linux/fs
Christian Brauner 0ede61d858
file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU
In recent discussions around some performance improvements in the file
handling area we discussed switching the file cache to rely on
SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU which allows us to get rid of call_rcu() based
freeing for files completely. This is a pretty sensitive change overall
but it might actually be worth doing.

The main downside is the subtlety. The other one is that we should
really wait for Jann's patch to land that enables KASAN to handle
SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU UAFs. Currently it doesn't but a patch for this
exists.

With SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU objects may be freed and reused multiple times
which requires a few changes. So it isn't sufficient anymore to just
acquire a reference to the file in question under rcu using
atomic_long_inc_not_zero() since the file might have already been
recycled and someone else might have bumped the reference.

In other words, callers might see reference count bumps from newer
users. For this reason it is necessary to verify that the pointer is the
same before and after the reference count increment. This pattern can be
seen in get_file_rcu() and __files_get_rcu().

In addition, it isn't possible to access or check fields in struct file
without first aqcuiring a reference on it. Not doing that was always
very dodgy and it was only usable for non-pointer data in struct file.
With SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU it is necessary that callers first acquire a
reference under rcu or they must hold the files_lock of the fdtable.
Failing to do either one of this is a bug.

Thanks to Jann for pointing out that we need to ensure memory ordering
between reallocations and pointer check by ensuring that all subsequent
loads have a dependency on the second load in get_file_rcu() and
providing a fixup that was folded into this patch.

Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
..
9p - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
adfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
affs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
afs - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
autofs v6.6-vfs.autofs 2023-08-28 11:39:14 -07:00
befs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
bfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
btrfs - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
cachefiles - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
ceph Mixed with some fixes and cleanups, this brings in reasonably complete 2023-09-06 12:10:15 -07:00
coda v6.6-vfs.ctime 2023-08-28 09:31:32 -07:00
configfs configfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:05 +02:00
cramfs v6.6-vfs.super 2023-08-28 11:04:18 -07:00
crypto
debugfs Char/Misc driver changes for 6.6-rc1 2023-09-01 09:53:54 -07:00
devpts v6.6-vfs.misc 2023-08-28 10:17:14 -07:00
dlm dlm: fix plock lookup when using multiple lockspaces 2023-08-25 10:31:39 -05:00
ecryptfs v6.6-vfs.misc 2023-08-28 10:17:14 -07:00
efivarfs efivarfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:06 +02:00
efs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
erofs - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
exfat for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
exportfs exportfs: remove kernel-doc warnings in exportfs 2023-08-29 17:45:22 -04:00
ext2 \n 2023-08-30 12:10:50 -07:00
ext4 Many ext4 and jbd2 cleanups and bug fixes for v6.6-rc1. 2023-08-31 15:18:15 -07:00
f2fs f2fs update for 6.6-rc1 2023-09-02 15:37:59 -07:00
fat for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
freevxfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
fscache
fuse fuse update for 6.6 2023-09-05 12:45:55 -07:00
gfs2 file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
hfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
hfsplus for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
hostfs hostfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-24 10:30:00 +02:00
hpfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
hugetlbfs - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
iomap for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
isofs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
jbd2 Many ext4 and jbd2 cleanups and bug fixes for v6.6-rc1. 2023-08-31 15:18:15 -07:00
jffs2 jffs2: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-24 10:30:01 +02:00
jfs A few small fixes 2023-08-31 15:25:01 -07:00
kernfs Driver core changes for 6.6-rc1 2023-09-01 09:43:18 -07:00
lockd SUNRPC: Add enum svc_auth_status 2023-08-29 17:45:22 -04:00
minix for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
netfs
nfs fs: add a new SB_I_NOUMASK flag 2023-10-19 11:02:47 +02:00
nfs_common
nfsd NFSD 6.6 Release Notes 2023-08-31 15:32:18 -07:00
nilfs2 for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
nls nls: Hide new NLS_UCS2_UTILS 2023-08-31 12:07:34 -05:00
notify file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
ntfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
ntfs3 ntfs3: drop inode references in ntfs_put_super() 2023-09-07 10:23:37 -07:00
ocfs2 Many ext4 and jbd2 cleanups and bug fixes for v6.6-rc1. 2023-08-31 15:18:15 -07:00
omfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
openpromfs openpromfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-24 10:30:03 +02:00
orangefs fs: drop the timespec64 argument from update_time 2023-08-11 09:04:57 +02:00
overlayfs overlayfs update for 6.6 2023-08-30 11:54:09 -07:00
proc file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
pstore pstore fix for v6.6-rc1 2023-09-02 10:45:17 -07:00
qnx4 for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
qnx6 for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
quota \n 2023-08-30 12:10:50 -07:00
ramfs ramfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-24 10:30:04 +02:00
reiserfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
romfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
smb six smb3 client fixes, one fix for nls Kconfig, one minor spnego registry update 2023-09-09 19:56:23 -07:00
squashfs squashfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-24 10:30:05 +02:00
sysfs
sysv for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
tracefs Tracing updates for 6.6: 2023-09-01 16:34:25 -07:00
ubifs fs: drop the timespec64 argument from update_time 2023-08-11 09:04:57 +02:00
udf \n 2023-08-30 12:10:50 -07:00
ufs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
unicode
vboxsf v6.6-vfs.ctime 2023-08-28 09:31:32 -07:00
verity fsverity: skip PKCS#7 parser when keyring is empty 2023-08-20 10:33:43 -07:00
xfs New code for 6.6: 2023-08-30 12:34:12 -07:00
zonefs New code for 6.6: 2023-08-28 11:59:52 -07:00
aio.c Add x86 shadow stack support 2023-08-31 12:20:12 -07:00
anon_inodes.c
attr.c v6.6-vfs.misc 2023-08-28 10:17:14 -07:00
bad_inode.c fs: drop the timespec64 argument from update_time 2023-08-11 09:04:57 +02:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c binfmt_elf_fdpic: support 64-bit systems 2023-08-23 14:17:42 -07:00
binfmt_elf_test.c
binfmt_elf.c
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc.c fs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:04 +02:00
binfmt_script.c
buffer.c for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
char_dev.c
compat_binfmt_elf.c
coredump.c
d_path.c
dax.c mm: remove enum page_entry_size 2023-08-24 16:20:30 -07:00
dcache.c fs/dcache: Replace printk and WARN_ON by WARN 2023-08-19 13:41:11 +02:00
direct-io.c
drop_caches.c fs: drop_caches: draining pages before dropping caches 2023-08-18 10:12:11 -07:00
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c epoll: simplify ep_alloc() 2023-07-26 14:56:07 +02:00
exec.c - An extensive rework of kexec and crash Kconfig from Eric DeVolder 2023-08-29 14:53:51 -07:00
fcntl.c
fhandle.c
file_table.c file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
file.c file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
filesystems.c
fs_context.c v6.6-vfs.misc 2023-08-28 10:17:14 -07:00
fs_parser.c
fs_pin.c
fs_struct.c kill do_each_thread() 2023-08-21 13:46:25 -07:00
fs_types.c
fs-writeback.c super: make locking naming consistent 2023-08-21 14:36:57 +02:00
fsopen.c fs: add FSCONFIG_CMD_CREATE_EXCL 2023-08-14 18:48:02 +02:00
init.c fs: add a new SB_I_NOUMASK flag 2023-10-19 11:02:47 +02:00
inode.c fs: rename __mnt_{want,drop}_write*() helpers 2023-09-11 15:05:50 +02:00
internal.h vfs: shave work on failed file open 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
ioctl.c v6.6-vfs.super 2023-08-28 11:04:18 -07:00
Kconfig for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt riscv: support the elf-fdpic binfmt loader 2023-08-23 14:17:43 -07:00
kernel_read_file.c fs: Fix kernel-doc warnings 2023-08-19 12:12:12 +02:00
libfs.c Many ext4 and jbd2 cleanups and bug fixes for v6.6-rc1. 2023-08-31 15:18:15 -07:00
locks.c NFSD 6.6 Release Notes 2023-08-31 15:32:18 -07:00
Makefile fs: add CONFIG_BUFFER_HEAD 2023-08-02 09:13:09 -06:00
mbcache.c
mnt_idmapping.c
mount.h
mpage.c
namei.c vfs: shave work on failed file open 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
namespace.c fs: export mnt_{get,put}_write_access() to modules 2023-09-11 15:05:52 +02:00
nsfs.c fs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:04 +02:00
open.c fs: rename __mnt_{want,drop}_write*() helpers 2023-09-11 15:05:50 +02:00
pipe.c fs/pipe: use spinlock in pipe_read() only if there is a watch_queue 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
pnode.c
pnode.h
posix_acl.c fs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:04 +02:00
proc_namespace.c
read_write.c fs: Fix one kernel-doc comment 2023-08-15 08:32:45 +02:00
readdir.c vfs: get rid of old '->iterate' directory operation 2023-08-06 15:08:35 +02:00
remap_range.c
select.c
seq_file.c
signalfd.c
splice.c - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
stack.c fs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:04 +02:00
stat.c vfs: mostly undo glibc turning 'fstat()' into 'fstatat(AT_EMPTY_PATH)' 2023-09-07 09:40:30 -07:00
statfs.c
super.c fs: export sget_dev() 2023-08-31 12:47:15 +02:00
sync.c
sysctls.c
timerfd.c
userfaultfd.c mm: userfaultfd: remove stale comment about core dump locking 2023-08-24 16:20:27 -07:00
utimes.c
xattr.c tmpfs,xattr: GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT for simple xattrs 2023-08-22 10:57:46 +02:00