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Smack:- Remove mutex lock "smk_lock" from inode_smack

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"smk_lock" mutex is used during inode instantiation in
smack_d_instantiate()function. It has been used to avoid
simultaneous access on same inode security structure.
Since smack related initialization is done only once i.e during
inode creation. If the inode has already been instantiated then
smack_d_instantiate() function just returns without doing
anything.

So it means mutex lock is required only during inode creation.
But since 2 processes can't create same inodes or files
simultaneously. Also linking or some other file operation can't
be done simultaneously when the file is getting created since
file lookup will fail before dentry inode linkup which is done
after smack initialization.
So no mutex lock is required in inode_smack structure.

It will save memory as well as improve some performance.
If 40000 inodes are created in system, it will save 1.5 MB on
32-bit systems & 2.8 MB on 64-bit systems.

Signed-off-by: Vishal Goel <vishal.goel@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Amit Sahrawat <a.sahrawat@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
This commit is contained in:
Casey Schaufler 2020-04-24 15:23:04 -07:00
parent 84e99e58e8
commit 921bb1cbb3
2 changed files with 2 additions and 7 deletions
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security/smack/smack.h
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@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ struct inode_smack {
struct smack_known *smk_inode; /* label of the fso */
struct smack_known *smk_task; /* label of the task */
struct smack_known *smk_mmap; /* label of the mmap domain */
struct mutex smk_lock; /* initialization lock */
int smk_flags; /* smack inode flags */
};

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security/smack/smack_lsm.c
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@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ static void init_inode_smack(struct inode *inode, struct smack_known *skp)
isp->smk_inode = skp;
isp->smk_flags = 0;
mutex_init(&isp->smk_lock);
}
/**
@ -3264,13 +3263,12 @@ static void smack_d_instantiate(struct dentry *opt_dentry, struct inode *inode)
isp = smack_inode(inode);
mutex_lock(&isp->smk_lock);
/*
* If the inode is already instantiated
* take the quick way out
*/
if (isp->smk_flags & SMK_INODE_INSTANT)
goto unlockandout;
return;
sbp = inode->i_sb;
sbsp = sbp->s_security;
@ -3321,7 +3319,7 @@ static void smack_d_instantiate(struct dentry *opt_dentry, struct inode *inode)
break;
}
isp->smk_flags |= SMK_INODE_INSTANT;
goto unlockandout;
return;
}
/*
@ -3456,8 +3454,6 @@ static void smack_d_instantiate(struct dentry *opt_dentry, struct inode *inode)
isp->smk_flags |= (SMK_INODE_INSTANT | transflag);
unlockandout:
mutex_unlock(&isp->smk_lock);
return;
}