[PATCH 05/11] ipc,shm: make shmctl_nolock lockless

[Davidlohr Bueso]

While the INFO cmd doesn't take the ipc lock, the STAT commands do acquire
it unnecessarily. We can do the permissions and security checks only
holding the rcu lock.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx>
---
 ipc/shm.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 3e12398..43a8786 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -882,27 +882,31 @@ static int shmctl_nolock(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int shmid,
 		struct shmid64_ds tbuf;
 		int result;
 
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		if (cmd == SHM_STAT) {
-			shp = shm_lock(ns, shmid);
+			shp = shm_obtain_object(ns, shmid);
 			if (IS_ERR(shp)) {
 				err = PTR_ERR(shp);
-				goto out;
+				goto out_unlock;
 			}
 			result = shp->shm_perm.id;
 		} else {
-			shp = shm_lock_check(ns, shmid);
+			shp = shm_obtain_object_check(ns, shmid);
 			if (IS_ERR(shp)) {
 				err = PTR_ERR(shp);
-				goto out;
+				goto out_unlock;
 			}
 			result = 0;
 		}
+
 		err = -EACCES;
 		if (ipcperms(ns, &shp->shm_perm, S_IRUGO))
 			goto out_unlock;
+
 		err = security_shm_shmctl(shp, cmd);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_unlock;
+
 		memset(&tbuf, 0, sizeof(tbuf));
 		kernel_to_ipc64_perm(&shp->shm_perm, &tbuf.shm_perm);
 		tbuf.shm_segsz	= shp->shm_segsz;
@@ -912,8 +916,9 @@ static int shmctl_nolock(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int shmid,
 		tbuf.shm_cpid	= shp->shm_cprid;
 		tbuf.shm_lpid	= shp->shm_lprid;
 		tbuf.shm_nattch	= shp->shm_nattch;
-		shm_unlock(shp);
-		if(copy_shmid_to_user (buf, &tbuf, version))
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+
+		if (copy_shmid_to_user (buf, &tbuf, version))
 			err = -EFAULT;
 		else
 			err = result;
@@ -924,7 +929,7 @@ static int shmctl_nolock(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int shmid,
 	}
 
 out_unlock:
-	shm_unlock(shp);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 out:
 	return err;
 }
-- 
1.7.11.7

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