linux-kernel - [PATCH v9 3/8] Use atomic_t for ucounts reference counting

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Message-Id: <54956fd06ab4a9938421f345ecf2e1518161cb38.1616533074.git.gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:59:12 +0100
From:   Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@...il.com>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v9 3/8] Use atomic_t for ucounts reference counting

The current implementation of the ucounts reference counter requires the
use of spin_lock. We're going to use get_ucounts() in more performance
critical areas like a handling of RLIMIT_SIGPENDING.

Now we need to use spin_lock only if we want to change the hashtable.

v9:
* Use a negative value to check that the ucounts->count is close to
  overflow.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/user_namespace.h |  4 +--
 kernel/ucount.c                | 53 ++++++++++++----------------------
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
index f71b5a4a3e74..d84cc2c0b443 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_long_t ucount[UCOUNT_COUNTS];
 };
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void retire_userns_sysctls(struct user_namespace *ns);
 struct ucounts *inc_ucount(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid, enum ucount_type type);
 void dec_ucount(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type);
 struct ucounts *alloc_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid);
-struct ucounts *get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts);
+struct ucounts * __must_check get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts);
 void put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
diff --git a/kernel/ucount.c b/kernel/ucount.c
index 50cc1dfb7d28..7bac19bb3f1e 100644
--- a/kernel/ucount.c
+++ b/kernel/ucount.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 struct ucounts init_ucounts = {
 	.ns    = &init_user_ns,
 	.uid   = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID,
-	.count = 1,
+	.count = ATOMIC_INIT(1),
 };
 
 #define UCOUNTS_HASHTABLE_BITS 10
@@ -139,6 +139,15 @@ static void hlist_add_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ucounts_lock);
 }
 
+struct ucounts *get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts)
+{
+	if (ucounts && atomic_add_negative(1, &ucounts->count)) {
+		atomic_dec(&ucounts->count);
+		ucounts = NULL;
+	}
+	return ucounts;
+}
+
 struct ucounts *alloc_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid)
 {
 	struct hlist_head *hashent = ucounts_hashentry(ns, uid);
@@ -155,7 +164,7 @@ struct ucounts *alloc_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid)
 
 		new->ns = ns;
 		new->uid = uid;
-		new->count = 0;
+		atomic_set(&new->count, 1);
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&ucounts_lock);
 		ucounts = find_ucounts(ns, uid, hashent);
@@ -163,33 +172,12 @@ struct ucounts *alloc_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid)
 			kfree(new);
 		} else {
 			hlist_add_head(&new->node, hashent);
-			ucounts = new;
+			spin_unlock_irq(&ucounts_lock);
+			return new;
 		}
 	}
-	if (ucounts->count == INT_MAX)
-		ucounts = NULL;
-	else
-		ucounts->count += 1;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ucounts_lock);
-	return ucounts;
-}
-
-struct ucounts *get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	if (!ucounts)
-		return NULL;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ucounts_lock, flags);
-	if (ucounts->count == INT_MAX) {
-		WARN_ONCE(1, "ucounts: counter has reached its maximum value");
-		ucounts = NULL;
-	} else {
-		ucounts->count += 1;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ucounts_lock, flags);
-
+	ucounts = get_ucounts(ucounts);
 	return ucounts;
 }
 
@@ -197,15 +185,12 @@ 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)) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ucounts_lock, flags);
 		hlist_del_init(&ucounts->node);
-	else
-		ucounts = NULL;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ucounts_lock, flags);
-
-	kfree(ucounts);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ucounts_lock, flags);
+		kfree(ucounts);
+	}
 }
 
 static inline bool atomic_long_inc_below(atomic_long_t *v, int u)
-- 
2.29.3