From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FC08C433DB for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:57:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org (smtp4.osuosl.org [140.211.166.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD84A207C4 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:57:08 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org BD84A207C4 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=containers-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9976B85190; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:57:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gKs5KqjaHD-V; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:57:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.linuxfoundation.org (lf-lists.osuosl.org [140.211.9.56]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FE7D851C2; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:57:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lf-lists.osuosl.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7098AC088B; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:57:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24D7C013A for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:57:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9770B8669A for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:57:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Ql85vH4+PYdn for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:57:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from raptor.unsafe.ru (raptor.unsafe.ru [5.9.43.93]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E56886690 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:57:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from example.org (ip-89-103-122-167.net.upcbroadband.cz [89.103.122.167]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by raptor.unsafe.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AA00720479; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:56:34 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 21:56:29 +0100 From: Alexey Gladkov To: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/8] Use refcount_t for ucounts reference counting Message-ID: <20210118205629.zro2qkd3ut42bpyq@example.org> References: <116c7669744404364651e3b380db2d82bb23f983.1610722473.git.gladkov.alexey@gmail.com> <20210118194551.h2hrwof7b3q5vgoi@example.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.1 (raptor.unsafe.ru [5.9.43.93]); Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:56:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Jens Axboe , Kees Cook , Kernel Hardening , Linux Containers , Jann Horn , LKML , Oleg Nesterov , Linux-MM , "Eric W . Biederman" , Andrew Morton , io-uring X-BeenThere: containers@lists.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux Containers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: containers-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Sender: "Containers" On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 12:34:29PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 11:46 AM Alexey Gladkov > wrote: > > > > Sorry about that. I thought that this code is not needed when switching > > from int to refcount_t. I was wrong. > > Well, you _may_ be right. I personally didn't check how the return > value is used. > > I only reacted to "it certainly _may_ be used, and there is absolutely > no comment anywhere about why it wouldn't matter". I have not found examples where checked the overflow after calling refcount_inc/refcount_add. For example in kernel/fork.c:2298 : current->signal->nr_threads++; atomic_inc(¤t->signal->live); refcount_inc(¤t->signal->sigcnt); $ semind search signal_struct.sigcnt def include/linux/sched/signal.h:83 refcount_t sigcnt; m-- kernel/fork.c:723 put_signal_struct if (refcount_dec_and_test(&sig->sigcnt)) m-- kernel/fork.c:1571 copy_signal refcount_set(&sig->sigcnt, 1); m-- kernel/fork.c:2298 copy_process refcount_inc(¤t->signal->sigcnt); It seems to me that the only way is to use __refcount_inc and then compare the old value with REFCOUNT_MAX Since I have not seen examples of such checks, I thought that this is acceptable. Sorry once again. I have not tried to hide these changes. -- Rgrds, legion _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers