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Message-ID: <20230814150530.GB17738@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:05:31 +0200
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
brauner@...nel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com, david@...hat.com,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, koct9i@...il.com,
dave@...olabs.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork: stop playing lockless games for exe_file
replacement
On 08/13, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
>
> fe69d560b5bd ("kernel/fork: always deny write access to current MM
> exe_file") added another lock trip to synchronize the state of exe_file
> against fork, further defeating the point of xchg.
>
> As such I think the atomic here only adds complexity for no benefit.
>
> Just write-lock around the replacement.
Well, I tend to agree but can't really comment because I forgot everything
about these code paths.
But I have to admit that I don't understand the code in replace_mm_exe_file()
without this patch...
old_exe_file = xchg(&mm->exe_file, new_exe_file);
if (old_exe_file) {
/*
* Don't race with dup_mmap() getting the file and disallowing
* write access while someone might open the file writable.
*/
mmap_read_lock(mm);
allow_write_access(old_exe_file);
fput(old_exe_file);
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
}
Can someone please explain me which exactly race this mmap_read_lock() tries
to avoid and how ?
Oleg.
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