linux/ipc/sem.c, branch v2.6.28

ipc/sem.c: make free_un() static

2008-10-16T18:21:51Z

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc/sem.c: rewrite undo list locking

2008-07-25T17:53:42Z

The attached patch: - reverses the locking order of ulp->lock and sem_lock: Previously, it was first ulp->lock, then inside sem_lock. Now it's the other way around. - converts the undo structure to rcu. Benefits: - With the old locking order, IPC_RMID could not kfree the undo structures. The stale entries remained in the linked lists and were released later. - The patch fixes a a race in semtimedop(): if both IPC_RMID and a semget() that recreates exactly the same id happen between find_alloc_undo() and sem_lock, then semtimedop() would access already kfree'd memory. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul Reviewed-by: Nadia Derbey Cc: Pierre Peiffer Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc/sem.c: convert sem_array.sem_pending to struct list_head

2008-07-25T17:53:42Z

sem_array.sem_pending is a double linked list, the attached patch converts it to struct list_head. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul Reviewed-by: Nadia Derbey Cc: Pierre Peiffer Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc/sem.c: remove unused entries from struct sem_queue

2008-07-25T17:53:42Z

sem_queue.sma and sem_queue.id were never used, the attached patch removes them. Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul Reviewed-by: Nadia Derbey Cc: Pierre Peiffer Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc/sem.c: convert undo structures to struct list_head

2008-07-25T17:53:42Z

The undo structures contain two linked lists, the attached patch replaces them with generic struct list_head lists. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul Cc: Nadia Derbey Cc: Pierre Peiffer Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ipc: sysvsem: implement sys_unshare(CLONE_SYSVSEM)

2008-04-29T15:06:14Z

sys_unshare(CLONE_NEWIPC) doesn't handle the undo lists properly, this can cause a kernel memory corruption. CLONE_NEWIPC must detach from the existing undo lists. Fix, part 1: add support for sys_unshare(CLONE_SYSVSEM) The original reason to not support it was the potential (inevitable?) confusion due to the fact that sys_unshare(CLONE_SYSVSEM) has the inverse meaning of clone(CLONE_SYSVSEM). Our two most reasonable options then appear to be (1) fully support CLONE_SYSVSEM, or (2) continue to refuse explicit CLONE_SYSVSEM, but always do it anyway on unshare(CLONE_SYSVSEM). This patch does (1). Changelog: Apr 16: SEH: switch to Manfred's alternative patch which removes the unshare_semundo() function which always refused CLONE_SYSVSEM. Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Pavel Emelyanov Cc: Michael Kerrisk Cc: Pierre Peiffer Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

IPC: consolidate all xxxctl_down() functions

2008-04-29T15:06:14Z

semctl_down(), msgctl_down() and shmctl_down() are used to handle the same set of commands for each kind of IPC. They all start to do the same job (they retrieve the ipc and do some permission checks) before handling the commands on their own. This patch proposes to consolidate this by moving these same pieces of code into one common function called ipcctl_pre_down(). It simplifies a little these xxxctl_down() functions and increases a little the maintainability. Signed-off-by: Pierre Peiffer Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Cc: Nadia Derbey Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

IPC: introduce ipc_update_perm()

2008-04-29T15:06:13Z

The IPC_SET command performs the same permission setting for all IPCs. This patch introduces a common ipc_update_perm() function to update these permissions and makes use of it for all IPCs. Signed-off-by: Pierre Peiffer Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Cc: Nadia Derbey Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

IPC: get rid of the use *_setbuf structure.

2008-04-29T15:06:13Z

All IPCs make use of an intermetiate *_setbuf structure to handle the IPC_SET command. This is not really needed and, moreover, it complicates a little bit the code. This patch gets rid of the use of it and uses directly the semid64_ds/ msgid64_ds/shmid64_ds structure. In addition of removing one struture declaration, it also simplifies and improves a little bit the common 64-bits path. Signed-off-by: Pierre Peiffer Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Cc: Nadia Derbey Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

IPC/semaphores: remove one unused parameter from semctl_down()

2008-04-29T15:06:13Z

semctl_down() takes one unused parameter: semnum. This patch proposes to get rid of it. Signed-off-by: Pierre Peiffer Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Cc: Nadia Derbey Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds