ipc/sem.c: avoid ipc_rcu_putref for failed ipc_addid()

Loosely based on a patch from Kees Cook <[email protected]>:
 - id and retval can be merged
 - if ipc_addid() fails, then use call_rcu() directly.

The difference is that call_rcu is used for failed ipc_addid() calls, to
continue to guaranteed an rcu delay for security_sem_free().

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <[email protected]>
Cc: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index 445a5b5eb88fdf0449f6a953fc6f8174cea698d2..2b2ed56e0fde246cd16c1022b05adb694476ee9f 100644 (file)
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ static struct sem_array *sem_alloc(size_t nsems)
  */
 static int newary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
 {
-       int id;
        int retval;
        struct sem_array *sma;
        key_t key = params->key;
@@ -520,10 +519,10 @@ static int newary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
        sma->sem_nsems = nsems;
        sma->sem_ctime = get_seconds();
 
-       id = ipc_addid(&sem_ids(ns), &sma->sem_perm, ns->sc_semmni);
-       if (id < 0) {
-               ipc_rcu_putref(&sma->sem_perm, sem_rcu_free);
-               return id;
+       retval = ipc_addid(&sem_ids(ns), &sma->sem_perm, ns->sc_semmni);
+       if (retval < 0) {
+               call_rcu(&sma->sem_perm.rcu, sem_rcu_free);
+               return retval;
        }
        ns->used_sems += nsems;