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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/taskstats.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/taskstats.c | 57 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c index 5f82ccd10392..69691eb4b715 100644 --- a/kernel/taskstats.c +++ b/kernel/taskstats.c @@ -348,25 +348,47 @@ static int parse(struct nlattr *na, struct cpumask *mask) return ret; } +#ifdef CONFIG_IA64 +#define TASKSTATS_NEEDS_PADDING 1 +#endif + static struct taskstats *mk_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, int type, u32 pid) { struct nlattr *na, *ret; int aggr; - /* If we don't pad, we end up with alignment on a 4 byte boundary. - * This causes lots of runtime warnings on systems requiring 8 byte - * alignment */ - u32 pids[2] = { pid, 0 }; - int pid_size = ALIGN(sizeof(pid), sizeof(long)); - aggr = (type == TASKSTATS_TYPE_PID) ? TASKSTATS_TYPE_AGGR_PID : TASKSTATS_TYPE_AGGR_TGID; + /* + * The taskstats structure is internally aligned on 8 byte + * boundaries but the layout of the aggregrate reply, with + * two NLA headers and the pid (each 4 bytes), actually + * force the entire structure to be unaligned. This causes + * the kernel to issue unaligned access warnings on some + * architectures like ia64. Unfortunately, some software out there + * doesn't properly unroll the NLA packet and assumes that the start + * of the taskstats structure will always be 20 bytes from the start + * of the netlink payload. Aligning the start of the taskstats + * structure breaks this software, which we don't want. So, for now + * the alignment only happens on architectures that require it + * and those users will have to update to fixed versions of those + * packages. Space is reserved in the packet only when needed. + * This ifdef should be removed in several years e.g. 2012 once + * we can be confident that fixed versions are installed on most + * systems. We add the padding before the aggregate since the + * aggregate is already a defined type. + */ +#ifdef TASKSTATS_NEEDS_PADDING + if (nla_put(skb, TASKSTATS_TYPE_NULL, 0, NULL) < 0) + goto err; +#endif na = nla_nest_start(skb, aggr); if (!na) goto err; - if (nla_put(skb, type, pid_size, pids) < 0) + + if (nla_put(skb, type, sizeof(pid), &pid) < 0) goto err; ret = nla_reserve(skb, TASKSTATS_TYPE_STATS, sizeof(struct taskstats)); if (!ret) @@ -455,6 +477,18 @@ out: return rc; } +static size_t taskstats_packet_size(void) +{ + size_t size; + + size = nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) + + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct taskstats)) + nla_total_size(0); +#ifdef TASKSTATS_NEEDS_PADDING + size += nla_total_size(0); /* Padding for alignment */ +#endif + return size; +} + static int cmd_attr_pid(struct genl_info *info) { struct taskstats *stats; @@ -463,8 +497,7 @@ static int cmd_attr_pid(struct genl_info *info) u32 pid; int rc; - size = nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) + - nla_total_size(sizeof(struct taskstats)) + nla_total_size(0); + size = taskstats_packet_size(); rc = prepare_reply(info, TASKSTATS_CMD_NEW, &rep_skb, size); if (rc < 0) @@ -493,8 +526,7 @@ static int cmd_attr_tgid(struct genl_info *info) u32 tgid; int rc; - size = nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) + - nla_total_size(sizeof(struct taskstats)) + nla_total_size(0); + size = taskstats_packet_size(); rc = prepare_reply(info, TASKSTATS_CMD_NEW, &rep_skb, size); if (rc < 0) @@ -569,8 +601,7 @@ void taskstats_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead) /* * Size includes space for nested attributes */ - size = nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) + - nla_total_size(sizeof(struct taskstats)) + nla_total_size(0); + size = taskstats_packet_size(); is_thread_group = !!taskstats_tgid_alloc(tsk); if (is_thread_group) { |