epoll: replace ->visited/visited_list with generation count

removes the need to clear it, along with the races.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Author: Al Viro

fs/eventpoll.c

@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ struct eventpoll {
 	struct file *file;
 
 	/* used to optimize loop detection check */
-	struct list_head visited_list_link;
-	int visited;
+	u64 gen;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
 	/* used to track busy poll napi_id */
@@ -274,6 +273,8 @@ static long max_user_watches __read_mostly;
  */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(epmutex);
 
+static u64 loop_check_gen = 0;
+
 /* Used to check for epoll file descriptor inclusion loops */
 static struct nested_calls poll_loop_ncalls;
 
@@ -283,9 +284,6 @@ static struct kmem_cache *epi_cache __read_mostly;
 /* Slab cache used to allocate "struct eppoll_entry" */
 static struct kmem_cache *pwq_cache __read_mostly;
 
-/* Visited nodes during ep_loop_check(), so we can unset them when we finish */
-static LIST_HEAD(visited_list);
-
 /*
  * List of files with newly added links, where we may need to limit the number
  * of emanating paths. Protected by the epmutex.
@@ -1971,13 +1969,12 @@ static int ep_loop_check_proc(void *priv, void *cookie, int call_nests)
 	struct epitem *epi;
 
 	mutex_lock_nested(&ep->mtx, call_nests + 1);
-	ep->visited = 1;
-	list_add(&ep->visited_list_link, &visited_list);
+	ep->gen = loop_check_gen;
 	for (rbp = rb_first_cached(&ep->rbr); rbp; rbp = rb_next(rbp)) {
 		epi = rb_entry(rbp, struct epitem, rbn);
 		if (unlikely(is_file_epoll(epi->ffd.file))) {
 			ep_tovisit = epi->ffd.file->private_data;
-			if (ep_tovisit->visited)
+			if (ep_tovisit->gen == loop_check_gen)
 				continue;
 			error = ep_call_nested(&poll_loop_ncalls,
 					ep_loop_check_proc, epi->ffd.file,
@@ -2018,18 +2015,8 @@ static int ep_loop_check_proc(void *priv, void *cookie, int call_nests)
  */
 static int ep_loop_check(struct eventpoll *ep, struct file *file)
 {
-	int ret;
-	struct eventpoll *ep_cur, *ep_next;
-
-	ret = ep_call_nested(&poll_loop_ncalls,
+	return ep_call_nested(&poll_loop_ncalls,
 			      ep_loop_check_proc, file, ep, current);
-	/* clear visited list */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(ep_cur, ep_next, &visited_list,
-							visited_list_link) {
-		ep_cur->visited = 0;
-		list_del(&ep_cur->visited_list_link);
-	}
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static void clear_tfile_check_list(void)
@@ -2199,6 +2186,7 @@ int do_epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int fd, struct epoll_event *epds,
 			error = epoll_mutex_lock(&epmutex, 0, nonblock);
 			if (error)
 				goto error_tgt_fput;
+			loop_check_gen++;
 			full_check = 1;
 			if (is_file_epoll(tf.file)) {
 				error = -ELOOP;
@@ -2262,6 +2250,7 @@ int do_epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int fd, struct epoll_event *epds,
 error_tgt_fput:
 	if (full_check) {
 		clear_tfile_check_list();
+		loop_check_gen++;
 		mutex_unlock(&epmutex);
 	}