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1 /*
2 * linux/ipc/util.c
3 * Copyright (C) 1992 Krishna Balasubramanian
5 * Sep 1997 - Call suser() last after "normal" permission checks so we
6 * get BSD style process accounting right.
7 * Occurs in several places in the IPC code.
8 * Chris Evans, <chris@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk>
9 * Nov 1999 - ipc helper functions, unified SMP locking
10 * Manfred Spraul <manfreds@colorfullife.com>
11 * Oct 2002 - One lock per IPC id. RCU ipc_free for lock-free grow_ary().
12 * Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com>
15 #include <linux/config.h>
16 #include <linux/mm.h>
17 #include <linux/shm.h>
18 #include <linux/init.h>
19 #include <linux/msg.h>
20 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
21 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
22 #include <linux/slab.h>
23 #include <linux/highuid.h>
24 #include <linux/security.h>
25 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
26 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
27 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
28 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
30 #include <asm/unistd.h>
32 #include "util.h"
34 struct ipc_proc_iface {
35 const char *path;
36 const char *header;
37 struct ipc_ids *ids;
38 int (*show)(struct seq_file *, void *);
41 /**
42 * ipc_init - initialise IPC subsystem
44 * The various system5 IPC resources (semaphores, messages and shared
45 * memory are initialised
48 static int __init ipc_init(void)
50 sem_init();
51 msg_init();
52 shm_init();
53 return 0;
55 __initcall(ipc_init);
57 /**
58 * ipc_init_ids - initialise IPC identifiers
59 * @ids: Identifier set
60 * @size: Number of identifiers
62 * Given a size for the ipc identifier range (limited below IPCMNI)
63 * set up the sequence range to use then allocate and initialise the
64 * array itself.
67 void __init ipc_init_ids(struct ipc_ids* ids, int size)
69 int i;
70 sema_init(&ids->sem,1);
72 if(size > IPCMNI)
73 size = IPCMNI;
74 ids->in_use = 0;
75 ids->max_id = -1;
76 ids->seq = 0;
78 int seq_limit = INT_MAX/SEQ_MULTIPLIER;
79 if(seq_limit > USHRT_MAX)
80 ids->seq_max = USHRT_MAX;
81 else
82 ids->seq_max = seq_limit;
85 ids->entries = ipc_rcu_alloc(sizeof(struct kern_ipc_perm *)*size +
86 sizeof(struct ipc_id_ary));
88 if(ids->entries == NULL) {
89 printk(KERN_ERR "ipc_init_ids() failed, ipc service disabled.\n");
90 size = 0;
91 ids->entries = &ids->nullentry;
93 ids->entries->size = size;
94 for(i=0;i<size;i++)
95 ids->entries->p[i] = NULL;
98 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
99 static struct file_operations sysvipc_proc_fops;
101 * ipc_init_proc_interface - Create a proc interface for sysipc types
102 * using a seq_file interface.
103 * @path: Path in procfs
104 * @header: Banner to be printed at the beginning of the file.
105 * @ids: ipc id table to iterate.
106 * @show: show routine.
108 void __init ipc_init_proc_interface(const char *path, const char *header,
109 struct ipc_ids *ids,
110 int (*show)(struct seq_file *, void *))
112 struct proc_dir_entry *pde;
113 struct ipc_proc_iface *iface;
115 iface = kmalloc(sizeof(*iface), GFP_KERNEL);
116 if (!iface)
117 return;
118 iface->path = path;
119 iface->header = header;
120 iface->ids = ids;
121 iface->show = show;
123 pde = create_proc_entry(path,
124 S_IRUGO, /* world readable */
125 NULL /* parent dir */);
126 if (pde) {
127 pde->data = iface;
128 pde->proc_fops = &sysvipc_proc_fops;
129 } else {
130 kfree(iface);
133 #endif
136 * ipc_findkey - find a key in an ipc identifier set
137 * @ids: Identifier set
138 * @key: The key to find
140 * Requires ipc_ids.sem locked.
141 * Returns the identifier if found or -1 if not.
144 int ipc_findkey(struct ipc_ids* ids, key_t key)
146 int id;
147 struct kern_ipc_perm* p;
148 int max_id = ids->max_id;
151 * rcu_dereference() is not needed here
152 * since ipc_ids.sem is held
154 for (id = 0; id <= max_id; id++) {
155 p = ids->entries->p[id];
156 if(p==NULL)
157 continue;
158 if (key == p->key)
159 return id;
161 return -1;
165 * Requires ipc_ids.sem locked
167 static int grow_ary(struct ipc_ids* ids, int newsize)
169 struct ipc_id_ary* new;
170 struct ipc_id_ary* old;
171 int i;
172 int size = ids->entries->size;
174 if(newsize > IPCMNI)
175 newsize = IPCMNI;
176 if(newsize <= size)
177 return newsize;
179 new = ipc_rcu_alloc(sizeof(struct kern_ipc_perm *)*newsize +
180 sizeof(struct ipc_id_ary));
181 if(new == NULL)
182 return size;
183 new->size = newsize;
184 memcpy(new->p, ids->entries->p, sizeof(struct kern_ipc_perm *)*size +
185 sizeof(struct ipc_id_ary));
186 for(i=size;i<newsize;i++) {
187 new->p[i] = NULL;
189 old = ids->entries;
192 * Use rcu_assign_pointer() to make sure the memcpyed contents
193 * of the new array are visible before the new array becomes visible.
195 rcu_assign_pointer(ids->entries, new);
197 ipc_rcu_putref(old);
198 return newsize;
202 * ipc_addid - add an IPC identifier
203 * @ids: IPC identifier set
204 * @new: new IPC permission set
205 * @size: new size limit for the id array
207 * Add an entry 'new' to the IPC arrays. The permissions object is
208 * initialised and the first free entry is set up and the id assigned
209 * is returned. The list is returned in a locked state on success.
210 * On failure the list is not locked and -1 is returned.
212 * Called with ipc_ids.sem held.
215 int ipc_addid(struct ipc_ids* ids, struct kern_ipc_perm* new, int size)
217 int id;
219 size = grow_ary(ids,size);
222 * rcu_dereference()() is not needed here since
223 * ipc_ids.sem is held
225 for (id = 0; id < size; id++) {
226 if(ids->entries->p[id] == NULL)
227 goto found;
229 return -1;
230 found:
231 ids->in_use++;
232 if (id > ids->max_id)
233 ids->max_id = id;
235 new->cuid = new->uid = current->euid;
236 new->gid = new->cgid = current->egid;
238 new->seq = ids->seq++;
239 if(ids->seq > ids->seq_max)
240 ids->seq = 0;
242 spin_lock_init(&new->lock);
243 new->deleted = 0;
244 rcu_read_lock();
245 spin_lock(&new->lock);
246 ids->entries->p[id] = new;
247 return id;
251 * ipc_rmid - remove an IPC identifier
252 * @ids: identifier set
253 * @id: Identifier to remove
255 * The identifier must be valid, and in use. The kernel will panic if
256 * fed an invalid identifier. The entry is removed and internal
257 * variables recomputed. The object associated with the identifier
258 * is returned.
259 * ipc_ids.sem and the spinlock for this ID is hold before this function
260 * is called, and remain locked on the exit.
263 struct kern_ipc_perm* ipc_rmid(struct ipc_ids* ids, int id)
265 struct kern_ipc_perm* p;
266 int lid = id % SEQ_MULTIPLIER;
267 if(lid >= ids->entries->size)
268 BUG();
271 * do not need a rcu_dereference()() here to force ordering
272 * on Alpha, since the ipc_ids.sem is held.
274 p = ids->entries->p[lid];
275 ids->entries->p[lid] = NULL;
276 if(p==NULL)
277 BUG();
278 ids->in_use--;
280 if (lid == ids->max_id) {
281 do {
282 lid--;
283 if(lid == -1)
284 break;
285 } while (ids->entries->p[lid] == NULL);
286 ids->max_id = lid;
288 p->deleted = 1;
289 return p;
293 * ipc_alloc - allocate ipc space
294 * @size: size desired
296 * Allocate memory from the appropriate pools and return a pointer to it.
297 * NULL is returned if the allocation fails
300 void* ipc_alloc(int size)
302 void* out;
303 if(size > PAGE_SIZE)
304 out = vmalloc(size);
305 else
306 out = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
307 return out;
311 * ipc_free - free ipc space
312 * @ptr: pointer returned by ipc_alloc
313 * @size: size of block
315 * Free a block created with ipc_alloc. The caller must know the size
316 * used in the allocation call.
319 void ipc_free(void* ptr, int size)
321 if(size > PAGE_SIZE)
322 vfree(ptr);
323 else
324 kfree(ptr);
328 * rcu allocations:
329 * There are three headers that are prepended to the actual allocation:
330 * - during use: ipc_rcu_hdr.
331 * - during the rcu grace period: ipc_rcu_grace.
332 * - [only if vmalloc]: ipc_rcu_sched.
333 * Their lifetime doesn't overlap, thus the headers share the same memory.
334 * Unlike a normal union, they are right-aligned, thus some container_of
335 * forward/backward casting is necessary:
337 struct ipc_rcu_hdr
339 int refcount;
340 int is_vmalloc;
341 void *data[0];
345 struct ipc_rcu_grace
347 struct rcu_head rcu;
348 /* "void *" makes sure alignment of following data is sane. */
349 void *data[0];
352 struct ipc_rcu_sched
354 struct work_struct work;
355 /* "void *" makes sure alignment of following data is sane. */
356 void *data[0];
359 #define HDRLEN_KMALLOC (sizeof(struct ipc_rcu_grace) > sizeof(struct ipc_rcu_hdr) ? \
360 sizeof(struct ipc_rcu_grace) : sizeof(struct ipc_rcu_hdr))
361 #define HDRLEN_VMALLOC (sizeof(struct ipc_rcu_sched) > HDRLEN_KMALLOC ? \
362 sizeof(struct ipc_rcu_sched) : HDRLEN_KMALLOC)
364 static inline int rcu_use_vmalloc(int size)
366 /* Too big for a single page? */
367 if (HDRLEN_KMALLOC + size > PAGE_SIZE)
368 return 1;
369 return 0;
373 * ipc_rcu_alloc - allocate ipc and rcu space
374 * @size: size desired
376 * Allocate memory for the rcu header structure + the object.
377 * Returns the pointer to the object.
378 * NULL is returned if the allocation fails.
381 void* ipc_rcu_alloc(int size)
383 void* out;
385 * We prepend the allocation with the rcu struct, and
386 * workqueue if necessary (for vmalloc).
388 if (rcu_use_vmalloc(size)) {
389 out = vmalloc(HDRLEN_VMALLOC + size);
390 if (out) {
391 out += HDRLEN_VMALLOC;
392 container_of(out, struct ipc_rcu_hdr, data)->is_vmalloc = 1;
393 container_of(out, struct ipc_rcu_hdr, data)->refcount = 1;
395 } else {
396 out = kmalloc(HDRLEN_KMALLOC + size, GFP_KERNEL);
397 if (out) {
398 out += HDRLEN_KMALLOC;
399 container_of(out, struct ipc_rcu_hdr, data)->is_vmalloc = 0;
400 container_of(out, struct ipc_rcu_hdr, data)->refcount = 1;
404 return out;
407 void ipc_rcu_getref(void *ptr)
409 container_of(ptr, struct ipc_rcu_hdr, data)->refcount++;
413 * ipc_schedule_free - free ipc + rcu space
414 * @head: RCU callback structure for queued work
416 * Since RCU callback function is called in bh,
417 * we need to defer the vfree to schedule_work
419 static void ipc_schedule_free(struct rcu_head *head)
421 struct ipc_rcu_grace *grace =
422 container_of(head, struct ipc_rcu_grace, rcu);
423 struct ipc_rcu_sched *sched =
424 container_of(&(grace->data[0]), struct ipc_rcu_sched, data[0]);
426 INIT_WORK(&sched->work, vfree, sched);
427 schedule_work(&sched->work);
431 * ipc_immediate_free - free ipc + rcu space
432 * @head: RCU callback structure that contains pointer to be freed
434 * Free from the RCU callback context
436 static void ipc_immediate_free(struct rcu_head *head)
438 struct ipc_rcu_grace *free =
439 container_of(head, struct ipc_rcu_grace, rcu);
440 kfree(free);
443 void ipc_rcu_putref(void *ptr)
445 if (--container_of(ptr, struct ipc_rcu_hdr, data)->refcount > 0)
446 return;
448 if (container_of(ptr, struct ipc_rcu_hdr, data)->is_vmalloc) {
449 call_rcu(&container_of(ptr, struct ipc_rcu_grace, data)->rcu,
450 ipc_schedule_free);
451 } else {
452 call_rcu(&container_of(ptr, struct ipc_rcu_grace, data)->rcu,
453 ipc_immediate_free);
458 * ipcperms - check IPC permissions
459 * @ipcp: IPC permission set
460 * @flag: desired permission set.
462 * Check user, group, other permissions for access
463 * to ipc resources. return 0 if allowed
466 int ipcperms (struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp, short flag)
467 { /* flag will most probably be 0 or S_...UGO from <linux/stat.h> */
468 int requested_mode, granted_mode;
470 requested_mode = (flag >> 6) | (flag >> 3) | flag;
471 granted_mode = ipcp->mode;
472 if (current->euid == ipcp->cuid || current->euid == ipcp->uid)
473 granted_mode >>= 6;
474 else if (in_group_p(ipcp->cgid) || in_group_p(ipcp->gid))
475 granted_mode >>= 3;
476 /* is there some bit set in requested_mode but not in granted_mode? */
477 if ((requested_mode & ~granted_mode & 0007) &&
478 !capable(CAP_IPC_OWNER))
479 return -1;
481 return security_ipc_permission(ipcp, flag);
485 * Functions to convert between the kern_ipc_perm structure and the
486 * old/new ipc_perm structures
490 * kernel_to_ipc64_perm - convert kernel ipc permissions to user
491 * @in: kernel permissions
492 * @out: new style IPC permissions
494 * Turn the kernel object 'in' into a set of permissions descriptions
495 * for returning to userspace (out).
499 void kernel_to_ipc64_perm (struct kern_ipc_perm *in, struct ipc64_perm *out)
501 out->key = in->key;
502 out->uid = in->uid;
503 out->gid = in->gid;
504 out->cuid = in->cuid;
505 out->cgid = in->cgid;
506 out->mode = in->mode;
507 out->seq = in->seq;
511 * ipc64_perm_to_ipc_perm - convert old ipc permissions to new
512 * @in: new style IPC permissions
513 * @out: old style IPC permissions
515 * Turn the new style permissions object in into a compatibility
516 * object and store it into the 'out' pointer.
519 void ipc64_perm_to_ipc_perm (struct ipc64_perm *in, struct ipc_perm *out)
521 out->key = in->key;
522 SET_UID(out->uid, in->uid);
523 SET_GID(out->gid, in->gid);
524 SET_UID(out->cuid, in->cuid);
525 SET_GID(out->cgid, in->cgid);
526 out->mode = in->mode;
527 out->seq = in->seq;
531 * So far only shm_get_stat() calls ipc_get() via shm_get(), so ipc_get()
532 * is called with shm_ids.sem locked. Since grow_ary() is also called with
533 * shm_ids.sem down(for Shared Memory), there is no need to add read
534 * barriers here to gurantee the writes in grow_ary() are seen in order
535 * here (for Alpha).
537 * However ipc_get() itself does not necessary require ipc_ids.sem down. So
538 * if in the future ipc_get() is used by other places without ipc_ids.sem
539 * down, then ipc_get() needs read memery barriers as ipc_lock() does.
541 struct kern_ipc_perm* ipc_get(struct ipc_ids* ids, int id)
543 struct kern_ipc_perm* out;
544 int lid = id % SEQ_MULTIPLIER;
545 if(lid >= ids->entries->size)
546 return NULL;
547 out = ids->entries->p[lid];
548 return out;
551 struct kern_ipc_perm* ipc_lock(struct ipc_ids* ids, int id)
553 struct kern_ipc_perm* out;
554 int lid = id % SEQ_MULTIPLIER;
555 struct ipc_id_ary* entries;
557 rcu_read_lock();
558 entries = rcu_dereference(ids->entries);
559 if(lid >= entries->size) {
560 rcu_read_unlock();
561 return NULL;
563 out = entries->p[lid];
564 if(out == NULL) {
565 rcu_read_unlock();
566 return NULL;
568 spin_lock(&out->lock);
570 /* ipc_rmid() may have already freed the ID while ipc_lock
571 * was spinning: here verify that the structure is still valid
573 if (out->deleted) {
574 spin_unlock(&out->lock);
575 rcu_read_unlock();
576 return NULL;
578 return out;
581 void ipc_lock_by_ptr(struct kern_ipc_perm *perm)
583 rcu_read_lock();
584 spin_lock(&perm->lock);
587 void ipc_unlock(struct kern_ipc_perm* perm)
589 spin_unlock(&perm->lock);
590 rcu_read_unlock();
593 int ipc_buildid(struct ipc_ids* ids, int id, int seq)
595 return SEQ_MULTIPLIER*seq + id;
598 int ipc_checkid(struct ipc_ids* ids, struct kern_ipc_perm* ipcp, int uid)
600 if(uid/SEQ_MULTIPLIER != ipcp->seq)
601 return 1;
602 return 0;
605 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
609 * ipc_parse_version - IPC call version
610 * @cmd: pointer to command
612 * Return IPC_64 for new style IPC and IPC_OLD for old style IPC.
613 * The cmd value is turned from an encoding command and version into
614 * just the command code.
617 int ipc_parse_version (int *cmd)
619 if (*cmd & IPC_64) {
620 *cmd ^= IPC_64;
621 return IPC_64;
622 } else {
623 return IPC_OLD;
627 #endif /* __ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION */
629 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
630 static void *sysvipc_proc_next(struct seq_file *s, void *it, loff_t *pos)
632 struct ipc_proc_iface *iface = s->private;
633 struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc = it;
634 loff_t p;
636 /* If we had an ipc id locked before, unlock it */
637 if (ipc && ipc != SEQ_START_TOKEN)
638 ipc_unlock(ipc);
641 * p = *pos - 1 (because id 0 starts at position 1)
642 * + 1 (because we increment the position by one)
644 for (p = *pos; p <= iface->ids->max_id; p++) {
645 if ((ipc = ipc_lock(iface->ids, p)) != NULL) {
646 *pos = p + 1;
647 return ipc;
651 /* Out of range - return NULL to terminate iteration */
652 return NULL;
656 * File positions: pos 0 -> header, pos n -> ipc id + 1.
657 * SeqFile iterator: iterator value locked shp or SEQ_TOKEN_START.
659 static void *sysvipc_proc_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *pos)
661 struct ipc_proc_iface *iface = s->private;
662 struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc;
663 loff_t p;
666 * Take the lock - this will be released by the corresponding
667 * call to stop().
669 down(&iface->ids->sem);
671 /* pos < 0 is invalid */
672 if (*pos < 0)
673 return NULL;
675 /* pos == 0 means header */
676 if (*pos == 0)
677 return SEQ_START_TOKEN;
679 /* Find the (pos-1)th ipc */
680 for (p = *pos - 1; p <= iface->ids->max_id; p++) {
681 if ((ipc = ipc_lock(iface->ids, p)) != NULL) {
682 *pos = p + 1;
683 return ipc;
686 return NULL;
689 static void sysvipc_proc_stop(struct seq_file *s, void *it)
691 struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc = it;
692 struct ipc_proc_iface *iface = s->private;
694 /* If we had a locked segment, release it */
695 if (ipc && ipc != SEQ_START_TOKEN)
696 ipc_unlock(ipc);
698 /* Release the lock we took in start() */
699 up(&iface->ids->sem);
702 static int sysvipc_proc_show(struct seq_file *s, void *it)
704 struct ipc_proc_iface *iface = s->private;
706 if (it == SEQ_START_TOKEN)
707 return seq_puts(s, iface->header);
709 return iface->show(s, it);
712 static struct seq_operations sysvipc_proc_seqops = {
713 .start = sysvipc_proc_start,
714 .stop = sysvipc_proc_stop,
715 .next = sysvipc_proc_next,
716 .show = sysvipc_proc_show,
719 static int sysvipc_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) {
720 int ret;
721 struct seq_file *seq;
723 ret = seq_open(file, &sysvipc_proc_seqops);
724 if (!ret) {
725 seq = file->private_data;
726 seq->private = PDE(inode)->data;
728 return ret;
731 static struct file_operations sysvipc_proc_fops = {
732 .open = sysvipc_proc_open,
733 .read = seq_read,
734 .llseek = seq_lseek,
735 .release = seq_release,
737 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */