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From:   Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:02:23 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] kcov: split ioctl handling into locked and
 unlocked parts
To:     Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@google.com>
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        akpm@linux-foundation.org, andreyknvl@gmail.com, elver@google.com,
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 at 16:36, Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@google.com> wrote:
>
> Currently all ioctls are de facto processed under a spinlock in order
> to serialise them. This, however, prohibits the use of vmalloc and other
> memory management functions in the implementations of those ioctls,
> unnecessary complicating any further changes to the code.
>
> Let all ioctls first be processed inside the kcov_ioctl() function
> which should execute the ones that are not compatible with spinlock
> and then pass control to kcov_ioctl_locked() for all other ones.
> KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE is processed both in kcov_ioctl() and
> kcov_ioctl_locked() as the steps are easily separable.
>
> Although it is still compatible with a spinlock, move KCOV_INIT_TRACE
> handling to kcov_ioctl(), so that the changes from the next commit are
> easier to follow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>

> ---
>  kernel/kcov.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
> index 36ca640c4f8e..e1be7301500b 100644
> --- a/kernel/kcov.c
> +++ b/kernel/kcov.c
> @@ -564,31 +564,12 @@ static int kcov_ioctl_locked(struct kcov *kcov, unsigned int cmd,
>                              unsigned long arg)
>  {
>         struct task_struct *t;
> -       unsigned long size, unused;
> +       unsigned long flags, unused;
>         int mode, i;
>         struct kcov_remote_arg *remote_arg;
>         struct kcov_remote *remote;
> -       unsigned long flags;
>
>         switch (cmd) {
> -       case KCOV_INIT_TRACE:
> -               /*
> -                * Enable kcov in trace mode and setup buffer size.
> -                * Must happen before anything else.
> -                */
> -               if (kcov->mode != KCOV_MODE_DISABLED)
> -                       return -EBUSY;
> -               /*
> -                * Size must be at least 2 to hold current position and one PC.
> -                * Later we allocate size * sizeof(unsigned long) memory,
> -                * that must not overflow.
> -                */
> -               size = arg;
> -               if (size < 2 || size > INT_MAX / sizeof(unsigned long))
> -                       return -EINVAL;
> -               kcov->size = size;
> -               kcov->mode = KCOV_MODE_INIT;
> -               return 0;
>         case KCOV_ENABLE:
>                 /*
>                  * Enable coverage for the current task.
> @@ -692,9 +673,32 @@ static long kcov_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>         struct kcov_remote_arg *remote_arg = NULL;
>         unsigned int remote_num_handles;
>         unsigned long remote_arg_size;
> -       unsigned long flags;
> +       unsigned long size, flags;
>
> -       if (cmd == KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE) {
> +       kcov = filep->private_data;
> +       switch (cmd) {
> +       case KCOV_INIT_TRACE:
> +               /*
> +                * Enable kcov in trace mode and setup buffer size.
> +                * Must happen before anything else.
> +                *
> +                * First check the size argument - it must be at least 2
> +                * to hold the current position and one PC. Later we allocate
> +                * size * sizeof(unsigned long) memory, that must not overflow.
> +                */
> +               size = arg;
> +               if (size < 2 || size > INT_MAX / sizeof(unsigned long))
> +                       return -EINVAL;
> +               spin_lock_irqsave(&kcov->lock, flags);
> +               if (kcov->mode != KCOV_MODE_DISABLED) {
> +                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kcov->lock, flags);
> +                       return -EBUSY;
> +               }
> +               kcov->size = size;
> +               kcov->mode = KCOV_MODE_INIT;
> +               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kcov->lock, flags);
> +               return 0;
> +       case KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE:
>                 if (get_user(remote_num_handles, (unsigned __user *)(arg +
>                                 offsetof(struct kcov_remote_arg, num_handles))))
>                         return -EFAULT;
> @@ -710,16 +714,18 @@ static long kcov_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>                         return -EINVAL;
>                 }
>                 arg = (unsigned long)remote_arg;
> +               fallthrough;
> +       default:
> +               /*
> +                * All other commands can be normally executed under a spin lock, so we
> +                * obtain and release it here in order to simplify kcov_ioctl_locked().
> +                */
> +               spin_lock_irqsave(&kcov->lock, flags);
> +               res = kcov_ioctl_locked(kcov, cmd, arg);
> +               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kcov->lock, flags);
> +               kfree(remote_arg);
> +               return res;
>         }
> -
> -       kcov = filep->private_data;
> -       spin_lock_irqsave(&kcov->lock, flags);
> -       res = kcov_ioctl_locked(kcov, cmd, arg);
> -       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kcov->lock, flags);
> -
> -       kfree(remote_arg);
> -
> -       return res;
>  }
>
>  static const struct file_operations kcov_fops = {
> --
> 2.34.1.703.g22d0c6ccf7-goog
>