linux/security
Kirill Tkhai f0b07bb151 net: Introduce net_rwsem to protect net_namespace_list
rtnl_lock() is used everywhere, and contention is very high.
When someone wants to iterate over alive net namespaces,
he/she has no a possibility to do that without exclusive lock.
But the exclusive rtnl_lock() in such places is overkill,
and it just increases the contention. Yes, there is already
for_each_net_rcu() in kernel, but it requires rcu_read_lock(),
and this can't be sleepable. Also, sometimes it may be need
really prevent net_namespace_list growth, so for_each_net_rcu()
is not fit there.

This patch introduces new rw_semaphore, which will be used
instead of rtnl_mutex to protect net_namespace_list. It is
sleepable and allows not-exclusive iterations over net
namespaces list. It allows to stop using rtnl_lock()
in several places (what is made in next patches) and makes
less the time, we keep rtnl_mutex. Here we just add new lock,
while the explanation of we can remove rtnl_lock() there are
in next patches.

Fine grained locks generally are better, then one big lock,
so let's do that with net_namespace_list, while the situation
allows that.

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-03-29 13:47:53 -04:00
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apparmor vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
integrity integrity/security: fix digsig.c build error with header file 2018-02-22 20:09:08 -08:00
keys KEYS: Use individual pages in big_key for crypto buffers 2018-02-22 14:58:38 +00:00
loadpin security: mark LSM hooks as __ro_after_init 2017-03-06 11:00:15 +11:00
selinux net: Introduce net_rwsem to protect net_namespace_list 2018-03-29 13:47:53 -04:00
smack net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
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yama pids: introduce find_get_task_by_vpid() helper 2018-02-06 18:32:46 -08:00
commoncap.c capabilities: fix buffer overread on very short xattr 2018-01-02 20:49:13 +11:00
device_cgroup.c device_cgroup: prepare code for bpf-based device controller 2017-11-05 23:26:51 +09:00
inode.c securityfs: add the ability to support symlinks 2017-06-08 12:51:43 -07:00
Kconfig Currently, hardened usercopy performs dynamic bounds checking on slab 2018-02-03 16:25:42 -08:00
lsm_audit.c lsm_audit: update my email address 2017-08-17 15:33:39 -04:00
Makefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
min_addr.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
security.c security: bpf: Add LSM hooks for bpf object related syscall 2017-10-20 13:32:59 +01:00