ipc,msg: shorten critical region in msgctl_down

Instead of holding the ipc lock for the entire function, use the ipcctl_pre_down_nolock and only acquire the lock for specific commands: RMID and SET. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <[email protected]> Cc: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> Cc: Rik van Riel <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
chewitt · Jul 9, 2013 · 15724ec · 15724ec
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commit 15724ec
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -410,32 +410,33 @@ static int msgctl_down(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int msqid, int cmd,
 	down_write(&msg_ids(ns).rw_mutex);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
-	ipcp = ipcctl_pre_down(ns, &msg_ids(ns), msqid, cmd,
-			       &msqid64.msg_perm, msqid64.msg_qbytes);
+	ipcp = ipcctl_pre_down_nolock(ns, &msg_ids(ns), msqid, cmd,
+				      &msqid64.msg_perm, msqid64.msg_qbytes);
 	if (IS_ERR(ipcp)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ipcp);
-		/* the ipc lock is not held upon failure */
 		goto out_unlock1;
 	}
 
 	msq = container_of(ipcp, struct msg_queue, q_perm);
 
 	err = security_msg_queue_msgctl(msq, cmd);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_unlock0;
+		goto out_unlock1;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case IPC_RMID:
+		ipc_lock_object(&msq->q_perm);
 		/* freeque unlocks the ipc object and rcu */
 		freeque(ns, ipcp);
 		goto out_up;
 	case IPC_SET:
 		if (msqid64.msg_qbytes > ns->msg_ctlmnb &&
 		    !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
 			err = -EPERM;
-			goto out_unlock0;
+			goto out_unlock1;
 		}
 
+		ipc_lock_object(&msq->q_perm);
 		err = ipc_update_perm(&msqid64.msg_perm, ipcp);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_unlock0;
@@ -454,6 +455,7 @@ static int msgctl_down(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int msqid, int cmd,
 		break;
 	default:
 		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_unlock1;
 	}
 
 out_unlock0: