redonkable
/
alistair23-linux
1
0
Fork 0
Code Releases Activity

usermodehelper: don't use CLONE_VFORK for ____call_usermodehelper() 

After "kernel/kmod: fix use-after-free of the sub_infostructure"
CLONE_VFORK in __call_usermodehelper() buys nothing, we rely on on
umh_complete() in ____call_usermodehelper() anyway.

Remove it.  This also eliminates the unnecessary sleep/wakeup in the
likely case, and this allows the next change.

While at it, kill the "int wait" locals in ____call_usermodehelper() and
__call_usermodehelper(), they can safely use sub_info->wait.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Oleg Nesterov 2014-12-10 15:54:39 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent ddbc22e27e
commit 7117bc8888
1 changed files with 3 additions and 9 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

12
kernel/kmod.c
View File

@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ static void umh_complete(struct subprocess_info *sub_info)
static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
{
struct subprocess_info *sub_info = data;
int wait = sub_info->wait & ~UMH_KILLABLE;
struct cred *new;
int retval;
@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
out:
sub_info->retval = retval;
/* wait_for_helper() will call umh_complete if UHM_WAIT_PROC. */
if (wait != UMH_WAIT_PROC)
if (!(sub_info->wait & UMH_WAIT_PROC))
umh_complete(sub_info);
if (!retval)
return 0;
@ -323,18 +322,13 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct subprocess_info *sub_info =
container_of(work, struct subprocess_info, work);
int wait = sub_info->wait & ~UMH_KILLABLE;
pid_t pid;
/* CLONE_VFORK: wait until the usermode helper has execve'd
* successfully We need the data structures to stay around
* until that is done. */
if (wait == UMH_WAIT_PROC)
if (sub_info->wait & UMH_WAIT_PROC)
pid = kernel_thread(wait_for_helper, sub_info,
CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
else {
pid = kernel_thread(call_helper, sub_info,
CLONE_VFORK | SIGCHLD);
pid = kernel_thread(call_helper, sub_info, SIGCHLD);
/* Worker thread stopped blocking khelper thread. */
kmod_thread_locker = NULL;
}