[RFC 3/3] drm: Update file owner during use

Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com
Tue Jan 10 13:14:51 UTC 2023


On 06/01/2023 18:00, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 03:53:13PM +0100, Christian König wrote:
>> Am 06.01.23 um 11:53 schrieb Daniel Vetter:
>>> On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 11:32:17AM +0100, Christian König wrote:
>>>> Am 05.01.23 um 13:32 schrieb Daniel Vetter:
>>>>> [SNIP]
>>>>>> For the case of an master fd I actually don't see the reason why we should
>>>>>> limit that? And fd can become master if it either was master before or has
>>>>>> CAP_SYS_ADMIN. Why would we want an extra check for the pid/tgid here?
>>>>> This is just info/debug printing, I don't see the connection to
>>>>> drm_auth/master stuff? Aside from the patch mixes up the master opener and
>>>>> the current user due to fd passing or something like that.
>>>> That's exactly why my comment meant as well.
>>>>
>>>> The connect is that the drm_auth/master code currently the pid/tgid as
>>>> indicator if the "owner" of the fd has changed and so if an access should be
>>>> allowed or not. I find that approach a bit questionable.
>>>>
>>>>> Note that we cannot do that (I think at least, after pondering this some
>>>>> more) because it would break the logind master fd passing scheme - there
>>>>> the receiving compositor is explicitly _not_ allowed to acquire master
>>>>> rights on its own. So the master priviledges must not move with the fd or
>>>>> things can go wrong.
>>>> That could be the rational behind that, but why doesn't logind then just
>>>> pass on a normal render node to the compositor?
>>> Because the compositor wants the kms node. We have 3 access levels in drm
>>>
>>> - render stuff
>>> - modeset stuff (needs a card* node and master rights for changing things)
>>> - set/drop master (needs root)
>>>
>>> logind wants to give the compositor modeset access, but not master
>>> drop/set access (because vt switching is controlled by logind).
>>>
>>> The pid check in drm_auth is for the use-case where you start your
>>> compositor on a root vt (or setuid-root), and then want to make sure
>>> that after cred dropping, set/drop master keeps working. Because in that
>>> case the vt switch dance is done by the compositor.
>>>
>>> Maybe we should document this stuff a bit better :-)
>>
>> Maybe add a friendly warning? E.g. like "Don't touch it, it works!" :)
> 
> I think Tvrtko just volunteered for that :-) Maybe addition in the
> drm-uapi.rst section would be good that fills out the gaps we have.

I can attempt to copy, paste and tidy what you wrote here, albeit with 
less than full degree of authority. Assuming into the existing comment 
above drm_master_check_perm?

But in terms of where my series is going next I would need some 
clarification in the other sub-thread.

Regards,

Tvrtko

>> So basically this is a valid use case where logind set/get the master status
>> of a fd while the compositor uses the master functionality?
> 
> Yup, and the compositor is _not_ allowed to call these. Despite that it's
> the exact sime struct file - it has to be the same struct file in both
> loging and compositor, otherwise logind cannot orchestratet the vt switch
> dance for the compositors. Which unlike non-logind vt switching has the
> nice property that if a compositor dies/goes rogue, logind can still force
> the switch. With vt-only switching you need the sysrq to reset the console
> to text and kill the foreground process for the same effect.
> -Daniel
> 
>>
>> Christian.
>>
>>> -Daniel
>>>
>>>> Christian.
>>>>
>>>>> -Daniel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Christian.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tvrtko
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Daniel
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>              return 0;
>>>>>>>>>            if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c
>>>>>>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c
>>>>>>>>> index 42f657772025..9d4e3146a2b8 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -90,15 +90,17 @@ static int drm_clients_info(struct seq_file
>>>>>>>>> *m, void *data)
>>>>>>>>>           */
>>>>>>>>>          mutex_lock(&dev->filelist_mutex);
>>>>>>>>>          list_for_each_entry_reverse(priv, &dev->filelist, lhead) {
>>>>>>>>> -        struct task_struct *task;
>>>>>>>>>              bool is_current_master = drm_is_current_master(priv);
>>>>>>>>> +        struct task_struct *task;
>>>>>>>>> +        struct pid *pid;
>>>>>>>>>      -        rcu_read_lock(); /* locks pid_task()->comm */
>>>>>>>>> -        task = pid_task(priv->pid, PIDTYPE_TGID);
>>>>>>>>> +        rcu_read_lock(); /* Locks priv->pid and pid_task()->comm! */
>>>>>>>>> +        pid = rcu_dereference(priv->pid);
>>>>>>>>> +        task = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_TGID);
>>>>>>>>>              uid = task ? __task_cred(task)->euid : GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
>>>>>>>>>              seq_printf(m, "%20s %5d %3d   %c    %c %5d %10u\n",
>>>>>>>>>                     task ? task->comm : "<unknown>",
>>>>>>>>> -               pid_vnr(priv->pid),
>>>>>>>>> +               pid_vnr(pid),
>>>>>>>>>                     priv->minor->index,
>>>>>>>>>                     is_current_master ? 'y' : 'n',
>>>>>>>>>                     priv->authenticated ? 'y' : 'n',
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
>>>>>>>>> index 20a9aef2b398..3433f9610dba 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ struct drm_file *drm_file_alloc(struct
>>>>>>>>> drm_minor *minor)
>>>>>>>>>          if (!file)
>>>>>>>>>              return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>>>>>>>>>      -    file->pid = get_pid(task_tgid(current));
>>>>>>>>> +    rcu_assign_pointer(file->pid, get_pid(task_tgid(current)));
>>>>>>>>>          file->minor = minor;
>>>>>>>>>            /* for compatibility root is always authenticated */
>>>>>>>>> @@ -502,6 +502,36 @@ int drm_release(struct inode *inode, struct
>>>>>>>>> file *filp)
>>>>>>>>>      }
>>>>>>>>>      EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_release);
>>>>>>>>>      +void drm_file_update_pid(struct drm_file *filp)
>>>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>>>> +    struct drm_device *dev;
>>>>>>>>> +    struct pid *pid, *old;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +    /* Master nodes are not expected to be passed between
>>>>>>>>> processes. */
>>>>>>>>> +    if (filp->was_master)
>>>>>>>>> +        return;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +    pid = task_tgid(current);
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +    /*
>>>>>>>>> +     * Quick unlocked check since the model is a single
>>>>>>>>> handover followed by
>>>>>>>>> +     * exclusive repeated use.
>>>>>>>>> +     */
>>>>>>>>> +    if (pid == rcu_access_pointer(filp->pid))
>>>>>>>>> +        return;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +    dev = filp->minor->dev;
>>>>>>>>> +    mutex_lock(&dev->filelist_mutex);
>>>>>>>>> +    old = rcu_replace_pointer(filp->pid, pid, 1);
>>>>>>>>> +    mutex_unlock(&dev->filelist_mutex);
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +    if (pid != old) {
>>>>>>>>> +        get_pid(pid);
>>>>>>>>> +        synchronize_rcu();
>>>>>>>>> +        put_pid(old);
>>>>>>>>> +    }
>>>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>      /**
>>>>>>>>>       * drm_release_noglobal - release method for DRM file
>>>>>>>>>       * @inode: device inode
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
>>>>>>>>> index 7c9d66ee917d..305b18d9d7b6 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -775,6 +775,9 @@ long drm_ioctl_kernel(struct file *file,
>>>>>>>>> drm_ioctl_t *func, void *kdata,
>>>>>>>>>          struct drm_device *dev = file_priv->minor->dev;
>>>>>>>>>          int retcode;
>>>>>>>>>      +    /* Update drm_file owner if fd was passed along. */
>>>>>>>>> +    drm_file_update_pid(file_priv);
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>          if (drm_dev_is_unplugged(dev))
>>>>>>>>>              return -ENODEV;
>>>>>>>>>      diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
>>>>>>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
>>>>>>>>> index 80f154b6adab..a763d3ee61fb 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -1097,7 +1097,10 @@ nouveau_drm_open(struct drm_device *dev,
>>>>>>>>> struct drm_file *fpriv)
>>>>>>>>>          }
>>>>>>>>>            get_task_comm(tmpname, current);
>>>>>>>>> -    snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s[%d]", tmpname,
>>>>>>>>> pid_nr(fpriv->pid));
>>>>>>>>> +    rcu_read_lock();
>>>>>>>>> +    snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s[%d]",
>>>>>>>>> +         tmpname, pid_nr(rcu_dereference(fpriv->pid)));
>>>>>>>>> +    rcu_read_unlock();
>>>>>>>>>            if (!(cli = kzalloc(sizeof(*cli), GFP_KERNEL))) {
>>>>>>>>>              ret = -ENOMEM;
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_gem.c
>>>>>>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_gem.c
>>>>>>>>> index f2985337aa53..3853d9bb9ab8 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_gem.c
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_gem.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ static int vmw_debugfs_gem_info_show(struct
>>>>>>>>> seq_file *m, void *unused)
>>>>>>>>>          list_for_each_entry(file, &dev->filelist, lhead) {
>>>>>>>>>              struct task_struct *task;
>>>>>>>>>              struct drm_gem_object *gobj;
>>>>>>>>> +        struct pid *pid;
>>>>>>>>>              int id;
>>>>>>>>>                /*
>>>>>>>>> @@ -260,8 +261,9 @@ static int vmw_debugfs_gem_info_show(struct
>>>>>>>>> seq_file *m, void *unused)
>>>>>>>>>               * Therefore, we need to protect this ->comm access
>>>>>>>>> using RCU.
>>>>>>>>>               */
>>>>>>>>>              rcu_read_lock();
>>>>>>>>> -        task = pid_task(file->pid, PIDTYPE_TGID);
>>>>>>>>> -        seq_printf(m, "pid %8d command %s:\n", pid_nr(file->pid),
>>>>>>>>> +        pid = rcu_dereference(file->pid);
>>>>>>>>> +        task = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_TGID);
>>>>>>>>> +        seq_printf(m, "pid %8d command %s:\n", pid_nr(pid),
>>>>>>>>>                     task ? task->comm : "<unknown>");
>>>>>>>>>              rcu_read_unlock();
>>>>>>>>>      diff --git a/include/drm/drm_file.h b/include/drm/drm_file.h
>>>>>>>>> index 0d1f853092ab..27d545131d4a 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/include/drm/drm_file.h
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/include/drm/drm_file.h
>>>>>>>>> @@ -255,8 +255,15 @@ struct drm_file {
>>>>>>>>>          /** @master_lookup_lock: Serializes @master. */
>>>>>>>>>          spinlock_t master_lookup_lock;
>>>>>>>>>      -    /** @pid: Process that opened this file. */
>>>>>>>>> -    struct pid *pid;
>>>>>>>>> +    /**
>>>>>>>>> +     * @pid: Process that is using this file.
>>>>>>>>> +     *
>>>>>>>>> +     * Must only be dereferenced under a rcu_read_lock or equivalent.
>>>>>>>>> +     *
>>>>>>>>> +     * Updates are guarded with dev->filelist_mutex and
>>>>>>>>> reference must be
>>>>>>>>> +     * dropped after a RCU grace period to accommodate lockless
>>>>>>>>> readers.
>>>>>>>>> +     */
>>>>>>>>> +    struct pid __rcu *pid;
>>>>>>>>>            /** @magic: Authentication magic, see @authenticated. */
>>>>>>>>>          drm_magic_t magic;
>>>>>>>>> @@ -415,6 +422,8 @@ static inline bool drm_is_accel_client(const
>>>>>>>>> struct drm_file *file_priv)
>>>>>>>>>          return file_priv->minor->type == DRM_MINOR_ACCEL;
>>>>>>>>>      }
>>>>>>>>>      +void drm_file_update_pid(struct drm_file *);
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>      int drm_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
>>>>>>>>>      int drm_open_helper(struct file *filp, struct drm_minor *minor);
>>>>>>>>>      ssize_t drm_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buffer,
>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>> 2.34.1
>>>>>>>>>
>>
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