While the INFO cmd doesn't take the ipc lock, the STAT commands do acquire
it unnecessarily. We can do the permissions and security checks only
holding the rcu lock.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <[email protected]>
---
 ipc/shm.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 3e12398..43a8786 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -882,27 +882,31 @@ static int shmctl_nolock(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int 
shmid,
                struct shmid64_ds tbuf;
                int result;
 
+               rcu_read_lock();
                if (cmd == SHM_STAT) {
-                       shp = shm_lock(ns, shmid);
+                       shp = shm_obtain_object(ns, shmid);
                        if (IS_ERR(shp)) {
                                err = PTR_ERR(shp);
-                               goto out;
+                               goto out_unlock;
                        }
                        result = shp->shm_perm.id;
                } else {
-                       shp = shm_lock_check(ns, shmid);
+                       shp = shm_obtain_object_check(ns, shmid);
                        if (IS_ERR(shp)) {
                                err = PTR_ERR(shp);
-                               goto out;
+                               goto out_unlock;
                        }
                        result = 0;
                }
+
                err = -EACCES;
                if (ipcperms(ns, &shp->shm_perm, S_IRUGO))
                        goto out_unlock;
+
                err = security_shm_shmctl(shp, cmd);
                if (err)
                        goto out_unlock;
+
                memset(&tbuf, 0, sizeof(tbuf));
                kernel_to_ipc64_perm(&shp->shm_perm, &tbuf.shm_perm);
                tbuf.shm_segsz  = shp->shm_segsz;
@@ -912,8 +916,9 @@ static int shmctl_nolock(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int 
shmid,
                tbuf.shm_cpid   = shp->shm_cprid;
                tbuf.shm_lpid   = shp->shm_lprid;
                tbuf.shm_nattch = shp->shm_nattch;
-               shm_unlock(shp);
-               if(copy_shmid_to_user (buf, &tbuf, version))
+               rcu_read_unlock();
+
+               if (copy_shmid_to_user (buf, &tbuf, version))
                        err = -EFAULT;
                else
                        err = result;
@@ -924,7 +929,7 @@ static int shmctl_nolock(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int 
shmid,
        }
 
 out_unlock:
-       shm_unlock(shp);
+       rcu_read_unlock();
 out:
        return err;
 }
-- 
1.7.11.7

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