Similar to semctl, when calling msgctl, the *_INFO and *_STAT
commands can be performed without acquiring the ipc object.

Add a msgctl_nolock() function and move the logic of *_INFO
and *_STAT out of msgctl(). This change still takes the lock
and it will be properly lockless in the next patch

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bu...@hp.com>
---
 ipc/msg.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
index 264ebe0..20361b5 100644
--- a/ipc/msg.c
+++ b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -469,17 +469,11 @@ out_up:
        return err;
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(msgctl, int, msqid, int, cmd, struct msqid_ds __user *, buf)
+static int msgctl_nolock(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int msqid,
+                        int cmd, int version, void __user *buf)
 {
+       int err;
        struct msg_queue *msq;
-       int err, version;
-       struct ipc_namespace *ns;
-
-       if (msqid < 0 || cmd < 0)
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       version = ipc_parse_version(&cmd);
-       ns = current->nsproxy->ipc_ns;
 
        switch (cmd) {
        case IPC_INFO:
@@ -490,6 +484,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(msgctl, int, msqid, int, cmd, struct 
msqid_ds __user *, buf)
 
                if (!buf)
                        return -EFAULT;
+
                /*
                 * We must not return kernel stack data.
                 * due to padding, it's not enough
@@ -521,7 +516,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(msgctl, int, msqid, int, cmd, struct 
msqid_ds __user *, buf)
                        return -EFAULT;
                return (max_id < 0) ? 0 : max_id;
        }
-       case MSG_STAT:  /* msqid is an index rather than a msg queue id */
+
+       case MSG_STAT:
        case IPC_STAT:
        {
                struct msqid64_ds tbuf;
@@ -565,19 +561,42 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(msgctl, int, msqid, int, cmd, struct 
msqid_ds __user *, buf)
                        return -EFAULT;
                return success_return;
        }
-       case IPC_SET:
-       case IPC_RMID:
-               err = msgctl_down(ns, msqid, cmd, buf, version);
-               return err;
+
        default:
-               return  -EINVAL;
+               return -EINVAL;
        }
 
+       return err;
 out_unlock:
        msg_unlock(msq);
        return err;
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(msgctl, int, msqid, int, cmd, struct msqid_ds __user *, buf)
+{
+       int version;
+       struct ipc_namespace *ns;
+
+       if (msqid < 0 || cmd < 0)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       version = ipc_parse_version(&cmd);
+       ns = current->nsproxy->ipc_ns;
+
+       switch (cmd) {
+       case IPC_INFO:
+       case MSG_INFO:
+       case MSG_STAT:  /* msqid is an index rather than a msg queue id */
+       case IPC_STAT:
+               return msgctl_nolock(ns, msqid, cmd, version, buf);
+       case IPC_SET:
+       case IPC_RMID:
+               return msgctl_down(ns, msqid, cmd, buf, version);
+       default:
+               return  -EINVAL;
+       }
+}
+
 static int testmsg(struct msg_msg *msg, long type, int mode)
 {
        switch(mode)
-- 
1.7.11.7

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