From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko@kernel.org>,
"David Howells" <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: "Eric Biggers" <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
"Mimi Zohar" <zohar@linux.ibm.com>,
"Roberto Sassu" <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>,
"Dmitry Kasatkin" <dmitry.kasatkin@gmail.com>,
"Eric Snowberg" <eric.snowberg@oracle.com>,
"Paul Moore" <paul@paul-moore.com>,
"James Morris" <jmorris@namei.org>,
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
"open list:SECURITY SUBSYSTEM"
<linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
"open list:KEYS/KEYRINGS" <keyrings@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] KEYS: key_garbage_collector(): process in chunks
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:24:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-191260@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261030160924.2919363-1-jarkko@kernel.org>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] keys: missed KEY_GC_KEY_EXPIRED for keys expiring during chunked GC scan
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commit 8a5b903eb11c1b0cb7aae033aae44253bd9ca4d8
Author: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
KEYS: key_garbage_collector(): process in chunks
This commit updates key_garbage_collector() to scan the serial tree and
destroy unused keys in chunks of 64 to prevent workqueue lockups when
there are a large number of keys.
Link: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jarkko/linux-tpmdd-test.git/tree/package/keygcbench
> diff --git a/security/keys/gc.c b/security/keys/gc.c
> index eda445f815d47..171977e56a784 100644
> --- a/security/keys/gc.c
> +++ b/security/keys/gc.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -44,6 +56,20 @@ struct key_type key_type_dead = {
> .name = ".dead",
> };
>
> +/*
> + * Schedule a new GC pass or re-schedule an ongoing GC pass.
> + */
> +static void key_schedule_gc_work(void)
> +{
> + /*
> + * Order caller updates before setting KEY_GC_REAP_REQUESTED, given that
> + * set_bit() is unordered.
> + */
> + smp_mb__before_atomic();
> + set_bit(KEY_GC_REAP_REQUESTED, &key_gc_flags);
> + schedule_work(&key_gc_work.work);
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Schedule a garbage collection run.
> * - time precision isn't particularly important
> @@ -57,7 +83,7 @@ void key_schedule_gc(time64_t gc_at)
>
> if (gc_at <= now || test_bit(KEY_GC_REAP_KEYTYPE, &key_gc_flags)) {
> kdebug("IMMEDIATE");
> - schedule_work(&key_gc_work);
> + key_schedule_gc_work();
> } else if (gc_at < key_gc_next_run) {
> kdebug("DEFERRED");
> key_gc_next_run = gc_at;
[ ... ]
> @@ -178,54 +206,64 @@ static noinline void key_gc_unused_keys(struct list_head *keys)
> static void key_garbage_collector(struct work_struct *work)
> {
> static LIST_HEAD(graveyard);
> - static u8 gc_state; /* Internal persistent state */
> + typeof(key_gc_work) *gc = &key_gc_work;
> #define KEY_GC_REAP_AGAIN 0x01 /* - Need another cycle */
> #define KEY_GC_REAPING_LINKS 0x02 /* - We need to reap links */
> +#define KEY_GC_DESTROYING 0x04 /* - We need to destroy keys */
> #define KEY_GC_REAPING_DEAD_1 0x10 /* - We need to mark dead keys */
> #define KEY_GC_REAPING_DEAD_2 0x20 /* - We need to reap dead key links */
> #define KEY_GC_REAPING_DEAD_3 0x40 /* - We need to reap dead keys */
> #define KEY_GC_FOUND_DEAD_KEY 0x80 /* - We found at least one dead key */
>
> - struct rb_node *cursor;
> + unsigned int chunk = KEY_GC_CHUNK_SIZE;
> struct key *key;
> - time64_t new_timer, limit, expiry;
> + time64_t expiry;
>
> - kenter("[%lx,%x]", key_gc_flags, gc_state);
> + kenter("[%lx,%x]", key_gc_flags, gc->state);
>
> - limit = ktime_get_real_seconds();
> + if (gc->state & KEY_GC_DESTROYING)
> + goto destroy_keys;
> + if (gc->cursor) {
> + spin_lock(&key_serial_lock);
> + goto continue_scanning;
> + }
> +
> + test_and_clear_bit(KEY_GC_REAP_REQUESTED, &key_gc_flags);
> + gc->start = ktime_get_real_seconds();
>
> /* Work out what we're going to be doing in this pass */
> - gc_state &= KEY_GC_REAPING_DEAD_1 | KEY_GC_REAPING_DEAD_2;
> - gc_state <<= 1;
> + gc->state &= KEY_GC_REAPING_DEAD_1 | KEY_GC_REAPING_DEAD_2;
> + gc->state <<= 1;
> if (test_and_clear_bit(KEY_GC_KEY_EXPIRED, &key_gc_flags))
> - gc_state |= KEY_GC_REAPING_LINKS;
> + gc->state |= KEY_GC_REAPING_LINKS;
[ ... ]
> @@ -239,24 +277,24 @@ static void key_garbage_collector(struct work_struct *work)
> if (expiry != TIME64_MAX) {
> if (!(key->type->flags & KEY_TYPE_INSTANT_REAP))
> expiry += key_gc_delay;
> - if (expiry > limit && expiry < new_timer) {
> + if (expiry > gc->start && expiry < gc->end) {
> kdebug("will expire %x in %lld",
> - key_serial(key), key->expiry - limit);
> - new_timer = key->expiry;
> + key_serial(key), key->expiry - gc->start);
> + gc->end = key->expiry;
> }
> }
[ ... ]
> @@ -269,7 +307,11 @@ static void key_garbage_collector(struct work_struct *work)
> spin_unlock(&key_serial_lock);
>
> maybe_resched:
> - if (cursor) {
> + if (gc->cursor) {
> + if (!chunk) {
> + schedule_work(&key_gc_work.work);
> + return;
> + }
> cond_resched();
> spin_lock(&key_serial_lock);
> goto continue_scanning;
> @@ -281,12 +323,12 @@ static void key_garbage_collector(struct work_struct *work)
> */
> kdebug("pass complete");
>
> - if (new_timer != TIME64_MAX) {
> - new_timer += key_gc_delay;
> - key_schedule_gc(new_timer);
> + if (gc->end != TIME64_MAX) {
> + gc->end += key_gc_delay;
> + key_schedule_gc(gc->end);
> }
[Severity: Medium]
Can an expired key be left linked in its keyring if wall-clock time
reaches or passes gc->end while a multi-chunk scan is in flight?
At the start of a pass in key_garbage_collector(), gc->start is sampled
once via ktime_get_real_seconds() and persisted across all chunk
continuations. When scanning a key whose effective reap time (expiry) is
greater than gc->start, keyring_gc(key, gc->start) does not unlink the key
during the current pass, and its expiration is recorded in gc->end so that
key_schedule_gc(gc->end) can arm the timer once the scan completes.
Because scanning is now split into chunks of KEY_GC_CHUNK_SIZE across
multiple schedule_work(&key_gc_work.work) continuations, wall-clock time
can advance to or past gc->end before the final chunk finishes and calls
key_schedule_gc(gc->end).
When key_schedule_gc() sees gc_at <= now (or KEY_GC_REAP_KEYTYPE is set),
it takes the immediate branch:
key_garbage_collector()
key_schedule_gc(gc->end)
key_schedule_gc_work()
set_bit(KEY_GC_REAP_REQUESTED, &key_gc_flags);
schedule_work(&key_gc_work.work);
Unlike the deferred branch (which arms key_gc_timer -> key_gc_timer_func()
-> key_schedule_gc_links() and sets KEY_GC_KEY_EXPIRED),
key_schedule_gc_work() only sets KEY_GC_REAP_REQUESTED without setting
KEY_GC_KEY_EXPIRED.
When the next pass starts, gc->start is updated to the new wall-clock time
(now >= expiry) and KEY_GC_REAPING_LINKS is not set in gc->state. In that
pass, keyring_gc() is not called because KEY_GC_REAPING_LINKS is clear, and
expiry > gc->start is now false for the expired key, so the key is neither
unlinked from its keyring nor scheduled for timer reaping until an
unrelated event sets KEY_GC_KEY_EXPIRED.
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261030160924.2919363-1-jarkko@kernel.org?part=1
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