linux-toradex.git/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c, branch v3.11

dm: optimize use SRCU and RCU

2013-07-10T22:41:18+00:00

This patch removes "io_lock" and "map_lock" in struct mapped_device and
"holders" in struct dm_table and replaces these mechanisms with
sleepable-rcu.

Previously, the code would call "dm_get_live_table" and "dm_table_put" to
get and release table. Now, the code is changed to call "dm_get_live_table"
and "dm_put_live_table". dm_get_live_table locks sleepable-rcu and
dm_put_live_table unlocks it.

dm_get_live_table_fast/dm_put_live_table_fast can be used instead of
dm_get_live_table/dm_put_live_table. These *_fast functions use
non-sleepable RCU, so the caller must not block between them.

If the code changes active or inactive dm table, it must call
dm_sync_table before destroying the old table.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm: use __GFP_HIGHMEM in __vmalloc

2013-07-10T22:41:16+00:00

Use __GFP_HIGHMEM in __vmalloc.

Pages allocated with __vmalloc can be allocated in high memory that is not
directly mapped to kernel space, so use __GFP_HIGHMEM just like vmalloc
does. This patch reduces memory pressure slightly because pages can be
allocated in the high zone.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm ioctl: set noio flag to avoid __vmalloc deadlock

2013-07-10T22:41:15+00:00

Set noio flag while calling __vmalloc() because it doesn't fully respect
gfp flags to avoid a possible deadlock (see commit
502624bdad3dba45dfaacaf36b7d83e39e74b2d2).

This should be backported to stable kernels 3.8 and newer. The kernel 3.8
doesn't have memalloc_noio_save(), so we should set and restore process
flag PF_MEMALLOC instead.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm ioctl: allow message to return data

2013-03-01T22:45:49+00:00

This patch introduces enhanced message support that allows the
device-mapper core to recognise messages that are common to all devices,
and for messages to return data to userspace.

Core messages are processed by the function "message_for_md".  If the
device mapper doesn't support the message, it is passed to the target
driver.

If the message returns data, the kernel sets the flag
DM_MESSAGE_OUT_FLAG.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm ioctl: optimize functions without variable params

2013-03-01T22:45:49+00:00

Device-mapper ioctls receive and send data in a buffer supplied
by userspace.  The buffer has two parts.  The first part contains
a 'struct dm_ioctl' and has a fixed size.  The second part depends
on the ioctl and has a variable size.

This patch recognises the specific ioctls that do not use the variable
part of the buffer and skips allocating memory for it.

In particular, when a device is suspended and a resume ioctl is sent,
this now avoid memory allocation completely.

The variable "struct dm_ioctl tmp" is moved from the function
copy_params to its caller ctl_ioctl and renamed to param_kernel.
It is used directly when the ioctl function doesn't need any arguments.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm ioctl: introduce ioctl_flags

2013-03-01T22:45:48+00:00

This patch introduces flags for each ioctl function.

So far, one flag is defined, IOCTL_FLAGS_NO_PARAMS.  It is set if the
function processing the ioctl doesn't take or produce any parameters in
the section of the data buffer that has a variable size.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm: fix truncated status strings

2013-03-01T22:45:44+00:00

Avoid returning a truncated table or status string instead of setting
the DM_BUFFER_FULL_FLAG when the last target of a table fills the
buffer.

When processing a table or status request, the function retrieve_status
calls ti->type->status. If ti->type->status returns non-zero,
retrieve_status assumes that the buffer overflowed and sets
DM_BUFFER_FULL_FLAG.

However, targets don't return non-zero values from their status method
on overflow. Most targets returns always zero.

If a buffer overflow happens in a target that is not the last in the
table, it gets noticed during the next iteration of the loop in
retrieve_status; but if a buffer overflow happens in the last target, it
goes unnoticed and erroneously truncated data is returned.

In the current code, the targets behave in the following way:
* dm-crypt returns -ENOMEM if there is not enough space to store the
  key, but it returns 0 on all other overflows.
* dm-thin returns errors from the status method if a disk error happened.
  This is incorrect because retrieve_status doesn't check the error
  code, it assumes that all non-zero values mean buffer overflow.
* all the other targets always return 0.

This patch changes the ti->type->status function to return void (because
most targets don't use the return code). Overflow is detected in
retrieve_status: if the status method fills up the remaining space
completely, it is assumed that buffer overflow happened.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm ioctl: use kmalloc if possible

2012-12-21T20:23:36+00:00

If the parameter buffer is small enough, try to allocate it with kmalloc()
rather than vmalloc().

vmalloc is noticeably slower than kmalloc because it has to manipulate
page tables.

In my tests, on PA-RISC this patch speeds up activation 13 times.
On Opteron this patch speeds up activation by 5%.

This patch introduces a new function free_params() to free the
parameters and this uses new flags that record whether or not vmalloc()
was used and whether or not the input buffer must be wiped after use.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm ioctl: remove PF_MEMALLOC

2012-12-21T20:23:36+00:00

When allocating memory for the userspace ioctl data, set some
appropriate GPF flags directly instead of using PF_MEMALLOC.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm ioctl: prevent unsafe change to dm_ioctl data_size

2012-12-21T20:23:30+00:00

Abort dm ioctl processing if userspace changes the data_size parameter
after we validated it but before we finished copying the data buffer
from userspace.

The dm ioctl parameters are processed in the following sequence:
 1. ctl_ioctl() calls copy_params();
 2. copy_params() makes a first copy of the fixed-sized portion of the
    userspace parameters into the local variable "tmp";
 3. copy_params() then validates tmp.data_size and allocates a new
    structure big enough to hold the complete data and copies the whole
    userspace buffer there;
 4. ctl_ioctl() reads userspace data the second time and copies the whole
    buffer into the pointer "param";
 5. ctl_ioctl() reads param->data_size without any validation and stores it
    in the variable "input_param_size";
 6. "input_param_size" is further used as the authoritative size of the
    kernel buffer.

The problem is that userspace code could change the contents of user
memory between steps 2 and 4.  In particular, the data_size parameter
can be changed to an invalid value after the kernel has validated it.
This lets userspace force the kernel to access invalid kernel memory.

The fix is to ensure that the size has not changed at step 4.

This patch shouldn't have a security impact because CAP_SYS_ADMIN is
required to run this code, but it should be fixed anyway.

Reported-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon 
Cc: stable@kernel.org