[RFC PATCH 04/11] mm/mempolicy: modify get_mempolicy call stack to take a task argument

[Gregory Price]

To make mempolicy fetchable by external tasks, we must first change
the callstack to take a task as an argument.

Modify the following functions to require a task argument:
	do_get_mempolicy
	kernel_get_mempolicy

The way the task->mm is acquired must change slightly to enable this
change.  Originally, do_get_mempolicy would acquire the task->mm
directly via (current->mm).  This is unsafe to do in a non-current
context.  However, utilizing get_task_mm would break the original
functionality of do_get_mempolicy due to the following check
in get_task_mm:

  if (mm) {
    if (task->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
      mm = NULL;
    else
      mmget(mm);
  }

To retain the original behavior, if (task == current) we access
the task->mm directly, but if (task != current) we will utilize
get_task_mm to safely access the mm.

We simplify the get/put mechanics by always taking a reference to
the mm, even if we are in the context of (task == current).

Additionally, since the mempolicy will become externally modifiable,
we need to take the task lock to acquire task->mempolicy safely,
regardless of whether we are operating on current or not.

Signed-off-by: Gregory Price <gregory.price@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/mempolicy.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 9ea3e1bfc002..4519f39b1a07 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -899,8 +899,9 @@ static int lookup_node(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 }
 
 /* Retrieve NUMA policy */
-static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
-			     unsigned long addr, unsigned long flags)
+static long do_get_mempolicy(struct task_struct *task, int *policy,
+			     nodemask_t *nmask, unsigned long addr,
+			     unsigned long flags)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
@@ -915,9 +916,9 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
 		if (flags & (MPOL_F_NODE|MPOL_F_ADDR))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		*policy = 0;	/* just so it's initialized */
-		task_lock(current);
-		*nmask  = cpuset_current_mems_allowed;
-		task_unlock(current);
+		task_lock(task);
+		*nmask = task->mems_allowed;
+		task_unlock(task);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -928,7 +929,16 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
 		 * vma/shared policy at addr is NULL.  We
 		 * want to return MPOL_DEFAULT in this case.
 		 */
-		mm = current->mm;
+		if (task == current) {
+			/*
+			 * original behavior allows a kernel task changing its
+			 * own policy to avoid the condition in get_task_mm,
+			 * so we'll directly access
+			 */
+			mm = task->mm;
+			mmget(mm);
+		} else
+			mm = get_task_mm(task);
 		mmap_read_lock(mm);
 		vma = vma_lookup(mm, addr);
 		if (!vma) {
@@ -947,8 +957,10 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	else {
 		/* take a reference of the task policy now */
-		pol = current->mempolicy;
+		task_lock(task);
+		pol = task->mempolicy;
 		mpol_get(pol);
+		task_unlock(task);
 	}
 
 	if (!pol) {
@@ -962,12 +974,13 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
 			vma = NULL;
 			mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 			err = lookup_node(mm, addr);
+			mmput(mm);
 			if (err < 0)
 				goto out;
 			*policy = err;
-		} else if (pol == current->mempolicy &&
+		} else if (pol == task->mempolicy &&
 				pol->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE) {
-			*policy = next_node_in(current->il_prev, pol->nodes);
+			*policy = next_node_in(task->il_prev, pol->nodes);
 		} else {
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
@@ -987,9 +1000,9 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
 		if (mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol)) {
 			*nmask = pol->w.user_nodemask;
 		} else {
-			task_lock(current);
+			task_lock(task);
 			get_policy_nodemask(pol, nmask);
-			task_unlock(current);
+			task_unlock(task);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1704,7 +1717,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(migrate_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, maxnode,
 }
 
 /* Retrieve NUMA policy */
-static int kernel_get_mempolicy(int __user *policy,
+static int kernel_get_mempolicy(struct task_struct *task,
+				int __user *policy,
 				unsigned long __user *nmask,
 				unsigned long maxnode,
 				unsigned long addr,
@@ -1719,7 +1733,7 @@ static int kernel_get_mempolicy(int __user *policy,
 
 	addr = untagged_addr(addr);
 
-	err = do_get_mempolicy(&pval, &nodes, addr, flags);
+	err = do_get_mempolicy(task, &pval, &nodes, addr, flags);
 
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -1737,7 +1751,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(get_mempolicy, int __user *, policy,
 		unsigned long __user *, nmask, unsigned long, maxnode,
 		unsigned long, addr, unsigned long, flags)
 {
-	return kernel_get_mempolicy(policy, nmask, maxnode, addr, flags);
+	return kernel_get_mempolicy(current, policy, nmask, maxnode, addr,
+				    flags);
 }
 
 bool vma_migratable(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-- 
2.39.1