do gettimeofday() calls before and after the syscall to convert the absolute timeout to a relative timeout for FUTEX_WAIT. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
2008-11-24Merge branch 'linus' into core/futexesThomas Gleixner
2008-11-14CRED: Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own credsDavid Howells
Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own creds. This means that it will be possible for the credentials of a task to be replaced without another task (a) requiring a full lock to read them, and (b) seeing deallocated memory. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2008-11-14CRED: Separate task security context from task_structDavid Howells
Separate the task security context from task_struct. At this point, the security data is temporarily embedded in the task_struct with two pointers pointing to it. Note that the Alpha arch is altered as it refers to (E)UID and (E)GID in entry.S via asm-offsets. With comment fixes Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne <marc.c.dionne@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2008-11-14CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the core kernelDavid Howells
Wrap access to task credentials so that they can be separated more easily from the task_struct during the introduction of COW creds. Change most current->(|e|s|fs)[ug]id to current_(|e|s|fs)[ug]id(). Change some task->e?[ug]id to task_e?[ug]id(). In some places it makes more sense to use RCU directly rather than a convenient wrapper; these will be addressed by later patches. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: linux-audit@redhat.com Cc: containers@lists.linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2008-09-30futex: fixup get_futex_key() for private futexesPeter Zijlstra
With the get_user_pages_fast() patches we made get_futex_key() obtain a reference on the returned key, but failed to do so for private futexes. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-30futex: cleanup fsharedPeter Zijlstra
fshared doesn't need to be a rw_sem pointer anymore, so clean that up. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-30futex: use fast_gup()Peter Zijlstra
Change the get_user_pages() call with fast_gup() which doesn't require holding the mmap_sem thereby removing the mmap_sem from all fast paths. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-30futex: reduce mmap_sem usagePeter Zijlstra
now that we rely on get_user_pages() for the shared key handling move all the mmap_sem stuff closely around the slow paths. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-30futex: rely on get_user_pages() for shared futexesPeter Zijlstra
On the way of getting rid of the mmap_sem requirement for shared futexes, start by relying on get_user_pages(). Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-11hrtimer: make the futex() system call use the per process slack valueArjan van de Ven
This patch makes the futex() system call use the per process slack value; with this users are able to externally control existing applications to reduce the wakeup rate. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
2008-09-05hrtimer: convert kernel/* to the new hrtimer apisArjan van de Ven
In order to be able to do range hrtimers we need to use accessor functions to the "expire" member of the hrtimer struct. This patch converts kernel/* to these accessors. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
2008-06-23futexes: fix fault handling in futex_lock_piThomas Gleixner
This patch addresses a very sporadic pi-futex related failure in highly threaded java apps on large SMP systems. David Holmes reported that the pi_state consistency check in lookup_pi_state triggered with his test application. This means that the kernel internal pi_state and the user space futex variable are out of sync. First we assumed that this is a user space data corruption, but deeper investigation revieled that the problem happend because the pi-futex code is not handling a fault in the futex_lock_pi path when the user space variable needs to be fixed up. The fault happens when a fork mapped the anon memory which contains the futex readonly for COW or the page got swapped out exactly between the unlock of the futex and the return of either the new futex owner or the task which was the expected owner but failed to acquire the kernel internal rtmutex. The current futex_lock_pi() code drops out with an inconsistent in case it faults and returns -EFAULT to user space. User space has no way to fixup that state. When we wrote this code we thought that we could not drop the hash bucket lock at this point to handle the fault. After analysing the code again it turned out to be wrong because there are only two tasks involved which might modify the pi_state and the user space variable: - the task which acquired the rtmutex - the pending owner of the pi_state which did not get the rtmutex Both tasks drop into the fixup_pi_state() function before returning to user space. The first task which acquired the hash bucket lock faults in the fixup of the user space variable, drops the spinlock and calls futex_handle_fault() to fault in the page. Now the second task could acquire the hash bucket lock and tries to fixup the user space variable as well. It either faults as well or it succeeds because the first task already faulted the page in. One caveat is to avoid a double fixup. After returning from the fault handling we reacquire the hash bucket lock and check whether the pi_state owner has been modified already. Reported-by: David Holmes <david.holmes@sun.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: David Holmes <david.holmes@sun.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> kernel/futex.c | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
2008-05-05Removal of FUTEX_FDEric Sesterhenn
Since FUTEX_FD was scheduled for removal in June 2007 lets remove it. Google Code search found no users for it and NGPT was abandoned in 2003 according to IBM. futex.h is left untouched to make sure the id does not get reassigned. Since queue_me() has no users left it is commented out to avoid a warning, i didnt remove it completely since it is part of the internal api (matching unqueue_me()) Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (removed rest) Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>