mm: rcu-protected get_mm_exe_file()
This patch removes mm->mmap_sem from mm->exe_file read side.
Also it kills dup_mm_exe_file() and moves exe_file duplication into
dup_mmap() where both mmap_sems are locked.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix comment typo]
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 8807a12..2592026 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@
*/
down_write_nested(&mm->mmap_sem, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+ /* No ordering required: file already has been exposed. */
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, get_mm_exe_file(oldmm));
+
mm->total_vm = oldmm->total_vm;
mm->shared_vm = oldmm->shared_vm;
mm->exec_vm = oldmm->exec_vm;
@@ -528,7 +531,13 @@
pgd_free(mm, mm->pgd);
}
#else
-#define dup_mmap(mm, oldmm) (0)
+static int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
+{
+ down_write(&oldmm->mmap_sem);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, get_mm_exe_file(oldmm));
+ up_write(&oldmm->mmap_sem);
+ return 0;
+}
#define mm_alloc_pgd(mm) (0)
#define mm_free_pgd(mm)
#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
@@ -697,35 +706,46 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mmput);
+/**
+ * set_mm_exe_file - change a reference to the mm's executable file
+ *
+ * This changes mm's executable file (shown as symlink /proc/[pid]/exe).
+ *
+ * Main users are mmput(), sys_execve() and sys_prctl(PR_SET_MM_MAP/EXE_FILE).
+ * Callers prevent concurrent invocations: in mmput() nobody alive left,
+ * in execve task is single-threaded, prctl holds mmap_sem exclusively.
+ */
void set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
{
+ struct file *old_exe_file = rcu_dereference_protected(mm->exe_file,
+ !atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) || current->in_execve ||
+ lockdep_is_held(&mm->mmap_sem));
+
if (new_exe_file)
get_file(new_exe_file);
- if (mm->exe_file)
- fput(mm->exe_file);
- mm->exe_file = new_exe_file;
+ rcu_assign_pointer(mm->exe_file, new_exe_file);
+ if (old_exe_file)
+ fput(old_exe_file);
}
+/**
+ * get_mm_exe_file - acquire a reference to the mm's executable file
+ *
+ * Returns %NULL if mm has no associated executable file.
+ * User must release file via fput().
+ */
struct file *get_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
struct file *exe_file;
- /* We need mmap_sem to protect against races with removal of exe_file */
- down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
- exe_file = mm->exe_file;
- if (exe_file)
- get_file(exe_file);
- up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ exe_file = rcu_dereference(mm->exe_file);
+ if (exe_file && !get_file_rcu(exe_file))
+ exe_file = NULL;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return exe_file;
}
-static void dup_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *oldmm, struct mm_struct *newmm)
-{
- /* It's safe to write the exe_file pointer without exe_file_lock because
- * this is called during fork when the task is not yet in /proc */
- newmm->exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(oldmm);
-}
-
/**
* get_task_mm - acquire a reference to the task's mm
*
@@ -887,8 +907,6 @@
if (!mm_init(mm, tsk))
goto fail_nomem;
- dup_mm_exe_file(oldmm, mm);
-
err = dup_mmap(mm, oldmm);
if (err)
goto free_pt;