[Devel] Re: [v12][PATCH 8/9] Define eclone() syscall

Sukadev Bhattiprolu sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Nov 11 14:40:49 PST 2009


cc: lkml

Sukadev Bhattiprolu [sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com] wrote:
| 
| Subject: [v12][PATCH 8/9] Define eclone() syscall
| 
| Container restart requires that a task have the same pid it had when it was
| checkpointed. When containers are nested the tasks within the containers
| exist in multiple pid namespaces and hence have multiple pids to specify
| during restart.
| 
| eclone(), intended for use during restart, is the same as
| clone(), except that it takes a 'pids' paramter. This parameter lets
| caller choose specific pid numbers for the child process, in the
| process's active and ancestor pid namespaces. (Descendant pid namespaces
| in general don't matter since processes don't have pids in them anyway,
| but see comments in copy_target_pids() regarding CLONE_NEWPID).
| 
| eclone() also attempts to address a second limitation of the
| clone() system call. clone() is restricted to 32 clone flags and all but
| one of these are in use. If more new clone flags are needed, we will be
| forced to define a new variant of the clone() system call. To address
| this, eclone() allows at least 64 clone flags with some room
| for more if necessary.
| 
| To prevent unprivileged processes from misusing this interface,
| eclone() currently needs CAP_SYS_ADMIN, when the 'pids' parameter
| is non-NULL.
| 
| See Documentation/eclone in next patch for more details and an
| example of its usage.
| 
| NOTE:
| 	- System calls are restricted to 6 parameters and the number and sizes
| 	  of parameters needed for eclone() exceed 6 integers. The new
| 	  prototype works around this restriction while providing some
| 	  flexibility if eclone() needs to be further extended in the
| 	  future.
| TODO:
| 	- We should convert clone-flags to 64-bit value in all architectures.
| 	  Its probably best to do that as a separate patchset since clone_flags
| 	  touches several functions and that patchset seems independent of this
| 	  new system call.
| 
| Changelog[v12]:
| 	- [Serge Hallyn] Ignore ->child_stack_size if ->child_stack_base
| 	  is NULL.
| 	- [Oren Laadan, Serge Hallyn] Rename clone_with_pids() to eclone()
| Changelog[v11]:
| 	- [Dave Hansen] Move clone_args validation checks to arch-indpeendent
| 	  code.
| 	- [Oren Laadan] Make args_size a parameter to system call and remove
| 	  it from 'struct clone_args'
| 
| Changelog[v10]:
| 	- Rename clone3() to clone_with_pids()
| 	- [Linus Torvalds] Use PTREGSCALL() rather than the generic syscall
| 	  implementation
| 
| Changelog[v9]:
| 	- [Roland McGrath, H. Peter Anvin] To avoid confusion on 64-bit
| 	  architectures split the new clone-flags into 'low' and 'high'
| 	  words and pass in the 'lower' flags as the first argument.
| 	  This would maintain similarity of the clone3() with clone()/
| 	  clone2(). Also has the side-effect of the name matching the
| 	  number of parameters :-)
| 	- [Roland McGrath] Rename structure to 'clone_args' and add a
| 	  'child_stack_size' field
| 
| Changelog[v8]
| 	- [Oren Laadan] parent_tid and child_tid fields in 'struct clone_arg'
| 	  must be 64-bit.
| 	- clone2() is in use in IA64. Rename system call to clone3().
| 
| Changelog[v7]:
| 	- [Peter Zijlstra, Arnd Bergmann] Rename system call to clone2()
| 	  and group parameters into a new 'struct clone_struct' object.
| 
| Changelog[v6]:
| 	- (Nathan Lynch, Arnd Bergmann, H. Peter Anvin, Linus Torvalds)
| 	  Change 'pid_set.pids' to a 'pid_t pids[]' so size of 'struct pid_set'
| 	  is constant across architectures.
| 	- (Nathan Lynch) Change pid_set.num_pids to unsigned and remove
| 	  'unum_pids < 0' check.
| 
| Changelog[v4]:
| 	- (Oren Laadan) rename 'struct target_pid_set' to 'struct pid_set'
| 
| Changelog[v3]:
| 	- (Oren Laadan) Allow CLONE_NEWPID flag (by allocating an extra pid
| 	  in the target_pids[] list and setting it 0. See copy_target_pids()).
| 	- (Oren Laadan) Specified target pids should apply only to youngest
| 	  pid-namespaces (see copy_target_pids())
| 	- (Matt Helsley) Update patch description.
| 
| Changelog[v2]:
| 	- Remove unnecessary printk and add a note to callers of
| 	  copy_target_pids() to free target_pids.
| 	- (Serge Hallyn) Mention CAP_SYS_ADMIN restriction in patch description.
| 	- (Oren Laadan) Add checks for 'num_pids < 0' (return -EINVAL) and
| 	  'num_pids == 0' (fall back to normal clone()).
| 	- Move arch-independent code (sanity checks and copy-in of target-pids)
| 	  into kernel/fork.c and simplify sys_clone_with_pids()
| 
| Changelog[v1]:
| 	- Fixed some compile errors (had fixed these errors earlier in my
| 	  git tree but had not refreshed patches before emailing them)
| 
| Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
| Acked-by: Oren Laadan <orenl at cs.columbia.edu>
| ---
|  arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h    |    1 +
|  arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h   |    1 +
|  arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S         |    1 +
|  arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c       |   47 ++++++++++++++
|  arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S |    1 +
|  include/linux/sched.h              |    2 +
|  include/linux/types.h              |   11 +++
|  kernel/fork.c                      |  124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
|  8 files changed, 187 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
| 
| diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
| index 372b76e..2cadb8e 100644
| --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
| +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
| @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ long sys_iopl(struct pt_regs *);
| 
|  /* kernel/process_32.c */
|  int sys_clone(struct pt_regs *);
| +int sys_eclone(struct pt_regs *);
|  int sys_execve(struct pt_regs *);
| 
|  /* kernel/signal.c */
| diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
| index 6fb3c20..030b121 100644
| --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
| +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
| @@ -342,6 +342,7 @@
|  #define __NR_pwritev		334
|  #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo	335
|  #define __NR_perf_event_open	336
| +#define __NR_eclone		337
| 
|  #ifdef __KERNEL__
| 
| diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
| index c097e7d..7e7f3c8 100644
| --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
| +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
| @@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ ptregs_##name: \
|  PTREGSCALL(iopl)
|  PTREGSCALL(fork)
|  PTREGSCALL(clone)
| +PTREGSCALL(eclone)
|  PTREGSCALL(vfork)
|  PTREGSCALL(execve)
|  PTREGSCALL(sigaltstack)
| diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
| index 4cf7956..be7c1a1 100644
| --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
| +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
| @@ -445,6 +445,53 @@ int sys_clone(struct pt_regs *regs)
|  	return do_fork(clone_flags, newsp, regs, 0, parent_tidptr, child_tidptr);
|  }
| 
| +int sys_eclone(struct pt_regs *regs)
| +{
| +	int rc;
| +	int args_size;
| +	struct clone_args kca;
| +	unsigned long flags;
| +	int __user *parent_tid_ptr;
| +	int __user *child_tid_ptr;
| +	unsigned long __user child_stack;
| +	unsigned long stack_size;
| +	unsigned int flags_low;
| +	struct clone_args __user *uca;
| +	pid_t __user *pids;
| +
| +	flags_low = regs->bx;
| +	uca = (struct clone_args __user *)regs->cx;
| +	args_size = regs->dx;
| +	pids = (pid_t __user *)regs->di;
| +
| +	rc = fetch_clone_args_from_user(uca, args_size, &kca);
| +	if (rc)
| +		return rc;
| +
| +	/*
| +	 * TODO: Convert 'clone-flags' to 64-bits on all architectures.
| +	 * TODO: When ->clone_flags_high is non-zero, copy it in to the
| +	 * 	 higher word(s) of 'flags':
| +	 *
| +	 * 		flags = (kca.clone_flags_high << 32) | flags_low;
| +	 */
| +	flags = flags_low;
| +	parent_tid_ptr = (int *)kca.parent_tid_ptr;
| +	child_tid_ptr = (int *)kca.child_tid_ptr;
| +	stack_size = (unsigned long)kca.child_stack_size;
| +
| +	child_stack = 0UL;
| +	if (kca.child_stack_base)
| +		child_stack = (unsigned long)kca.child_stack_base + stack_size;
| +
| +	if (!child_stack)
| +		child_stack = regs->sp;
| +
| +	return do_fork_with_pids(flags, child_stack, regs, stack_size,
| +				parent_tid_ptr, child_tid_ptr, kca.nr_pids,
| +				pids);
| +}
| +
|  /*
|   * sys_execve() executes a new program.
|   */
| diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
| index 0157cd2..2b6394c 100644
| --- a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
| +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
| @@ -336,3 +336,4 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
|  	.long sys_pwritev
|  	.long sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo	/* 335 */
|  	.long sys_perf_event_open
| +	.long ptregs_eclone
| diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
| index 85e971a..b2a881d 100644
| --- a/include/linux/sched.h
| +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
| @@ -2153,6 +2153,8 @@ extern int disallow_signal(int);
| 
|  extern int do_execve(char *, char __user * __user *, char __user * __user *, struct pt_regs *);
|  extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, struct pt_regs *, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *);
| +extern int fetch_clone_args_from_user(struct clone_args __user *, int,
| +				struct clone_args *);
|  extern long do_fork_with_pids(unsigned long, unsigned long, struct pt_regs *,
|  				unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *,
|  				unsigned int, pid_t __user *);
| diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
| index c42724f..0d08683 100644
| --- a/include/linux/types.h
| +++ b/include/linux/types.h
| @@ -204,6 +204,17 @@ struct ustat {
|  	char			f_fpack[6];
|  };
| 
| +struct clone_args {
| +	u64 clone_flags_high;
| +	u64 child_stack_base;
| +	u64 child_stack_size;
| +	u64 parent_tid_ptr;
| +	u64 child_tid_ptr;
| +	u32 nr_pids;
| +	u32 reserved0;
| +	u64 reserved1;
| +};
| +
|  #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
|  #endif /*  __ASSEMBLY__ */
|  #endif /* _LINUX_TYPES_H */
| diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
| index 210e841..cacc26b 100644
| --- a/kernel/fork.c
| +++ b/kernel/fork.c
| @@ -1372,6 +1372,114 @@ struct task_struct * __cpuinit fork_idle(int cpu)
|  }
| 
|  /*
| + * If user specified any 'target-pids' in @upid_setp, copy them from
| + * user and return a pointer to a local copy of the list of pids. The
| + * caller must free the list, when they are done using it.
| + *
| + * If user did not specify any target pids, return NULL (caller should
| + * treat this like normal clone).
| + *
| + * On any errors, return the error code
| + */
| +static pid_t *copy_target_pids(int unum_pids, pid_t __user *upids)
| +{
| +	int j;
| +	int rc;
| +	int size;
| +	int knum_pids;		/* # of pids needed in kernel */
| +	pid_t *target_pids;
| +
| +	if (!unum_pids)
| +		return NULL;
| +
| +	knum_pids = task_pid(current)->level + 1;
| +	if (unum_pids > knum_pids)
| +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
| +
| +	/*
| +	 * To keep alloc_pid() simple, allocate an extra pid_t in target_pids[]
| +	 * and set it to 0. This last entry in target_pids[] corresponds to the
| +	 * (yet-to-be-created) descendant pid-namespace if CLONE_NEWPID was
| +	 * specified. If CLONE_NEWPID was not specified, this last entry will
| +	 * simply be ignored.
| +	 */
| +	target_pids = kzalloc((knum_pids + 1) * sizeof(pid_t), GFP_KERNEL);
| +	if (!target_pids)
| +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
| +
| +	/*
| +	 * A process running in a level 2 pid namespace has three pid namespaces
| +	 * and hence three pid numbers. If this process is checkpointed,
| +	 * information about these three namespaces are saved. We refer to these
| +	 * namespaces as 'known namespaces'.
| +	 *
| +	 * If this checkpointed process is however restarted in a level 3 pid
| +	 * namespace, the restarted process has an extra ancestor pid namespace
| +	 * (i.e 'unknown namespace') and 'knum_pids' exceeds 'unum_pids'.
| +	 *
| +	 * During restart, the process requests specific pids for its 'known
| +	 * namespaces' and lets kernel assign pids to its 'unknown namespaces'.
| +	 *
| +	 * Since the requested-pids correspond to 'known namespaces' and since
| +	 * 'known-namespaces' are younger than (i.e descendants of) 'unknown-
| +	 * namespaces', copy requested pids to the back-end of target_pids[]
| +	 * (i.e before the last entry for CLONE_NEWPID mentioned above).
| +	 * Any entries in target_pids[] not corresponding to a requested pid
| +	 * will be set to zero and kernel assigns a pid in those namespaces.
| +	 *
| +	 * NOTE: The order of pids in target_pids[] is oldest pid namespace to
| +	 * 	 youngest (target_pids[0] corresponds to init_pid_ns). i.e.
| +	 * 	 the order is:
| +	 *
| +	 * 		- pids for 'unknown-namespaces' (if any)
| +	 * 		- pids for 'known-namespaces' (requested pids)
| +	 * 		- 0 in the last entry (for CLONE_NEWPID).
| +	 */
| +	j = knum_pids - unum_pids;
| +	size = unum_pids * sizeof(pid_t);
| +
| +	rc = copy_from_user(&target_pids[j], upids, size);
| +	if (rc) {
| +		rc = -EFAULT;
| +		goto out_free;
| +	}
| +
| +	return target_pids;
| +
| +out_free:
| +	kfree(target_pids);
| +	return ERR_PTR(rc);
| +}
| +
| +int
| +fetch_clone_args_from_user(struct clone_args __user *uca, int args_size,
| +			struct clone_args *kca)
| +{
| +	int rc;
| +
| +	/*
| +	 * TODO: If size of clone_args is not what the kernel expects, it
| +	 * 	 could be that kernel is newer and has an extended structure.
| +	 * 	 When that happens, this check needs to be smarter.  For now,
| +	 * 	 assume exact match.
| +	 */
| +	if (args_size != sizeof(struct clone_args))
| +		return -EINVAL;
| +
| +	rc = copy_from_user(kca, uca, args_size);
| +	if (rc)
| +		return -EFAULT;
| +
| +	/*
| +	 * To avoid future compatibility issues, ensure unused fields are 0.
| +	 */
| +	if (kca->reserved0 || kca->reserved1 || kca->clone_flags_high)
| +		return -EINVAL;
| +
| +	return 0;
| +}
| +
| +/*
|   *  Ok, this is the main fork-routine.
|   *
|   * It copies the process, and if successful kick-starts
| @@ -1389,7 +1497,7 @@ long do_fork_with_pids(unsigned long clone_flags,
|  	struct task_struct *p;
|  	int trace = 0;
|  	long nr;
| -	pid_t *target_pids = NULL;
| +	pid_t *target_pids;
| 
|  	/*
|  	 * Do some preliminary argument and permissions checking before we
| @@ -1423,6 +1531,16 @@ long do_fork_with_pids(unsigned long clone_flags,
|  		}
|  	}
| 
| +	target_pids = copy_target_pids(num_pids, upids);
| +	if (target_pids) {
| +		if (IS_ERR(target_pids))
| +			return PTR_ERR(target_pids);
| +
| +		nr = -EPERM;
| +		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
| +			goto out_free;
| +	}
| +
|  	/*
|  	 * When called from kernel_thread, don't do user tracing stuff.
|  	 */
| @@ -1484,6 +1602,10 @@ long do_fork_with_pids(unsigned long clone_flags,
|  	} else {
|  		nr = PTR_ERR(p);
|  	}
| +
| +out_free:
| +	kfree(target_pids);
| +
|  	return nr;
|  }
| 
| -- 
| 1.6.0.4
| 
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