linux/kernel/kcmp.c
Colin Ian King d1c735d44c
kcmp: improve performance adding an unlikely hint to task comparisons
Adding an unlikely() hint on task comparisons on an unlikely error
return path improves run-time performance of the kcmp system call.

Benchmarking on an i9-12900 shows an improvement of ~5.5% on kcmp().
Results based on running 20 tests with turbo disabled (to reduce
clock freq turbo changes), with 10 second run per test and comparing
the number of kcmp calls per second. The % Standard deviation of 20
tests was ~0.25%, results are reliable.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250213163916.709392-1-colin.i.king@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-02-21 10:25:33 +01:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/fdtable.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/cache.h>
#include <linux/bug.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/kcmp.h>
#include <linux/capability.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/eventpoll.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
/*
* We don't expose the real in-memory order of objects for security reasons.
* But still the comparison results should be suitable for sorting. So we
* obfuscate kernel pointers values and compare the production instead.
*
* The obfuscation is done in two steps. First we xor the kernel pointer with
* a random value, which puts pointer into a new position in a reordered space.
* Secondly we multiply the xor production with a large odd random number to
* permute its bits even more (the odd multiplier guarantees that the product
* is unique ever after the high bits are truncated, since any odd number is
* relative prime to 2^n).
*
* Note also that the obfuscation itself is invisible to userspace and if needed
* it can be changed to an alternate scheme.
*/
static unsigned long cookies[KCMP_TYPES][2] __read_mostly;
static long kptr_obfuscate(long v, int type)
{
return (v ^ cookies[type][0]) * cookies[type][1];
}
/*
* 0 - equal, i.e. v1 = v2
* 1 - less than, i.e. v1 < v2
* 2 - greater than, i.e. v1 > v2
* 3 - not equal but ordering unavailable (reserved for future)
*/
static int kcmp_ptr(void *v1, void *v2, enum kcmp_type type)
{
long t1, t2;
t1 = kptr_obfuscate((long)v1, type);
t2 = kptr_obfuscate((long)v2, type);
return (t1 < t2) | ((t1 > t2) << 1);
}
/* The caller must have pinned the task */
static struct file *
get_file_raw_ptr(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int idx)
{
struct file *file;
file = fget_task(task, idx);
if (file)
fput(file);
return file;
}
static void kcmp_unlock(struct rw_semaphore *l1, struct rw_semaphore *l2)
{
if (likely(l2 != l1))
up_read(l2);
up_read(l1);
}
static int kcmp_lock(struct rw_semaphore *l1, struct rw_semaphore *l2)
{
int err;
if (l2 > l1)
swap(l1, l2);
err = down_read_killable(l1);
if (!err && likely(l1 != l2)) {
err = down_read_killable_nested(l2, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
if (err)
up_read(l1);
}
return err;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL
static int kcmp_epoll_target(struct task_struct *task1,
struct task_struct *task2,
unsigned long idx1,
struct kcmp_epoll_slot __user *uslot)
{
struct file *filp, *filp_epoll, *filp_tgt;
struct kcmp_epoll_slot slot;
if (copy_from_user(&slot, uslot, sizeof(slot)))
return -EFAULT;
filp = get_file_raw_ptr(task1, idx1);
if (!filp)
return -EBADF;
filp_epoll = fget_task(task2, slot.efd);
if (!filp_epoll)
return -EBADF;
filp_tgt = get_epoll_tfile_raw_ptr(filp_epoll, slot.tfd, slot.toff);
fput(filp_epoll);
if (IS_ERR(filp_tgt))
return PTR_ERR(filp_tgt);
return kcmp_ptr(filp, filp_tgt, KCMP_FILE);
}
#else
static int kcmp_epoll_target(struct task_struct *task1,
struct task_struct *task2,
unsigned long idx1,
struct kcmp_epoll_slot __user *uslot)
{
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
#endif
SYSCALL_DEFINE5(kcmp, pid_t, pid1, pid_t, pid2, int, type,
unsigned long, idx1, unsigned long, idx2)
{
struct task_struct *task1, *task2;
int ret;
rcu_read_lock();
/*
* Tasks are looked up in caller's PID namespace only.
*/
task1 = find_task_by_vpid(pid1);
task2 = find_task_by_vpid(pid2);
if (unlikely(!task1 || !task2))
goto err_no_task;
get_task_struct(task1);
get_task_struct(task2);
rcu_read_unlock();
/*
* One should have enough rights to inspect task details.
*/
ret = kcmp_lock(&task1->signal->exec_update_lock,
&task2->signal->exec_update_lock);
if (ret)
goto err;
if (!ptrace_may_access(task1, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS) ||
!ptrace_may_access(task2, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS)) {
ret = -EPERM;
goto err_unlock;
}
switch (type) {
case KCMP_FILE: {
struct file *filp1, *filp2;
filp1 = get_file_raw_ptr(task1, idx1);
filp2 = get_file_raw_ptr(task2, idx2);
if (filp1 && filp2)
ret = kcmp_ptr(filp1, filp2, KCMP_FILE);
else
ret = -EBADF;
break;
}
case KCMP_VM:
ret = kcmp_ptr(task1->mm, task2->mm, KCMP_VM);
break;
case KCMP_FILES:
ret = kcmp_ptr(task1->files, task2->files, KCMP_FILES);
break;
case KCMP_FS:
ret = kcmp_ptr(task1->fs, task2->fs, KCMP_FS);
break;
case KCMP_SIGHAND:
ret = kcmp_ptr(task1->sighand, task2->sighand, KCMP_SIGHAND);
break;
case KCMP_IO:
ret = kcmp_ptr(task1->io_context, task2->io_context, KCMP_IO);
break;
case KCMP_SYSVSEM:
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
ret = kcmp_ptr(task1->sysvsem.undo_list,
task2->sysvsem.undo_list,
KCMP_SYSVSEM);
#else
ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
#endif
break;
case KCMP_EPOLL_TFD:
ret = kcmp_epoll_target(task1, task2, idx1, (void *)idx2);
break;
default:
ret = -EINVAL;
break;
}
err_unlock:
kcmp_unlock(&task1->signal->exec_update_lock,
&task2->signal->exec_update_lock);
err:
put_task_struct(task1);
put_task_struct(task2);
return ret;
err_no_task:
rcu_read_unlock();
return -ESRCH;
}
static __init int kcmp_cookies_init(void)
{
int i;
get_random_bytes(cookies, sizeof(cookies));
for (i = 0; i < KCMP_TYPES; i++)
cookies[i][1] |= (~(~0UL >> 1) | 1);
return 0;
}
arch_initcall(kcmp_cookies_init);