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authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2010-08-12 09:04:19 +0400
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2010-08-11 17:34:20 +0400
commit907b29eb41aa604477a655bff7345731da94514d (patch)
tree12a7142ffa81a65da204384dfa26365d30803735 /kernel/params.c
parent914dcaa84c53f2c3efa6016efcae13fd92a8a17c (diff)
downloadlinux-907b29eb41aa604477a655bff7345731da94514d.tar.xz
param: locking for kernel parameters
There may be cases (most obviously, sysfs-writable charp parameters) where a module needs to prevent sysfs access to parameters. Rather than express this in terms of a big lock, the functions are expressed in terms of what they protect against. This is clearer, esp. if the implementation changes to a module-level or even param-level lock. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Tested-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/params.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/params.c33
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index a3eeeefc9472..08107d181758 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@
#define DEBUGP(fmt, a...)
#endif
+/* Protects all parameters, and incidentally kmalloced_param list. */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(param_lock);
+
/* This just allows us to keep track of which parameters are kmalloced. */
struct kmalloced_param {
struct list_head list;
char val[];
};
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(param_lock);
static LIST_HEAD(kmalloced_params);
static void *kmalloc_parameter(unsigned int size)
@@ -47,10 +49,7 @@ static void *kmalloc_parameter(unsigned int size)
if (!p)
return NULL;
- mutex_lock(&param_lock);
list_add(&p->list, &kmalloced_params);
- mutex_unlock(&param_lock);
-
return p->val;
}
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ static void maybe_kfree_parameter(void *param)
{
struct kmalloced_param *p;
- mutex_lock(&param_lock);
list_for_each_entry(p, &kmalloced_params, list) {
if (p->val == param) {
list_del(&p->list);
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ static void maybe_kfree_parameter(void *param)
break;
}
}
- mutex_unlock(&param_lock);
}
static inline char dash2underscore(char c)
@@ -93,6 +90,7 @@ static int parse_one(char *param,
int (*handle_unknown)(char *param, char *val))
{
unsigned int i;
+ int err;
/* Find parameter */
for (i = 0; i < num_params; i++) {
@@ -102,7 +100,10 @@ static int parse_one(char *param,
return -EINVAL;
DEBUGP("They are equal! Calling %p\n",
params[i].ops->set);
- return params[i].ops->set(val, &params[i]);
+ mutex_lock(&param_lock);
+ err = params[i].ops->set(val, &params[i]);
+ mutex_unlock(&param_lock);
+ return err;
}
}
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ static int param_array(const char *name,
/* nul-terminate and parse */
save = val[len];
((char *)val)[len] = '\0';
+ BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&param_lock));
ret = set(val, &kp);
if (ret != 0)
@@ -438,6 +440,7 @@ static int param_array_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
if (i)
buffer[off++] = ',';
p.arg = arr->elem + arr->elemsize * i;
+ BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&param_lock));
ret = arr->ops->get(buffer + off, &p);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
@@ -522,7 +525,9 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_show(struct module_attribute *mattr,
if (!attribute->param->ops->get)
return -EPERM;
+ mutex_lock(&param_lock);
count = attribute->param->ops->get(buf, attribute->param);
+ mutex_unlock(&param_lock);
if (count > 0) {
strcat(buf, "\n");
++count;
@@ -541,7 +546,9 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_store(struct module_attribute *mattr,
if (!attribute->param->ops->set)
return -EPERM;
+ mutex_lock(&param_lock);
err = attribute->param->ops->set(buf, attribute->param);
+ mutex_unlock(&param_lock);
if (!err)
return len;
return err;
@@ -555,6 +562,18 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_store(struct module_attribute *mattr,
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+void __kernel_param_lock(void)
+{
+ mutex_lock(&param_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kernel_param_lock);
+
+void __kernel_param_unlock(void)
+{
+ mutex_unlock(&param_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kernel_param_unlock);
+
/*
* add_sysfs_param - add a parameter to sysfs
* @mk: struct module_kobject