kernel_optimize_test/kernel
Joe Lawrence 98159d977f pipe: match pipe_max_size data type with procfs
Patch series "A few round_pipe_size() and pipe-max-size fixups", v3.

While backporting Michael's "pipe: fix limit handling" patchset to a
distro-kernel, Mikulas noticed that current upstream pipe limit handling
contains a few problems:

  1 - procfs signed wrap: echo'ing a large number into
      /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size and then cat'ing it back out shows a
      negative value.

  2 - round_pipe_size() nr_pages overflow on 32bit:  this would
      subsequently try roundup_pow_of_two(0), which is undefined.

  3 - visible non-rounded pipe-max-size value: there is no mutual
      exclusion or protection between the time pipe_max_size is assigned
      a raw value from proc_dointvec_minmax() and when it is rounded.

  4 - unsigned long -> unsigned int conversion makes for potential odd
      return errors from do_proc_douintvec_minmax_conv() and
      do_proc_dopipe_max_size_conv().

This version underwent the same testing as v1:
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150643571406022&w=2

This patch (of 4):

pipe_max_size is defined as an unsigned int:

  unsigned int pipe_max_size = 1048576;

but its procfs/sysctl representation is an integer:

  static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
          ...
          {
                  .procname       = "pipe-max-size",
                  .data           = &pipe_max_size,
                  .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
                  .mode           = 0644,
                  .proc_handler   = &pipe_proc_fn,
                  .extra1         = &pipe_min_size,
          },
          ...

that is signed:

  int pipe_proc_fn(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buf,
                   size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
  {
          ...
          ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buf, lenp, ppos)

This leads to signed results via procfs for large values of pipe_max_size:

  % echo 2147483647 >/proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size
  % cat /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size
  -2147483648

Use unsigned operations on this variable to avoid such negative values.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1507658689-11669-2-git-send-email-joe.lawrence@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Reported-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-11-17 16:10:02 -08:00
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bpf Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-11-15 19:42:40 -08:00
cgroup Merge branch 'for-4.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2017-11-15 14:29:44 -08:00
configs
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events Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-11-15 11:56:19 -08:00
gcov
irq arm64 updates for 4.15 2017-11-15 10:56:56 -08:00
livepatch Merge branch 'for-linus' of ssh://gitolite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching 2017-11-15 10:21:58 -08:00
locking kmemcheck: remove annotations 2017-11-15 18:21:04 -08:00
power mm: remove __GFP_COLD 2017-11-15 18:21:06 -08:00
printk
rcu Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 17:56:58 -08:00
sched AFS development 2017-11-16 11:41:22 -08:00
time Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 17:56:58 -08:00
trace Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-11-15 19:42:40 -08:00
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audit_watch.c
audit.c Audit: remove unused audit_log_secctx function 2017-11-10 16:08:47 -05:00
audit.h audit/stable-4.15 PR 20171113 2017-11-15 13:28:48 -08:00
auditfilter.c audit: filter PATH records keyed on filesystem magic 2017-11-10 16:08:56 -05:00
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backtracetest.c
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capability.c
compat.c
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cpu_pm.c
cpu.c
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cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c
extable.c
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freezer.c
futex_compat.c
futex.c
groups.c
hung_task.c
irq_work.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 17:33:11 -08:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c /proc/module: use the same logic as /proc/kallsyms for address exposure 2017-11-12 19:01:23 -08:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c
kexec_core.c
kexec_file.c
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kmod.c
kprobes.c
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Makefile
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module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Modules updates for v4.15 2017-11-15 13:46:33 -08:00
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c bug: fix "cut here" location for __WARN_TAINT architectures 2017-11-17 16:10:01 -08:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c
pid.c
profile.c
ptrace.c
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c
resource.c
seccomp.c
signal.c kmemcheck: stop using GFP_NOTRACK and SLAB_NOTRACK 2017-11-15 18:21:04 -08:00
smp.c smp/core: Use lockdep to assert IRQs are disabled/enabled 2017-11-08 11:13:50 +01:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c kmemcheck: rip it out 2017-11-15 18:21:05 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c
sys.c arm64 updates for 4.15 2017-11-15 10:56:56 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c pipe: match pipe_max_size data type with procfs 2017-11-17 16:10:02 -08:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c
umh.c kernel/umh.c: optimize 'proc_cap_handler()' 2017-11-17 16:10:01 -08:00
up.c
user_namespace.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2017-11-16 12:20:15 -08:00
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