linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/20] ipc/shm: Avoid ipc_rcu

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Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 20:50:57 +0200
From:   Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
To:     mtk.manpages@...il.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 1vier1@....de,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, mingo@...nel.org,
        peterz@...radead.org, fabf@...net.be,
        Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Subject: [PATCH 10/20] ipc/shm: Avoid ipc_rcu_alloc()

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Instead of using ipc_rcu_alloc() which only performs the refcount
bump, open code it. This also allows for shmid_kernel structure
layout to be randomized in the future.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
---
 ipc/shm.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 77e1bff..c9f1f30 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -518,6 +518,19 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct shm_vm_ops = {
 #endif
 };
 
+static struct shmid_kernel *shm_alloc(void)
+{
+	struct shmid_kernel *shp;
+
+	shp = kvmalloc(sizeof(*shp), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (unlikely(!shp))
+		return NULL;
+
+	atomic_set(&shp->shm_perm.refcount, 1);
+
+	return shp;
+}
+
 /**
  * newseg - Create a new shared memory segment
  * @ns: namespace
@@ -548,10 +561,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
 			ns->shm_tot + numpages > ns->shm_ctlall)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct shmid_kernel, shm_perm) != 0);
-
-	shp = container_of(ipc_rcu_alloc(sizeof(*shp)), struct shmid_kernel,
-				shm_perm);
+	shp = shm_alloc();
 	if (!shp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-- 
2.9.3