linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] situation with fput() locking (was Re: [PULL REQUEST] : ima-appraisal patches)

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Date:	Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:58:33 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Safford <safford@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] situation with fput() locking (was Re: [PULL REQUEST] :
 ima-appraisal patches)

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:18:43PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> The *bigger* annoyance is actually "do_mmap()", which does a
> do_munmap() as part of it, so it needs the same cleanup too.

So does a bunch of other places.  Let me dig out the call graph circa
3.3.0...  Here is the relevant part:
do_munmap() -
        <- pfm_do_munmap() <- pfm_remove_smpl_mapping() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- 64_munmap(2) which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- kvm_arch_commit_memory_region() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- i810_unmap_buffer() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- aio_free_ring() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- elf_map() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [flat] load_flat_file() --- BUG HERE
        <- shmdt(2) which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- brk(2) which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- mmap_region() [see below]
        <- munmap(2) which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- do_brk() [see below]
        <- move_vma()
                <- mremap_to() <- do_mremap() [see below]
                <- do_mremap() [see below]
        <- mremap_to() <- do_mremap() [see below]
        <- do_mremap() [see below]
do_brk() -
        <- brk(2) which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [ia32_aout] set_brk() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [ia32_aout] load_aout_binary() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [ia32_aout] load_aout_library() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [aout] set_brk() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [aout] load_aout_binary() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [aout] load_aout_library() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [elf] set_brk() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [elf] load_elf_interp() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [elf] load_elf_library() which grabs mmap_sem excl
mmap_region() -
        <- remap_file_pages(2) which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- do_mmap_pgoff() [see below]
        <- [tile] arch_setup_additional_pages() which grabs mmap_sem excl
                (a bit too late, BTW, but not for this one)
do_mmap_pgoff() -
        <- do_mmap() [see below]
        <- mmap_pgoff(2) which grabs mmap_sem excl
do_mmap() -
        <- shmat(2) which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- aio_setup_ring() which grabs mmap_sem excl [NB: only because ctx->mm == current->mm]
        <- kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- drm_mapbufs() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- exynos_drm_gem_mmap_ioctl() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- i810_map_buffer() which grabs mmap_sem excl [NB: racy changes of ->f_op]
        <- i915_gem_mmap_ioctl() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [tile] single_step_once() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [elf] elf_map() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [elf] load_elf_binary() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [elf_fdpic] load_elf_fdpic_binary() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [elf_fdpic] elf_fdpic_map_file_constdisp_on_uclinux() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [elf_fdpic] elf_fdpic_map_file_by_direct_mmap() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [aout] load_aout_binary() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [aout] load_aout_library() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [ia32_aout] load_aout_binary() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [ia32_aout] load_aout_library() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [flat] load_flat_file() which grabs mmap_sem excl
        <- [som] map_som_binary() which grabs mmap_sem excl
do_mremap() -
        <- mremap(2) which grabs mmap_sem excl

(bug mentioned re load_flat_file() is still there, but it's irrelevant
for our purposes - no ->mmap_sem held by caller of do_munmap()).  That's
a metric arseload of sites to propagate that thing to...
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