[PATCH] lib/idr.c: Fix rcu related race with idr_find

From: Manfred Spraul
Date: Thu Nov 20 2008 - 14:39:05 EST


2nd part of the fixes needed for
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11796.

When the idr tree is either grown or shrunk, then the update to the
number of layers and the top pointer were not atomic.
This race caused crashes.

The attached patch fixes that by replicating the layers counter in
each layer, thus idr_find doesn't need idp->layers anymore.

Andrew - could you add it to -mm? It survived some simple tests.
In the long run, it's something for the stable kernel, but it needs
more testing.

Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/idr.h | 3 ++-
lib/idr.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/idr.h b/include/linux/idr.h
index fa035f9..dd846df 100644
--- a/include/linux/idr.h
+++ b/include/linux/idr.h
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ struct idr_layer {
unsigned long bitmap; /* A zero bit means "space here" */
struct idr_layer *ary[1<<IDR_BITS];
int count; /* When zero, we can release it */
+ int layer; /* distance from leaf */
struct rcu_head rcu_head;
};

struct idr {
struct idr_layer *top;
struct idr_layer *id_free;
- int layers;
+ int layers; /* only valid without concurrent changes */
int id_free_cnt;
spinlock_t lock;
};
diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index e728c7f..7a785a0 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ static int sub_alloc(struct idr *idp, int *starting_id, struct idr_layer **pa)
new = get_from_free_list(idp);
if (!new)
return -1;
+ new->layer = l-1;
rcu_assign_pointer(p->ary[m], new);
p->count++;
}
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ build_up:
if (unlikely(!p)) {
if (!(p = get_from_free_list(idp)))
return -1;
+ p->layer = 0;
layers = 1;
}
/*
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ build_up:
}
new->ary[0] = p;
new->count = 1;
+ new->layer = layers-1;
if (p->bitmap == IDR_FULL)
__set_bit(0, &new->bitmap);
p = new;
@@ -493,17 +496,21 @@ void *idr_find(struct idr *idp, int id)
int n;
struct idr_layer *p;

- n = idp->layers * IDR_BITS;
p = rcu_dereference(idp->top);
+ if (!p)
+ return NULL;
+ n = (p->layer+1) * IDR_BITS;

/* Mask off upper bits we don't use for the search. */
id &= MAX_ID_MASK;

if (id >= (1 << n))
return NULL;
+ BUG_ON(n == 0);

while (n > 0 && p) {
n -= IDR_BITS;
+ BUG_ON(n != p->layer*IDR_BITS);
p = rcu_dereference(p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK]);
}
return((void *)p);
@@ -582,8 +589,11 @@ void *idr_replace(struct idr *idp, void *ptr, int id)
int n;
struct idr_layer *p, *old_p;

- n = idp->layers * IDR_BITS;
p = idp->top;
+ if (!p)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+ n = (p->layer+1) * IDR_BITS;

id &= MAX_ID_MASK;

--
1.5.6.5

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