linux-kernel - [tip:sched/locking] sched: Deal with non-atomic min

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:35:34 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	efault@....de, npiggin@...nel.dk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, frank.rowand@...sony.com, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:sched/locking] sched: Deal with non-atomic min_vruntime reads on 32bits

Commit-ID:  3fe1698b7fe05aeb063564e71e40d09f28d8e80c
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3fe1698b7fe05aeb063564e71e40d09f28d8e80c
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
AuthorDate: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 17:23:48 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:52:37 +0200

sched: Deal with non-atomic min_vruntime reads on 32bits

In order to avoid reading partial updated min_vruntime values on 32bit
implement a seqcount like solution.

Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110405152729.111378493@chello.nl
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 kernel/sched.c      |    3 +++
 kernel/sched_fair.c |   19 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 46f42ca..7a5eb26 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ struct cfs_rq {
 
 	u64 exec_clock;
 	u64 min_vruntime;
+#ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
+	u64 min_vruntime_copy;
+#endif
 
 	struct rb_root tasks_timeline;
 	struct rb_node *rb_leftmost;
diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index ad4c414f..054cebb 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ static void update_min_vruntime(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	}
 
 	cfs_rq->min_vruntime = max_vruntime(cfs_rq->min_vruntime, vruntime);
+#ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
+	smp_wmb();
+	cfs_rq->min_vruntime_copy = cfs_rq->min_vruntime;
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1376,10 +1380,21 @@ static void task_waking_fair(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct sched_entity *se = &p->se;
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
+	u64 min_vruntime;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&task_rq(p)->lock);
+#ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
+	u64 min_vruntime_copy;
 
-	se->vruntime -= cfs_rq->min_vruntime;
+	do {
+		min_vruntime_copy = cfs_rq->min_vruntime_copy;
+		smp_rmb();
+		min_vruntime = cfs_rq->min_vruntime;
+	} while (min_vruntime != min_vruntime_copy);
+#else
+	min_vruntime = cfs_rq->min_vruntime;
+#endif
+
+	se->vruntime -= min_vruntime;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/