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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KEYS: fix race between updating and finding negative key
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Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com> wrote:

> Fix the bug by moving ->reject_error out of the union with ->payload,
> then using nonzero ->reject_error to mean that the key is negative.
>
> This eliminates the need for KEY_FLAG_NEGATIVE, which we remove as well
> so that we don't have to handle memory ordering between
> KEY_FLAG_NEGATIVE and ->reject_error. We *do* still need to handle
> memory ordering between KEY_FLAG_INSTANTIATED and ->reject_error, but
> that was needed before (and for KEY_FLAG_NEGATIVE as well --- though it
> wasn't done correctly, which was another bug).

Hmmm... My only objection is that it extends struct key still further, but
you do have a point.

If we're going to do this, can we eliminate KEY_FLAG_INSTANTIATED also and
make ->reject_error into ->status?

0 -> uninstantiated
1 -> instantiated
<0 -> negatively instantiated/rejected

Also, can we make it a short int please?

Also, can setting this field be done with a release barrier rather than a
write barrier?

David

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