linux-kernel - Re: Change in functionality of futex() system call.

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:54:46 -0700
From:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Shawn Bohrer <sbohrer@...advisors.com>
CC:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	peterz@...radead.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	david@...advisors.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	zvonler@...advisors.com, hughd@...gle.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: Change in functionality of futex() system call.



On 06/15/2011 11:50 AM, Shawn Bohrer wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:10:03PM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
>>>> Urgh,. maybe something like the below but with more conditionals that
>>>> enable the extra logic only for FUTEX_WAIT..
>>>>
>>>> The idea is to try a RO gup() when the RW gup() fails so as not to slow
>>>> down the common path of writable anonymous maps and bail when we used
>>>> the RO path on anonymous memory.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
>>>> index fe28dc2..11f2ad1 100644
>>>> --- a/kernel/futex.c
>>>> +++ b/kernel/futex.c
>>>> @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ get_futex_key(u32 __user *uaddr, int fshared, union futex_key *key)
>>>>  	unsigned long address = (unsigned long)uaddr;
>>>>  	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
>>>>  	struct page *page, *page_head;
>>>> -	int err;
>>>> +	int err, ro = 0;
>>>>  
>>>>  	/*
>>>>  	 * The futex address must be "naturally" aligned.
>>>> @@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ get_futex_key(u32 __user *uaddr, int fshared, union futex_key *key)
>>>>  
>>>>  again:
>>>>  	err = get_user_pages_fast(address, 1, 1, &page);
>>>> +	if (err == -EFAULT) {
>>>> +		err = get_user_pages_fast(address, 1, 0, &page);
>>>> +		ro = 1;
>>>> +	}
>>>>  	if (err < 0)
>>>>  		return err;
>>>>  
>>>> @@ -316,6 +320,11 @@ again:
>>>>  	 * the object not the particular process.
>>>>  	 */
>>>>  	if (PageAnon(page_head)) {
>>>> +		if (ro) {
>>>> +			err = -EFAULT;
>>>> +			goto out;
>>>> +		}
>>>> +
>>>>  		key->both.offset |= FUT_OFF_MMSHARED; /* ref taken on mm */
>>>>  		key->private.mm = mm;
>>>>  		key->private.address = address;
>>>> @@ -327,9 +336,10 @@ again:
>>>>  
>>>>  	get_futex_key_refs(key);
>>>>  
>>
>> Need err=0 here. (note: get_user_pages_fast() return 1) Other than that looks
>> good to me and this patch passed my test.
>> 	Reviewed-and-tested-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
>>
>>>> +out:
>>>>  	unlock_page(page_head);
>>>>  	put_page(page_head);
>>>> -	return 0;
>>>> +	return err;
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>>  static inline void put_futex_key(union futex_key *key)
>>>>
> 
> I've reviewed and tested Peter's change with KOSAKI's addition against
> 2.6.32.41 and this passes our tests using FUTEX_WAIT with read only
> shared mappings.
> 
> Reviewed-and-tested-by: Shawn Bohrer <sbohrer@...advisors.com>


Would someone care to roll this all together and send a patch with
commit log clearly documenting the issues and which are addressed with
the patch?

Kosaki, do you have updated futextest patches or should I look at the
ones you send previously?

--
Darren


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