ipc/msg: increase MSGMNI, remove scaling

SysV can be abused to allocate locked kernel memory.  For most systems, a
small limit doesn't make sense, see the discussion with regards to SHMMAX.

Therefore: increase MSGMNI to the maximum supported.

And: If we ignore the risk of locking too much memory, then an automatic
scaling of MSGMNI doesn't make sense.  Therefore the logic can be removed.

The code preserves auto_msgmni to avoid breaking any user space applications
that expect that the value exists.

Notes:
1) If an administrator must limit the memory allocations, then he can set
MSGMNI as necessary.

Or he can disable sysv entirely (as e.g. done by Android).

2) MSGMAX and MSGMNB are intentionally not increased, as these values are used
to control latency vs. throughput:
If MSGMNB is large, then msgsnd() just returns and more messages can be queued
before a task switch to a task that calls msgrcv() is forced.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

6 files changed, 19 insertions, 266 deletions

diff --git a/ipc/Makefile b/ipc/Makefile
index 9075e172e52c..86c7300ecdf5 100644
--- a/ipc/Makefile
+++ b/ipc/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSVIPC_COMPAT) += compat.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SYSVIPC) += util.o msgutil.o msg.o sem.o shm.o ipcns_notifier.o syscall.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SYSVIPC) += util.o msgutil.o msg.o sem.o shm.o syscall.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSVIPC_SYSCTL) += ipc_sysctl.o
 obj_mq-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += compat_mq.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE) += mqueue.o msgutil.o $(obj_mq-y)
diff --git a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
index e8075b247497..8ad93c29f511 100644
--- a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
+++ b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
@@ -62,29 +62,6 @@ static int proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax_orphans(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
         return err;
 }
 
-static int proc_ipc_callback_dointvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
-        void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-        struct ctl_table ipc_table;
-        size_t lenp_bef = *lenp;
-        int rc;
-
-        memcpy(&ipc_table, table, sizeof(ipc_table));
-        ipc_table.data = get_ipc(table);
-
-        rc = proc_dointvec_minmax(&ipc_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
-
-        if (write && !rc && lenp_bef == *lenp)
-                /*
-                 * Tunable has successfully been changed by hand. Disable its
-                 * automatic adjustment. This simply requires unregistering
-                 * the notifiers that trigger recalculation.
-                 */
-                unregister_ipcns_notifier(current->nsproxy->ipc_ns);
-
-        return rc;
-}
-
 static int proc_ipc_doulongvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
         void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -96,54 +73,19 @@ static int proc_ipc_doulongvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
                                         lenp, ppos);
 }
 
-/*
- * Routine that is called when the file "auto_msgmni" has successfully been
- * written.
- * Two values are allowed:
- * 0: unregister msgmni's callback routine from the ipc namespace notifier
- *    chain. This means that msgmni won't be recomputed anymore upon memory
- *    add/remove or ipc namespace creation/removal.
- * 1: register back the callback routine.
- */
-static void ipc_auto_callback(int val)
-{
-        if (!val)
-                unregister_ipcns_notifier(current->nsproxy->ipc_ns);
-        else {
-                /*
-                 * Re-enable automatic recomputing only if not already
-                 * enabled.
-                 */
-                recompute_msgmni(current->nsproxy->ipc_ns);
-                cond_register_ipcns_notifier(current->nsproxy->ipc_ns);
-        }
-}
-
-static int proc_ipcauto_dointvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+static int proc_ipc_auto_msgmni(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
         void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
         struct ctl_table ipc_table;
-        int oldval;
-        int rc;
+        int dummy = 0;
 
         memcpy(&ipc_table, table, sizeof(ipc_table));
-        ipc_table.data = get_ipc(table);
-        oldval = *((int *)(ipc_table.data));
+        ipc_table.data = &dummy;
 
-        rc = proc_dointvec_minmax(&ipc_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+        if (write)
+                pr_info_once("writing to auto_msgmni has no effect");
 
-        if (write && !rc) {
-                int newval = *((int *)(ipc_table.data));
-                /*
-                 * The file "auto_msgmni" has correctly been set.
-                 * React by (un)registering the corresponding tunable, if the
-                 * value has changed.
-                 */
-                if (newval != oldval)
-                        ipc_auto_callback(newval);
-        }
-
-        return rc;
+        return proc_dointvec_minmax(&ipc_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 }
 
 #else
@@ -151,8 +93,7 @@ static int proc_ipcauto_dointvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 #define proc_ipc_dointvec          NULL
 #define proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax   NULL
 #define proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax_orphans   NULL
-#define proc_ipc_callback_dointvec_minmax  NULL
-#define proc_ipcauto_dointvec_minmax NULL
+#define proc_ipc_auto_msgmni       NULL
 #endif
 
 static int zero;
@@ -204,11 +145,20 @@ static struct ctl_table ipc_kern_table[] = {
                 .data           = &init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmni,
                 .maxlen         = sizeof(init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmni),
                 .mode           = 0644,
-                .proc_handler   = proc_ipc_callback_dointvec_minmax,
+                .proc_handler   = proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax,
                 .extra1         = &zero,
                 .extra2         = &int_max,
         },
         {
+                .procname       = "auto_msgmni",
+                .data           = NULL,
+                .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
+                .mode           = 0644,
+                .proc_handler   = proc_ipc_auto_msgmni,
+                .extra1         = &zero,
+                .extra2         = &one,
+        },
+        {
                 .procname       =  "msgmnb",
                 .data           = &init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmnb,
                 .maxlen         = sizeof(init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmnb),
@@ -224,15 +174,6 @@ static struct ctl_table ipc_kern_table[] = {
                 .mode           = 0644,
                 .proc_handler   = proc_ipc_dointvec,
         },
-        {
-                .procname       = "auto_msgmni",
-                .data           = &init_ipc_ns.auto_msgmni,
-                .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
-                .mode           = 0644,
-                .proc_handler   = proc_ipcauto_dointvec_minmax,
-                .extra1         = &zero,
-                .extra2         = &one,
-        },
 #ifdef CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
         {
                 .procname       = "sem_next_id",
diff --git a/ipc/ipcns_notifier.c b/ipc/ipcns_notifier.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b9b31a4f77e1..000000000000
--- a/ipc/ipcns_notifier.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * linux/ipc/ipcns_notifier.c
- * Copyright (C) 2007 BULL SA. Nadia Derbey
- *
- * Notification mechanism for ipc namespaces:
- * The callback routine registered in the memory chain invokes the ipcns
- * notifier chain with the IPCNS_MEMCHANGED event.
- * Each callback routine registered in the ipcns namespace recomputes msgmni
- * for the owning namespace.
- */
-
-#include <linux/msg.h>
-#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
-#include <linux/notifier.h>
-#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
-#include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
-
-#include "util.h"
-
-
-
-static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(ipcns_chain);
-
-
-static int ipcns_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
-                                unsigned long action, void *arg)
-{
-        struct ipc_namespace *ns;
-
-        switch (action) {
-        case IPCNS_MEMCHANGED:   /* amount of lowmem has changed */
-        case IPCNS_CREATED:
-        case IPCNS_REMOVED:
-                /*
-                 * It's time to recompute msgmni
-                 */
-                ns = container_of(self, struct ipc_namespace, ipcns_nb);
-                /*
-                 * No need to get a reference on the ns: the 1st job of
-                 * free_ipc_ns() is to unregister the callback routine.
-                 * blocking_notifier_chain_unregister takes the wr lock to do
-                 * it.
-                 * When this callback routine is called the rd lock is held by
-                 * blocking_notifier_call_chain.
-                 * So the ipc ns cannot be freed while we are here.
-                 */
-                recompute_msgmni(ns);
-                break;
-        default:
-                break;
-        }
-
-        return NOTIFY_OK;
-}
-
-int register_ipcns_notifier(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
-{
-        int rc;
-
-        memset(&ns->ipcns_nb, 0, sizeof(ns->ipcns_nb));
-        ns->ipcns_nb.notifier_call = ipcns_callback;
-        ns->ipcns_nb.priority = IPCNS_CALLBACK_PRI;
-        rc = blocking_notifier_chain_register(&ipcns_chain, &ns->ipcns_nb);
-        if (!rc)
-                ns->auto_msgmni = 1;
-        return rc;
-}
-
-int cond_register_ipcns_notifier(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
-{
-        int rc;
-
-        memset(&ns->ipcns_nb, 0, sizeof(ns->ipcns_nb));
-        ns->ipcns_nb.notifier_call = ipcns_callback;
-        ns->ipcns_nb.priority = IPCNS_CALLBACK_PRI;
-        rc = blocking_notifier_chain_cond_register(&ipcns_chain,
-                                                        &ns->ipcns_nb);
-        if (!rc)
-                ns->auto_msgmni = 1;
-        return rc;
-}
-
-void unregister_ipcns_notifier(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
-{
-        blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&ipcns_chain, &ns->ipcns_nb);
-        ns->auto_msgmni = 0;
-}
-
-int ipcns_notify(unsigned long val)
-{
-        return blocking_notifier_call_chain(&ipcns_chain, val, NULL);
-}
diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
index c5d8e3749985..a7261d5cbc89 100644
--- a/ipc/msg.c
+++ b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -989,43 +989,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(msgrcv, int, msqid, struct msgbuf __user *, msgp, size_t, msgsz,
         return do_msgrcv(msqid, msgp, msgsz, msgtyp, msgflg, do_msg_fill);
 }
 
-/*
- * Scale msgmni with the available lowmem size: the memory dedicated to msg
- * queues should occupy at most 1/MSG_MEM_SCALE of lowmem.
- * Also take into account the number of nsproxies created so far.
- * This should be done staying within the (MSGMNI , IPCMNI/nr_ipc_ns) range.
- */
-void recompute_msgmni(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
-{
-        struct sysinfo i;
-        unsigned long allowed;
-        int nb_ns;
-
-        si_meminfo(&i);
-        allowed = (((i.totalram - i.totalhigh) / MSG_MEM_SCALE) * i.mem_unit)
-                / MSGMNB;
-        nb_ns = atomic_read(&nr_ipc_ns);
-        allowed /= nb_ns;
-
-        if (allowed < MSGMNI) {
-                ns->msg_ctlmni = MSGMNI;
-                return;
-        }
-
-        if (allowed > IPCMNI / nb_ns) {
-                ns->msg_ctlmni = IPCMNI / nb_ns;
-                return;
-        }
-
-        ns->msg_ctlmni = allowed;
-}
 
 void msg_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
         ns->msg_ctlmax = MSGMAX;
         ns->msg_ctlmnb = MSGMNB;
-
-        recompute_msgmni(ns);
+        ns->msg_ctlmni = MSGMNI;
 
         atomic_set(&ns->msg_bytes, 0);
         atomic_set(&ns->msg_hdrs, 0);
@@ -1069,9 +1038,6 @@ void __init msg_init(void)
 {
         msg_init_ns(&init_ipc_ns);
 
-        printk(KERN_INFO "msgmni has been set to %d\n",
-                init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmni);
-
         ipc_init_proc_interface("sysvipc/msg",
                                 "       key      msqid perms      cbytes       qnum lspid lrpid   uid   gid  cuid  cgid      stime      rtime      ctime\n",
                                 IPC_MSG_IDS, sysvipc_msg_proc_show);
diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c
index b54468e48e32..1a3ffd40356e 100644
--- a/ipc/namespace.c
+++ b/ipc/namespace.c
@@ -45,14 +45,6 @@ static struct ipc_namespace *create_ipc_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
         msg_init_ns(ns);
         shm_init_ns(ns);
 
-        /*
-         * msgmni has already been computed for the new ipc ns.
-         * Thus, do the ipcns creation notification before registering that
-         * new ipcns in the chain.
-         */
-        ipcns_notify(IPCNS_CREATED);
-        register_ipcns_notifier(ns);
-
         ns->user_ns = get_user_ns(user_ns);
 
         return ns;
@@ -99,25 +91,11 @@ void free_ipcs(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_ids *ids,
 
 static void free_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
-        /*
-         * Unregistering the hotplug notifier at the beginning guarantees
-         * that the ipc namespace won't be freed while we are inside the
-         * callback routine. Since the blocking_notifier_chain_XXX routines
-         * hold a rw lock on the notifier list, unregister_ipcns_notifier()
-         * won't take the rw lock before blocking_notifier_call_chain() has
-         * released the rd lock.
-         */
-        unregister_ipcns_notifier(ns);
         sem_exit_ns(ns);
         msg_exit_ns(ns);
         shm_exit_ns(ns);
         atomic_dec(&nr_ipc_ns);
 
-        /*
-         * Do the ipcns removal notification after decrementing nr_ipc_ns in
-         * order to have a correct value when recomputing msgmni.
-         */
-        ipcns_notify(IPCNS_REMOVED);
         put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
         proc_free_inum(ns->proc_inum);
         kfree(ns);
diff --git a/ipc/util.c b/ipc/util.c
index 88adc329888c..106bed0378ab 100644
--- a/ipc/util.c
+++ b/ipc/util.c
@@ -71,44 +71,6 @@ struct ipc_proc_iface {
         int (*show)(struct seq_file *, void *);
 };
 
-static void ipc_memory_notifier(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-        ipcns_notify(IPCNS_MEMCHANGED);
-}
-
-static int ipc_memory_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
-                                unsigned long action, void *arg)
-{
-        static DECLARE_WORK(ipc_memory_wq, ipc_memory_notifier);
-
-        switch (action) {
-        case MEM_ONLINE:    /* memory successfully brought online */
-        case MEM_OFFLINE:   /* or offline: it's time to recompute msgmni */
-                /*
-                 * This is done by invoking the ipcns notifier chain with the
-                 * IPC_MEMCHANGED event.
-                 * In order not to keep the lock on the hotplug memory chain
-                 * for too long, queue a work item that will, when waken up,
-                 * activate the ipcns notification chain.
-                 */
-                schedule_work(&ipc_memory_wq);
-                break;
-        case MEM_GOING_ONLINE:
-        case MEM_GOING_OFFLINE:
-        case MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE:
-        case MEM_CANCEL_OFFLINE:
-        default:
-                break;
-        }
-
-        return NOTIFY_OK;
-}
-
-static struct notifier_block ipc_memory_nb = {
-        .notifier_call = ipc_memory_callback,
-        .priority = IPC_CALLBACK_PRI,
-};
-
 /**
  * ipc_init - initialise ipc subsystem
  *
@@ -124,8 +86,6 @@ static int __init ipc_init(void)
         sem_init();
         msg_init();
         shm_init();
-        register_hotmemory_notifier(&ipc_memory_nb);
-        register_ipcns_notifier(&init_ipc_ns);
         return 0;
 }
 device_initcall(ipc_init);