From: Eric Biggers Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 22:15:27 +0000 (-0800) Subject: lib/mpi: call cond_resched() from mpi_powm() loop X-Git-Tag: v4.15-rc1~139^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1d9ddde12e3c9bab7f3d3484eb9446315e3571ca;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git lib/mpi: call cond_resched() from mpi_powm() loop On a non-preemptible kernel, if KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE is called with the largest permitted inputs (16384 bits), the kernel spends 10+ seconds doing modular exponentiation in mpi_powm() without rescheduling. If all threads do it, it locks up the system. Moreover, it can cause rcu_sched-stall warnings. Notwithstanding the insanity of doing this calculation in kernel mode rather than in userspace, fix it by calling cond_resched() as each bit from the exponent is processed. It's still noninterruptible, but at least it's preemptible now. Do the cond_resched() once per bit rather than once per MPI limb because each limb might still easily take 100+ milliseconds on slow CPUs. Cc: # v4.12+ Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu --- diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c b/lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c index e24388a863a76..468fb7cd1221e 100644 --- a/lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c +++ b/lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ * however I decided to publish this code under the plain GPL. */ +#include #include #include "mpi-internal.h" #include "longlong.h" @@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ int mpi_powm(MPI res, MPI base, MPI exp, MPI mod) } e <<= 1; c--; + cond_resched(); } i--;