Re: [PATCH 7/7] sysvipc_find_ipc should increase position index
From: Andreas Schwab
Date: Tue May 05 2020 - 12:13:13 EST
I think this is causing this bug (seen on 5.6.8):
# ipcs -q
------ Message Queues --------
key msqid owner perms used-bytes messages
# ipcmk -Q
Message queue id: 0
# ipcs -q
------ Message Queues --------
key msqid owner perms used-bytes messages
0x82db8127 0 root 644 0 0
# ipcmk -Q
Message queue id: 1
# ipcs -q
------ Message Queues --------
key msqid owner perms used-bytes messages
0x82db8127 0 root 644 0 0
0x76d1fb2a 1 root 644 0 0
# ipcrm -q 0
# ipcs -q
------ Message Queues --------
key msqid owner perms used-bytes messages
0x76d1fb2a 1 root 644 0 0
0x76d1fb2a 1 root 644 0 0
# ipcmk -Q
Message queue id: 2
# ipcrm -q 2
# ipcs -q
------ Message Queues --------
key msqid owner perms used-bytes messages
0x76d1fb2a 1 root 644 0 0
0x76d1fb2a 1 root 644 0 0
# ipcmk -Q
Message queue id: 3
# ipcrm -q 1
# ipcs -q
------ Message Queues --------
key msqid owner perms used-bytes messages
0x7c982867 3 root 644 0 0
0x7c982867 3 root 644 0 0
0x7c982867 3 root 644 0 0
0x7c982867 3 root 644 0 0
As you can see, whenever an IPC item with a low id is deleted, the items
with higher ids are duplicated, as if filling a hole.
Andreas.
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