af_unix: Remove lock dance in unix_peek_fds().

In the previous GC implementation, the shape of the inflight socket
graph was not expected to change while GC was in progress.

MSG_PEEK was tricky because it could install inflight fd silently
and transform the graph.

Let's say we peeked a fd, which was a listening socket, and accept()ed
some embryo sockets from it.  The garbage collection algorithm would
have been confused because the set of sockets visited in scan_inflight()
would change within the same GC invocation.

That's why we placed spin_lock(&unix_gc_lock) and spin_unlock() in
unix_peek_fds() with a fat comment.

In the new GC implementation, we no longer garbage-collect the socket
if it exists in another queue, that is, if it has a bridge to another
SCC.  Also, accept() will require the lock if it has edges.

Thus, we need not do the complicated lock dance.

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240401173125.92184-3-kuniyu@amazon.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

3 files changed, 1 insertions, 44 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/af_unix.h b/include/net/af_unix.h
index 226a8da2cbe35e..7311b77edfc7bf 100644
--- a/include/net/af_unix.h
+++ b/include/net/af_unix.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ static inline struct unix_sock *unix_get_socket(struct file *filp)
 }
 #endif
 
-extern spinlock_t unix_gc_lock;
 extern unsigned int unix_tot_inflight;
 void unix_add_edges(struct scm_fp_list *fpl, struct unix_sock *receiver);
 void unix_del_edges(struct scm_fp_list *fpl);
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 78be8b520cef54..61ecfa9c9c6b1c 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1814,48 +1814,6 @@ static void unix_detach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
 static void unix_peek_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	scm->fp = scm_fp_dup(UNIXCB(skb).fp);
-
-	/*
-	 * Garbage collection of unix sockets starts by selecting a set of
-	 * candidate sockets which have reference only from being in flight
-	 * (total_refs == inflight_refs).  This condition is checked once during
-	 * the candidate collection phase, and candidates are marked as such, so
-	 * that non-candidates can later be ignored.  While inflight_refs is
-	 * protected by unix_gc_lock, total_refs (file count) is not, hence this
-	 * is an instantaneous decision.
-	 *
-	 * Once a candidate, however, the socket must not be reinstalled into a
-	 * file descriptor while the garbage collection is in progress.
-	 *
-	 * If the above conditions are met, then the directed graph of
-	 * candidates (*) does not change while unix_gc_lock is held.
-	 *
-	 * Any operations that changes the file count through file descriptors
-	 * (dup, close, sendmsg) does not change the graph since candidates are
-	 * not installed in fds.
-	 *
-	 * Dequeing a candidate via recvmsg would install it into an fd, but
-	 * that takes unix_gc_lock to decrement the inflight count, so it's
-	 * serialized with garbage collection.
-	 *
-	 * MSG_PEEK is special in that it does not change the inflight count,
-	 * yet does install the socket into an fd.  The following lock/unlock
-	 * pair is to ensure serialization with garbage collection.  It must be
-	 * done between incrementing the file count and installing the file into
-	 * an fd.
-	 *
-	 * If garbage collection starts after the barrier provided by the
-	 * lock/unlock, then it will see the elevated refcount and not mark this
-	 * as a candidate.  If a garbage collection is already in progress
-	 * before the file count was incremented, then the lock/unlock pair will
-	 * ensure that garbage collection is finished before progressing to
-	 * installing the fd.
-	 *
-	 * (*) A -> B where B is on the queue of A or B is on the queue of C
-	 * which is on the queue of listening socket A.
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&unix_gc_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&unix_gc_lock);
 }
 
 static void unix_destruct_scm(struct sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/net/unix/garbage.c b/net/unix/garbage.c
index 89ea71d9297bac..12a4ec27e0d4d8 100644
--- a/net/unix/garbage.c
+++ b/net/unix/garbage.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static void unix_free_vertices(struct scm_fp_list *fpl)
 	}
 }
 
-DEFINE_SPINLOCK(unix_gc_lock);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(unix_gc_lock);
 unsigned int unix_tot_inflight;
 
 void unix_add_edges(struct scm_fp_list *fpl, struct unix_sock *receiver)