linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v2 1/8] Use atomic type for ucounts reference counting

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Message-Id: <447547b12bba1894d3f1f79d6408dfc60b219b0c.1610299857.git.gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:33:40 +0100
From:   Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@...il.com>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
Cc:     Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 1/8] Use atomic type for ucounts reference counting

Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/user_namespace.h |  2 +-
 kernel/ucount.c                | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
index 64cf8ebdc4ec..84fefa9247c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ struct ucounts {
 	struct hlist_node node;
 	struct user_namespace *ns;
 	kuid_t uid;
-	int count;
+	atomic_t count;
 	atomic_t ucount[UCOUNT_COUNTS];
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/ucount.c b/kernel/ucount.c
index 11b1596e2542..0f2c7c11df19 100644
--- a/kernel/ucount.c
+++ b/kernel/ucount.c
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ static struct ucounts *get_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid)
 
 		new->ns = ns;
 		new->uid = uid;
-		new->count = 0;
+
+		atomic_set(&new->count, 0);
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&ucounts_lock);
 		ucounts = find_ucounts(ns, uid, hashent);
@@ -152,10 +153,10 @@ static struct ucounts *get_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid)
 			ucounts = new;
 		}
 	}
-	if (ucounts->count == INT_MAX)
+	if (atomic_read(&ucounts->count) == INT_MAX)
 		ucounts = NULL;
 	else
-		ucounts->count += 1;
+		atomic_inc(&ucounts->count);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ucounts_lock);
 	return ucounts;
 }
@@ -165,8 +166,7 @@ static void put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ucounts_lock, flags);
-	ucounts->count -= 1;
-	if (!ucounts->count)
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ucounts->count))
 		hlist_del_init(&ucounts->node);
 	else
 		ucounts = NULL;
-- 
2.29.2