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List:       fwts-devel
Subject:    ACK: [PATCH 1/1] lib: fwts_alloc: move all memory tracking to hash records
From:       ivanhu <ivan.hu () canonical ! com>
Date:       2017-02-22 9:52:59
Message-ID: 71b5c573-b1ee-27c1-0494-71093304ace2 () canonical ! com
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On 02/17/2017 08:05 AM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> Previous changes to the low memory allocator allows us to track
> each allocation with a hash table.  We now extend this to also
> track the total allocation size; this allows us to remove the
> allocation size tracking using a header at the start of each
> allocation with a magic to sanity check it.  Separation of the
> metadata from the data reduces the risk of a bad write to the
> allocated low memory corrupting the metadata.
>
> This change also means that low-memory allocations are now
> page aligned (and hence cache-aligned) which is more optimal
> in cache performance.
>
> I also added some sanity checking to size checking for allocations,
> and overflow checking.
>
> Finally, I added malloc()/calloc()/realloc() compatible ENOMEM
> setting to errno when we run out of memory (or when the allocator
> detects something is broken).
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> ---
>  src/lib/src/fwts_alloc.c | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/lib/src/fwts_alloc.c b/src/lib/src/fwts_alloc.c
> index 2e9b60b..0e6122d 100644
> --- a/src/lib/src/fwts_alloc.c
> +++ b/src/lib/src/fwts_alloc.c
> @@ -34,8 +34,9 @@
>  #define HASH_ALLOC_SIZE	(509)
>
>  typedef struct hash_alloc {
> -	void *addr;		/* allocation addr, NULL = not used */
>  	struct hash_alloc *next;/* next one in hash chain */
> +	void *addr;		/* allocation addr, NULL = not used */
> +	size_t size;		/* actual size of allocation */
>  } hash_alloc_t;
>
>  static hash_alloc_t *hash_allocs[HASH_ALLOC_SIZE];
> @@ -61,16 +62,17 @@ static inline size_t hash_addr(const void *addr)
>   *	known allocations so we can keep track
>   *	of valid allocs.
>   */
> -static bool hash_alloc_add(void *addr)
> +static bool hash_alloc_add(void *addr, size_t size)
>  {
>  	size_t h = hash_addr(addr);
>  	hash_alloc_t *new = hash_allocs[h];
>
>  	while (new) {
>  		/* re-use old nullified records */
> -		if (new->addr == NULL) {
> +		if (!new->addr) {
>  			/* old and free, so re-use */
>  			new->addr = addr;
> +			new->size = size;
>  			return true;
>  		}
>  		/* something is wrong, already in use */
> @@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ static bool hash_alloc_add(void *addr)
>  		return false;
>
>  	new->addr = addr;
> +	new->size = size;
>  	new->next = hash_allocs[h];
>  	hash_allocs[h] = new;
>  	hash_count++;
> @@ -94,25 +97,22 @@ static bool hash_alloc_add(void *addr)
>  }
>
>  /*
> - *  hash_alloc_remove()
> - *	remove an allocated address from the hash
> - *	of know allocations.
> + *  hash_alloc_find()
> + *	find a hash_alloc_t of an allocation
> + *	of a given address
>   */
> -static bool hash_alloc_remove(const void *addr)
> +static hash_alloc_t *hash_alloc_find(const void *addr)
>  {
>  	size_t h = hash_addr(addr);
>  	hash_alloc_t *ha = hash_allocs[h];
>
>  	while (ha) {
>  		if (ha->addr == addr) {
> -			/* Just nullify it */
> -			hash_count--;
> -			ha->addr = NULL;
> -			return true;
> +			return ha;
>  		}
>  		ha = ha->next;
>  	}
> -	return false;
> +	return NULL;
>  }
>
>  /*
> @@ -140,6 +140,21 @@ static void hash_alloc_garbage_collect(void)
>  }
>
>  /*
> + *  hash_alloc_free()
> + *	free up a hash_alloc_t record
> + */
> +static void hash_alloc_free(hash_alloc_t *ha)
> +{
> +	if (!ha)
> +		return;
> +
> +	ha->addr = NULL;
> +	ha->size = 0;
> +	hash_count--;
> +	hash_alloc_garbage_collect();
> +}
> +
> +/*
>   * We implement a low memory allocator to allow us to allocate
>   * memory < 2G limit for the ACPICA table handling.  On 64 bit
>   * machines we have to ensure that cached copies of ACPI tables
> @@ -153,14 +168,6 @@ static void hash_alloc_garbage_collect(void)
>   * as it will only be used for a handful of tables.
>   */
>
> -#define FWTS_ALLOC_MAGIC	0xf023cb1a
> -
> -typedef struct {
> -	void   *start;
> -	size_t	size;
> -	unsigned int magic;
> -} fwts_mmap_header;
> -
>  /*
>   * CHUNK_SIZE controls the gap between mappings. This creates gaps
>   * between each low memory allocation so that we have some chance
> @@ -238,7 +245,8 @@ static void *fwts_low_mmap(const size_t requested_size)
>  	 *  If we can't access our own mappings then find a
>  	 *  free page by just walking down memory
>   	 */
> -	if ((fp = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r")) == NULL)
> +	fp = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
> +	if (!fp)
>  		return fwts_low_mmap_walkdown(requested_size);
>
>  	while (!feof(fp)) {
> @@ -257,7 +265,7 @@ static void *fwts_low_mmap(const size_t requested_size)
>  		/*
>  		 *  Try and allocate under first mmap'd address space
>  		 */
> -		if (first_addr_start == NULL) {
> +		if (!first_addr_start) {
>  			size_t sz = (requested_size + CHUNK_SIZE) & ~(CHUNK_SIZE - 1);
>  			uint8_t *addr = (uint8_t *)addr_start - sz;
>
> @@ -328,11 +336,17 @@ static void *fwts_low_mmap(const size_t requested_size)
>   */
>  void *fwts_low_calloc(const size_t nmemb, const size_t size)
>  {
> -	size_t n = nmemb * size;
> +	const size_t n = nmemb * size;
>  	void *ret = MAP_FAILED;
> -	fwts_mmap_header *hdr;
>
> -	n += sizeof(fwts_mmap_header);
> +	if (!nmemb || !size)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	/* Check for size_t overflow */
> +	if ((n / size) != nmemb) {
> +		errno = ENOMEM;
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
>
>  #ifdef MAP_32BIT
>  	/* Not portable, only x86 */
> @@ -350,21 +364,17 @@ void *fwts_low_calloc(const size_t nmemb, const size_t size)
>  		ret = fwts_low_mmap(n);
>
>  	/* OK, really can't mmap, give up */
> -	if (ret == MAP_FAILED)
> +	if (ret == MAP_FAILED) {
> +		errno = ENOMEM;
>  		return NULL;
> +	}
>
> +	/* should be zero already, but pre-fault it in */
>  	memset(ret, 0, n);
>
> -	/* save info so we can munmap() */
> -	hdr = (fwts_mmap_header*)ret;
> -	hdr->start = ret;
> -	hdr->size = n;
> -	hdr->magic = FWTS_ALLOC_MAGIC;
> -
> -	ret = (void *)((uint8_t *)ret + sizeof(fwts_mmap_header));
> -
> -	if (!hash_alloc_add(ret)) {
> -		munmap((void *)hdr, n);
> +	if (!hash_alloc_add(ret, n)) {
> +		(void)munmap(ret, n);
> +		errno = ENOMEM;
>  		return NULL;
>  	}
>
> @@ -387,23 +397,26 @@ void *fwts_low_malloc(const size_t size)
>  void *fwts_low_realloc(const void *ptr, const size_t size)
>  {
>  	void *ret;
> -	fwts_mmap_header *hdr;
> +	hash_alloc_t *ha;
>
> -	if (ptr == NULL)
> +	if (!ptr)
>  		return fwts_low_malloc(size);
>
> -	hdr = (fwts_mmap_header *)
> -		((uint8_t *)ptr - sizeof(fwts_mmap_header));
> -
> -	/* sanity check */
> -	if (hdr->magic != FWTS_ALLOC_MAGIC)
> +	ha = hash_alloc_find(ptr);
> +	if (!ha) {
> +		errno = ENOMEM;
>  		return NULL;
> +	}
>
> -	if ((ret = fwts_low_malloc(size)) == NULL)
> +	ret = fwts_low_malloc(size);
> +	if (!ret) {
> +		errno = ENOMEM;
>  		return NULL;
> +	}
>
> -	memcpy(ret, ptr, hdr->size - sizeof(fwts_mmap_header));
> -	fwts_low_free(ptr);
> +	memcpy(ret, ha->addr, ha->size);
> +	(void)munmap(ha->addr, ha->size);
> +	hash_alloc_free(ha);
>
>  	return ret;
>  }
> @@ -414,6 +427,7 @@ void *fwts_low_realloc(const void *ptr, const size_t size)
>   */
>  void fwts_low_free(const void *ptr)
>  {
> +	hash_alloc_t *ha;
>  	/*
>  	 *  Sanity check the address we are about to
>  	 *  try and free. If it is not known about
> @@ -421,18 +435,13 @@ void fwts_low_free(const void *ptr)
>  	 */
>  	if (!ptr)
>  		return;
> -	if (!hash_alloc_remove(ptr)) {
> +
> +	ha = hash_alloc_find(ptr);
> +	if (!ha) {
>  		/* Should never happen... */
>  		fprintf(stderr, "double free on %p\n", ptr);
>  		return;
>  	}
> -
> -	fwts_mmap_header *hdr = (fwts_mmap_header *)
> -		((uint8_t *)ptr - sizeof(fwts_mmap_header));
> -
> -	/* Be doubly sure by checking magic before we munmap */
> -	if (hdr->magic == FWTS_ALLOC_MAGIC)
> -		munmap(hdr, hdr->size);
> -
> -	hash_alloc_garbage_collect();
> +	(void)munmap(ha->addr, ha->size);
> +	hash_alloc_free(ha);
>  }
>

Acked-by: Ivan Hu <ivan.hu@canonical.com>

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