linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/3] kernel/audit: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe

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Date:	Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:20:09 -0800
From:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	paul@...l-moore.com, eparis@...hat.com, linux-audit@...hat.com,
	dave@...olabs.net
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] kernel/audit: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file

The mm->exe_file is currently serialized with mmap_sem (shared)
in order to both safely (1) read the file and (2) audit it via
audit_log_d_path(). Good users will, on the other hand, make use
of the more standard get_mm_exe_file(), requiring only holding
the mmap_sem to read the value, and relying on reference counting
to make sure that the exe file won't dissapear underneath us.

Additionally, upon NULL return of get_mm_exe_file, we also call
audit_log_format(ab, " exe=(null)").

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
---

changes from v1: rebased on top of 1/1.

 kernel/audit.c | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index a71cbfe..b446d54 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
+#include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
@@ -1841,15 +1842,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(audit_log_task_context);
 void audit_log_d_path_exe(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 			  struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	if (!mm) {
-		audit_log_format(ab, " exe=(null)");
-		return;
-	}
+	struct file *exe_file;
+
+	if (!mm)
+		goto out_null;
 
-	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	if (mm->exe_file)
-		audit_log_d_path(ab, " exe=", &mm->exe_file->f_path);
-	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(mm);
+	if (!exe_file)
+		goto out_null;
+
+	audit_log_d_path(ab, " exe=", &exe_file->f_path);
+	fput(exe_file);
+	return;
+out_null:
+	audit_log_format(ab, " exe=(null)");
 }
 
 void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct task_struct *tsk)
-- 
2.1.4




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