Hi Ciju:

I am still not exactly sure why this patch is needed.  As I read
user_shm_lock():

quoted text
> lock_limit = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_MEMLOCK].rlim_cur;
> if (lock_limit == RLIM_INFINITY)
> 	allowed = 1;
> lock_limit >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
> spin_lock(&shmlock_user_lock);
> if (!allowed &&
>     locked + user->locked_shm > lock_limit && !capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
> 	goto out;

... if the user's locked limit (ulimit -l) is set to unlimited, allowed
(above) is set to 1.  In that case, the second part of that if() is
bypassed, and the function grants permission.  Therefore, the easy
solution is to make sure your user's lock_limit is RLIM_INFINITY.

On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 19:45 +0530, Ciju Rajan K wrote:
<snip>
quoted text
> @@ -248,8 +249,14 @@ int user_shm_lock(size_t size, struct us
>          allowed = 1;
>      lock_limit >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
>      spin_lock(&shmlock_user_lock);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
> +    if (!allowed &&
> +        locked + user->locked_shm > lock_limit &&
> +        (!(capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK) || in_group_p(sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group))))

This will allow any user in hugetlb_shm_group to make unlimited use of
huge page shm segments _and_ normal page shm segments.  Definitely not
what you want.

quoted text
> +#else
>      if (!allowed &&
>          locked + user->locked_shm > lock_limit && !capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
> +#endif
>          goto out;
>      get_uid(user);
>      user->locked_shm += locked;
> 

Please don't add new #ifdefs into .c files, headers only.

-- 
Adam Litke - (agl at us.ibm.com)
IBM Linux Technology Center

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