user/sven/linux.git/ipc/util.c, branch v4.4.27

Initialize msg/shm IPC objects before doing ipc_addid()

2015-09-30T16:48:40Z

As reported by Dmitry Vyukov, we really shouldn't do ipc_addid() before having initialized the IPC object state. Yes, we initialize the IPC object in a locked state, but with all the lockless RCU lookup work, that IPC object lock no longer means that the state cannot be seen. We already did this for the IPC semaphore code (see commit e8577d1f0329: "ipc/sem.c: fully initialize sem_array before making it visible") but we clearly forgot about msg and shm. Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov Cc: Manfred Spraul Cc: Davidlohr Bueso Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc,sysv: return -EINVAL upon incorrect id/seqnum

2015-07-01T02:44:59Z

In ipc_obtain_object_check we return -EIDRM when a bogus sequence number is detected via ipc_checkid, while the ipc manpages state the following return codes for such errors: EIDRM points to a removed identifier. EINVAL Invalid value, or unaligned, etc. EIDRM should only be returned upon a RMID call (->deleted check), and thus return EINVAL for wrong seq. This difference in semantics has also caused real bugs, ie: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=246509 Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso Cc: Manfred Spraul Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc,sysv: make return -EIDRM when racing with RMID consistent

2015-07-01T02:44:59Z

The ipc_lock helper is used by all forms of sysv ipc to acquire the ipc object's spinlock. Upon error (bogus identifier), we always return -EINVAL, whether the problem be in the idr path or because we raced with a task performing RMID. For the later, however, all ipc related manpages, state the that for: EIDRM points to a removed identifier. And return: EINVAL Invalid value, or unaligned, etc. Which (EINVAL) should only return once the ipc resource is deleted. For all types of ipc this is done immediately upon a RMID command. However, shared memory behaves slightly different as it can merely mark a segment for deletion, and delay the actual freeing until there are no more active consumers. Per shmctl(IPC_RMID) manpage: "" Mark the segment to be destroyed. The segment will only actually be destroyed after the last process detaches it (i.e., when the shm_nattch member of the associated structure shmid_ds is zero). "" Unlike ipc_lock, paths that behave "correctly", at least per the manpage, involve controlling the ipc resource via *ctl(), doing the exact same validity check as ipc_lock after right acquiring the spinlock: if (!ipc_valid_object()) { err = -EIDRM; goto out_unlock; } Thus make ipc_lock consistent with the rest of ipc code and return -EIDRM in ipc_lock when !ipc_valid_object(). Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso Cc: Manfred Spraul Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc: rename ipc_obtain_object

2015-07-01T02:44:58Z

... to ipc_obtain_object_idr, which is more meaningful and makes the code slightly easier to follow. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso Cc: Manfred Spraul Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc/util.c: use kvfree() in ipc_rcu_free()

2015-07-01T02:44:58Z

Use kvfree() instead of open-coding it. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc: remove use of seq_printf return value

2015-04-15T23:35:24Z

The seq_printf return value, because it's frequently misused, will eventually be converted to void. See: commit 1f33c41c03da ("seq_file: Rename seq_overflow() to seq_has_overflowed() and make public") Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc/msg: increase MSGMNI, remove scaling

2014-12-13T20:42:52Z

SysV can be abused to allocate locked kernel memory. For most systems, a small limit doesn't make sense, see the discussion with regards to SHMMAX. Therefore: increase MSGMNI to the maximum supported. And: If we ignore the risk of locking too much memory, then an automatic scaling of MSGMNI doesn't make sense. Therefore the logic can be removed. The code preserves auto_msgmni to avoid breaking any user space applications that expect that the value exists. Notes: 1) If an administrator must limit the memory allocations, then he can set MSGMNI as necessary. Or he can disable sysv entirely (as e.g. done by Android). 2) MSGMAX and MSGMNB are intentionally not increased, as these values are used to control latency vs. throughput: If MSGMNB is large, then msgsnd() just returns and more messages can be queued before a task switch to a task that calls msgrcv() is forced. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul Cc: Davidlohr Bueso Cc: Rafael Aquini Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc/util.c: use __seq_open_private() instead of seq_open()

2014-10-14T00:18:23Z

Using __seq_open_private() removes boilerplate code from sysvipc_proc_open(). The resultant code is shorter and easier to follow. However, please note that __seq_open_private() call kzalloc() rather than kmalloc() which may affect timing due to the memory initialisation overhead. Signed-off-by: Rob Jones Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Documentation: Docbook: Fix generated DocBook/kernel-api.xml

2014-09-09T08:34:56Z

This patch fix spelling typo found in DocBook/kernel-api.xml. It is because the file is generated from the source comments, I have to fix the comments in source codes. Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

ipc, kernel: clear whitespace

2014-06-06T23:08:14Z

trailing whitespace Signed-off-by: Paul McQuade Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds