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[2/7] sched: change wake_up_bit() and related function to expect unsigned long *

Message ID 20240826063659.15327-3-neilb@suse.de (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Make wake_up_{bit,var} less fragile | expand

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NeilBrown Aug. 26, 2024, 6:30 a.m. UTC
wake_up_bit() currently allows a "void *".  While this isn't strictly a
problem as the address is never dereferenced, it is inconsistent with
the corresponding wait_var_event() which requires "unsigned long *" and
does dereference the pointer.

And code that needs to wait for a change in something other than an
unsigned long would be better served by wake_up_var().

This patch changes all related "void *" to "unsigned long *".

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
---
 include/linux/wait_bit.h | 16 ++++++++--------
 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c  | 12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

Comments

Peter Zijlstra Sept. 16, 2024, 11:28 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 04:30:59PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> wake_up_bit() currently allows a "void *".  While this isn't strictly a
> problem as the address is never dereferenced, it is inconsistent with
> the corresponding wait_var_event() which requires "unsigned long *" and
> does dereference the pointer.

I'm having trouble parsing this. The way I read it, you're contradicting
yourself. Where does wait_var_event() require 'unsigned long *' ?

> And code that needs to wait for a change in something other than an
> unsigned long would be better served by wake_up_var().

This, afaict the whole var thing is size invariant. It only cares about
the address.
NeilBrown Sept. 16, 2024, 11:48 a.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 16 Sep 2024, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 04:30:59PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> > wake_up_bit() currently allows a "void *".  While this isn't strictly a
> > problem as the address is never dereferenced, it is inconsistent with
> > the corresponding wait_var_event() which requires "unsigned long *" and
> > does dereference the pointer.
> 
> I'm having trouble parsing this. The way I read it, you're contradicting
> yourself. Where does wait_var_event() require 'unsigned long *' ?

Sorry, that is meant so as "the corresponding wait_on_bit()".


> 
> > And code that needs to wait for a change in something other than an
> > unsigned long would be better served by wake_up_var().
> 
> This, afaict the whole var thing is size invariant. It only cares about
> the address.
> 

Again - wake_up_bit().  Sorry - bits are vars were swimming around my
brain and I didn't proof-read properly.

This patch is all "bit", no "var".

NeilBrown
Peter Zijlstra Sept. 16, 2024, 6:18 p.m. UTC | #3
On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 09:48:11PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2024, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 04:30:59PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> > > wake_up_bit() currently allows a "void *".  While this isn't strictly a
> > > problem as the address is never dereferenced, it is inconsistent with
> > > the corresponding wait_var_event() which requires "unsigned long *" and
> > > does dereference the pointer.
> > 
> > I'm having trouble parsing this. The way I read it, you're contradicting
> > yourself. Where does wait_var_event() require 'unsigned long *' ?
> 
> Sorry, that is meant so as "the corresponding wait_on_bit()".
> 
> 
> > 
> > > And code that needs to wait for a change in something other than an
> > > unsigned long would be better served by wake_up_var().
> > 
> > This, afaict the whole var thing is size invariant. It only cares about
> > the address.
> > 
> 
> Again - wake_up_bit().  Sorry - bits are vars were swimming around my
> brain and I didn't proof-read properly.
> 
> This patch is all "bit", no "var".

OK :-)

Anyway, other than that the patches look fine, but given we're somewhat
in the middle of the merge window and all traveling to get into Vienna
and have a few beers, I would much prefer merging these patches after
-rc1, that okay?
NeilBrown Sept. 16, 2024, 8:37 p.m. UTC | #4
On Tue, 17 Sep 2024, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 09:48:11PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Sep 2024, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 04:30:59PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> > > > wake_up_bit() currently allows a "void *".  While this isn't strictly a
> > > > problem as the address is never dereferenced, it is inconsistent with
> > > > the corresponding wait_var_event() which requires "unsigned long *" and
> > > > does dereference the pointer.
> > > 
> > > I'm having trouble parsing this. The way I read it, you're contradicting
> > > yourself. Where does wait_var_event() require 'unsigned long *' ?
> > 
> > Sorry, that is meant so as "the corresponding wait_on_bit()".
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > > And code that needs to wait for a change in something other than an
> > > > unsigned long would be better served by wake_up_var().
> > > 
> > > This, afaict the whole var thing is size invariant. It only cares about
> > > the address.
> > > 
> > 
> > Again - wake_up_bit().  Sorry - bits are vars were swimming around my
> > brain and I didn't proof-read properly.
> > 
> > This patch is all "bit", no "var".
> 
> OK :-)
> 
> Anyway, other than that the patches look fine, but given we're somewhat
> in the middle of the merge window and all traveling to get into Vienna
> and have a few beers, I would much prefer merging these patches after
> -rc1, that okay?
> 

Yes, that's OK.  Thanks for having a look.  Have fun in Vienna.

NeilBrown
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diff --git a/include/linux/wait_bit.h b/include/linux/wait_bit.h
index 7725b7579b78..48e123839892 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait_bit.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait_bit.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ 
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 
 struct wait_bit_key {
-	void			*flags;
+	unsigned long		*flags;
 	int			bit_nr;
 	unsigned long		timeout;
 };
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@  struct wait_bit_queue_entry {
 
 typedef int wait_bit_action_f(struct wait_bit_key *key, int mode);
 
-void __wake_up_bit(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, void *word, int bit);
+void __wake_up_bit(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned long *word, int bit);
 int __wait_on_bit(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_bit_queue_entry *wbq_entry, wait_bit_action_f *action, unsigned int mode);
 int __wait_on_bit_lock(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_bit_queue_entry *wbq_entry, wait_bit_action_f *action, unsigned int mode);
-void wake_up_bit(void *word, int bit);
-int out_of_line_wait_on_bit(void *word, int, wait_bit_action_f *action, unsigned int mode);
-int out_of_line_wait_on_bit_timeout(void *word, int, wait_bit_action_f *action, unsigned int mode, unsigned long timeout);
-int out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock(void *word, int, wait_bit_action_f *action, unsigned int mode);
-struct wait_queue_head *bit_waitqueue(void *word, int bit);
+void wake_up_bit(unsigned long *word, int bit);
+int out_of_line_wait_on_bit(unsigned long *word, int, wait_bit_action_f *action, unsigned int mode);
+int out_of_line_wait_on_bit_timeout(unsigned long *word, int, wait_bit_action_f *action, unsigned int mode, unsigned long timeout);
+int out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock(unsigned long *word, int, wait_bit_action_f *action, unsigned int mode);
+struct wait_queue_head *bit_waitqueue(unsigned long *word, int bit);
 extern void __init wait_bit_init(void);
 
 int wake_bit_function(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key);
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@  do {									\
  * You can use this helper if bitflags are manipulated atomically rather than
  * non-atomically under a lock.
  */
-static inline void clear_and_wake_up_bit(int bit, void *word)
+static inline void clear_and_wake_up_bit(int bit, unsigned long *word)
 {
 	clear_bit_unlock(bit, word);
 	/* See wake_up_bit() for which memory barrier you need to use. */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/wait_bit.c b/kernel/sched/wait_bit.c
index 134d7112ef71..058b0e18727e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/wait_bit.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/wait_bit.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ 
 
 static wait_queue_head_t bit_wait_table[WAIT_TABLE_SIZE] __cacheline_aligned;
 
-wait_queue_head_t *bit_waitqueue(void *word, int bit)
+wait_queue_head_t *bit_waitqueue(unsigned long *word, int bit)
 {
 	const int shift = BITS_PER_LONG == 32 ? 5 : 6;
 	unsigned long val = (unsigned long)word << shift | bit;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@  __wait_on_bit(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_bit_queue_entry *wbq_
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__wait_on_bit);
 
-int __sched out_of_line_wait_on_bit(void *word, int bit,
+int __sched out_of_line_wait_on_bit(unsigned long *word, int bit,
 				    wait_bit_action_f *action, unsigned mode)
 {
 	struct wait_queue_head *wq_head = bit_waitqueue(word, bit);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@  int __sched out_of_line_wait_on_bit(void *word, int bit,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(out_of_line_wait_on_bit);
 
 int __sched out_of_line_wait_on_bit_timeout(
-	void *word, int bit, wait_bit_action_f *action,
+	unsigned long *word, int bit, wait_bit_action_f *action,
 	unsigned mode, unsigned long timeout)
 {
 	struct wait_queue_head *wq_head = bit_waitqueue(word, bit);
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@  __wait_on_bit_lock(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_bit_queue_entry
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__wait_on_bit_lock);
 
-int __sched out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock(void *word, int bit,
+int __sched out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock(unsigned long *word, int bit,
 					 wait_bit_action_f *action, unsigned mode)
 {
 	struct wait_queue_head *wq_head = bit_waitqueue(word, bit);
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@  int __sched out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock(void *word, int bit,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock);
 
-void __wake_up_bit(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, void *word, int bit)
+void __wake_up_bit(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned long *word, int bit)
 {
 	struct wait_bit_key key = __WAIT_BIT_KEY_INITIALIZER(word, bit);
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL(__wake_up_bit);
  * may need to use a less regular barrier, such fs/inode.c's smp_mb(),
  * because spin_unlock() does not guarantee a memory barrier.
  */
-void wake_up_bit(void *word, int bit)
+void wake_up_bit(unsigned long *word, int bit)
 {
 	__wake_up_bit(bit_waitqueue(word, bit), word, bit);
 }