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authorStephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>2020-08-19 15:45:16 -0400
committerPaul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>2020-08-25 08:34:47 -0400
commit1b8b31a2e6120b7b2bc99137c0ba1ae3e45dbd7d (patch)
tree7c263dfa7217f93b7b12ac5d1417d598ba874e36 /security/selinux/include
parentc76a2f9ecdcb44cdcdb2de82e90d84283736aeb2 (diff)
selinux: convert policy read-write lock to RCU
Convert the policy read-write lock to RCU. This is significantly simplified by the earlier work to encapsulate the policy data structures and refactor the policy load and boolean setting logic. Move the latest_granting sequence number into the selinux_policy structure so that it can be updated atomically with the policy. Since removing the policy rwlock and moving latest_granting reduces the selinux_ss structure to nothing more than a wrapper around the selinux_policy pointer, get rid of the extra layer of indirection. At present this change merely passes a hardcoded 1 to rcu_dereference_check() in the cases where we know we do not need to take rcu_read_lock(), with the preceding comment explaining why. Alternatively we could pass fsi->mutex down from selinuxfs and apply a lockdep check on it instead. Based in part on earlier attempts to convert the policy rwlock to RCU by Kaigai Kohei [1] and by Peter Enderborg [2]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/6e2f9128-e191-ebb3-0e87-74bfccb0767f@tycho.nsa.gov/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/20180530141104.28569-1-peter.enderborg@sony.com/ Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/selinux/include')
-rw-r--r--security/selinux/include/security.h5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/security.h b/security/selinux/include/security.h
index c68ed2beadff..505e51264d51 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/security.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/security.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/dcache.h>
#include <linux/magic.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/refcount.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include "flask.h"
@@ -84,7 +85,6 @@ extern int selinux_enabled_boot;
#define POLICYDB_BOUNDS_MAXDEPTH 4
struct selinux_avc;
-struct selinux_ss;
struct selinux_policy;
struct selinux_state {
@@ -102,10 +102,9 @@ struct selinux_state {
struct mutex status_lock;
struct selinux_avc *avc;
- struct selinux_ss *ss;
+ struct selinux_policy __rcu *policy;
} __randomize_layout;
-void selinux_ss_init(struct selinux_ss **ss);
void selinux_avc_init(struct selinux_avc **avc);
extern struct selinux_state selinux_state;