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authorTim Hockin <thockin@google.com>2007-07-21 17:10:35 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-21 18:37:10 -0700
commitf528e7ba28492e363a64c80c414ded4cadf48f89 (patch)
tree2bf7371d9d5594581cb0b6b9a9b85b651f7d7e28 /arch
parenta5ba7971045a90a36cef8f7d5a3075600b475b74 (diff)
x86_64: O_EXCL on /dev/mcelog
Background: /dev/mcelog is a clear-on-read interface. It is currently possible for multiple users to open and read() the device. Users are protected from each other during any one read, but not across reads. Description: This patch adds support for O_EXCL to /dev/mcelog. If a user opens the device with O_EXCL, no other user may open the device (EBUSY). Likewise, any user that tries to open the device with O_EXCL while another user has the device will fail (EBUSY). Result: Applications can get exclusive access to /dev/mcelog. Applications that do not care will be unchanged. Alternatives: A simpler choice would be to only allow one open() at all, regardless of O_EXCL. Testing: I wrote an application that opens /dev/mcelog with O_EXCL and observed that any other app that tried to open /dev/mcelog would fail until the exclusive app had closed the device. Caveats: None. Signed-off-by: Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c36
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
index f3fb8174559..77fee481be4 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
@@ -465,6 +465,40 @@ void __cpuinit mcheck_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
* Character device to read and clear the MCE log.
*/
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mce_state_lock);
+static int open_count; /* #times opened */
+static int open_exclu; /* already open exclusive? */
+
+static int mce_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ spin_lock(&mce_state_lock);
+
+ if (open_exclu || (open_count && (file->f_flags & O_EXCL))) {
+ spin_unlock(&mce_state_lock);
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
+ if (file->f_flags & O_EXCL)
+ open_exclu = 1;
+ open_count++;
+
+ spin_unlock(&mce_state_lock);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int mce_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ spin_lock(&mce_state_lock);
+
+ open_count--;
+ open_exclu = 0;
+
+ spin_unlock(&mce_state_lock);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static void collect_tscs(void *data)
{
unsigned long *cpu_tsc = (unsigned long *)data;
@@ -555,6 +589,8 @@ static int mce_ioctl(struct inode *i, struct file *f,unsigned int cmd, unsigned
}
static const struct file_operations mce_chrdev_ops = {
+ .open = mce_open,
+ .release = mce_release,
.read = mce_read,
.ioctl = mce_ioctl,
};