On Fri, 4 May 2001, Rusty Russell wrote:
> We can end up with the user getting more fds tban they asked for...
>
> Unlikely, but possible,
True. If n is originally greater than ->max_fdset and ->max_fdset
grows between the comparison and assignment. Yuck.
Linus, please apply it - race is narrow, but...
Al
> --- linux-2.4.4-official/fs/select.c Thu Feb 22 14:25:36 2001
> +++ working-2.4.4-rcu/fs/select.c Fri May 4 14:06:39 2001
> @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
> fd_set_bits fds;
> char *bits;
> long timeout;
> - int ret, size;
> + int ret, size, max_fdset;
>
> timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
> if (tvp) {
> @@ -285,8 +285,10 @@
> if (n < 0)
> goto out_nofds;
>
> - if (n > current->files->max_fdset)
> - n = current->files->max_fdset;
> + /* max_fdset can increase, so grab it once to avoid race */
> + max_fdset = current->files->max_fdset;
> + if (n > max_fdset)
> + n = max_fdset;
>
> /*
> * We need 6 bitmaps (in/out/ex for both incoming and outgoing),
>
> --
> Premature optmztion is rt of all evl. --DK
>
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