diff options
author | Nadav Amit <[email protected]> | 2021-09-02 14:58:59 -0700 |
---|---|---|
committer | Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> | 2021-09-03 09:58:16 -0700 |
commit | 22e5fe2a2a279d9a6fcbdfb4dffe73821bef1c90 (patch) | |
tree | c3e5d5a1eef9cf1a3a9198aae913ce77f9cb4fee /tools/perf/scripts/python/export-to-sqlite.py | |
parent | a759a909d42d727e918bd5248d6cff7562fa8109 (diff) |
userfaultfd: prevent concurrent API initialization
userfaultfd assumes that the enabled features are set once and never
changed after UFFDIO_API ioctl succeeded.
However, currently, UFFDIO_API can be called concurrently from two
different threads, succeed on both threads and leave userfaultfd's
features in non-deterministic state. Theoretically, other uffd operations
(ioctl's and page-faults) can be dispatched while adversely affected by
such changes of features.
Moreover, the writes to ctx->state and ctx->features are not ordered,
which can - theoretically, again - let userfaultfd_ioctl() think that
userfaultfd API completed, while the features are still not initialized.
To avoid races, it is arguably best to get rid of ctx->state. Since there
are only 2 states, record the API initialization in ctx->features as the
uppermost bit and remove ctx->state.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Fixes: 9cd75c3cd4c3d ("userfaultfd: non-cooperative: add ability to report non-PF events from uffd descriptor")
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <[email protected]>
Cc: Alexander Viro <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <[email protected]>
Cc: Axel Rasmussen <[email protected]>
Cc: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Xu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/scripts/python/export-to-sqlite.py')
0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions