[kernel-hardening] [PATCH] ipc: comments for shm_forced_rmid code

[kernel-hardening] [PATCH] ipc: comments for shm_forced_rmid code

[Vasiliy Kulikov]

shm_may_destroy() and ipc_namespace.shm_forced_rmid lack comments.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
---
 include/linux/ipc_namespace.h |    3 +++
 ipc/shm.c                     |   10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index bec508f..74173c5 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ struct ipc_namespace {
 	size_t		shm_ctlall;
 	int		shm_ctlmni;
 	int		shm_tot;
+
+	/* Defines whether IPC_RMID is forced for _all_ shm segments
+	 * regardless of shmctl() */
 	int		shm_forced_rmid;
 
 	struct notifier_block ipcns_nb;
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index c55623c..22006f1 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ static void shm_destroy(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct shmid_kernel *shp)
 	ipc_rcu_putref(shp);
 }
 
+/*
+ * shm_may_destroy - identifies whether shm segment should be destroyed now
+ *
+ * Returns true if and only if there are no active users of the segment and
+ * one of the following is true:
+ *
+ * 1) shmctl(id, IPC_RMID, NULL) was called for this shp
+ *
+ * 2) sysctl kernel.shm_forced_rmid is set to 1.
+ */
 static bool shm_may_destroy(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct shmid_kernel *shp)
 {
 	return (shp->shm_nattch == 0) &&
-- 
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