[PATCH 06/14] audit: Factor out chunk replacement code

Paul Moore paul at paul-moore.com
Tue Nov 6 13:58:36 UTC 2018


On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 3:27 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 2018-10-17 12:14, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Chunk replacement code is very similar for the cases where we grow or
> > shrink chunk. Factor the code out into a common helper function.
>
> Noting just the switch from list_replace_init() to list_splice_init().

Yeah, I wasn't expecting to see that, maybe it will make sense as I
work through the rest of the patchset.

Jan, can you explain the reason behind the change?  I'm a little
nervous that this is simply hiding a problem (e.g. the list_empty()
check in splice).

> Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>
>
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
> > ---
> >  kernel/audit_tree.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
> > index 307749d6773c..d8f6cfa0005b 100644
> > --- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
> > +++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
> > @@ -235,6 +235,38 @@ static struct audit_chunk *find_chunk(struct node *p)
> >       return container_of(p, struct audit_chunk, owners[0]);
> >  }
> >
> > +static void replace_chunk(struct audit_chunk *new, struct audit_chunk *old,
> > +                       struct node *skip)
> > +{
> > +     struct audit_tree *owner;
> > +     int i, j;
> > +
> > +     new->key = old->key;
> > +     list_splice_init(&old->trees, &new->trees);
> > +     list_for_each_entry(owner, &new->trees, same_root)
> > +             owner->root = new;
> > +     for (i = j = 0; j < old->count; i++, j++) {
> > +             if (&old->owners[j] == skip) {
> > +                     i--;
> > +                     continue;
> > +             }
> > +             owner = old->owners[j].owner;
> > +             new->owners[i].owner = owner;
> > +             new->owners[i].index = old->owners[j].index - j + i;
> > +             if (!owner) /* result of earlier fallback */
> > +                     continue;
> > +             get_tree(owner);
> > +             list_replace_init(&old->owners[j].list, &new->owners[i].list);
> > +     }
> > +     /*
> > +      * Make sure chunk is fully initialized before making it visible in the
> > +      * hash. Pairs with a data dependency barrier in READ_ONCE() in
> > +      * audit_tree_lookup().
> > +      */
> > +     smp_wmb();
> > +     list_replace_rcu(&old->hash, &new->hash);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void untag_chunk(struct node *p)
> >  {
> >       struct audit_chunk *chunk = find_chunk(p);
> > @@ -242,7 +274,6 @@ static void untag_chunk(struct node *p)
> >       struct audit_chunk *new = NULL;
> >       struct audit_tree *owner;
> >       int size = chunk->count - 1;
> > -     int i, j;
> >
> >       fsnotify_get_mark(entry);
> >
> > @@ -291,38 +322,16 @@ static void untag_chunk(struct node *p)
> >
> >       chunk->dead = 1;
> >       spin_lock(&hash_lock);
> > -     new->key = chunk->key;
> > -     list_replace_init(&chunk->trees, &new->trees);
> >       if (owner->root == chunk) {
> >               list_del_init(&owner->same_root);
> >               owner->root = NULL;
> >       }
> > -
> > -     for (i = j = 0; j <= size; i++, j++) {
> > -             struct audit_tree *s;
> > -             if (&chunk->owners[j] == p) {
> > -                     list_del_init(&p->list);
> > -                     i--;
> > -                     continue;
> > -             }
> > -             s = chunk->owners[j].owner;
> > -             new->owners[i].owner = s;
> > -             new->owners[i].index = chunk->owners[j].index - j + i;
> > -             if (!s) /* result of earlier fallback */
> > -                     continue;
> > -             get_tree(s);
> > -             list_replace_init(&chunk->owners[j].list, &new->owners[i].list);
> > -     }
> > -
> > -     list_for_each_entry(owner, &new->trees, same_root)
> > -             owner->root = new;
> > +     list_del_init(&p->list);
> >       /*
> > -      * Make sure chunk is fully initialized before making it visible in the
> > -      * hash. Pairs with a data dependency barrier in READ_ONCE() in
> > -      * audit_tree_lookup().
> > +      * This has to go last when updating chunk as once replace_chunk() is
> > +      * called, new RCU readers can see the new chunk.
> >        */
> > -     smp_wmb();
> > -     list_replace_rcu(&chunk->hash, &new->hash);
> > +     replace_chunk(new, chunk, p);
> >       spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
> >       fsnotify_detach_mark(entry);
> >       mutex_unlock(&entry->group->mark_mutex);
> > @@ -399,7 +408,6 @@ static int create_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
> >  static int tag_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
> >  {
> >       struct fsnotify_mark *old_entry, *chunk_entry;
> > -     struct audit_tree *owner;
> >       struct audit_chunk *chunk, *old;
> >       struct node *p;
> >       int n;
> > @@ -464,35 +472,21 @@ static int tag_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
> >               fsnotify_put_mark(old_entry);
> >               return 0;
> >       }
> > -     chunk->key = old->key;
> > -     list_replace_init(&old->trees, &chunk->trees);
> > -     for (n = 0, p = chunk->owners; n < old->count; n++, p++) {
> > -             struct audit_tree *s = old->owners[n].owner;
> > -             p->owner = s;
> > -             p->index = old->owners[n].index;
> > -             if (!s) /* result of fallback in untag */
> > -                     continue;
> > -             get_tree(s);
> > -             list_replace_init(&old->owners[n].list, &p->list);
> > -     }
> > +     p = &chunk->owners[chunk->count - 1];
> >       p->index = (chunk->count - 1) | (1U<<31);
> >       p->owner = tree;
> >       get_tree(tree);
> >       list_add(&p->list, &tree->chunks);
> > -     list_for_each_entry(owner, &chunk->trees, same_root)
> > -             owner->root = chunk;
> >       old->dead = 1;
> >       if (!tree->root) {
> >               tree->root = chunk;
> >               list_add(&tree->same_root, &chunk->trees);
> >       }
> >       /*
> > -      * Make sure chunk is fully initialized before making it visible in the
> > -      * hash. Pairs with a data dependency barrier in READ_ONCE() in
> > -      * audit_tree_lookup().
> > +      * This has to go last when updating chunk as once replace_chunk() is
> > +      * called, new RCU readers can see the new chunk.
> >        */
> > -     smp_wmb();
> > -     list_replace_rcu(&old->hash, &chunk->hash);
> > +     replace_chunk(chunk, old, NULL);
> >       spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
> >       fsnotify_detach_mark(old_entry);
> >       mutex_unlock(&audit_tree_group->mark_mutex);
> > --
> > 2.16.4
> >
>
> - RGB
>
> --
> Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>
> Sr. S/W Engineer, Kernel Security, Base Operating Systems
> Remote, Ottawa, Red Hat Canada
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