[PATCH -next] ima: add cond_resched() in ima_calc_file_hash_tfm loop

cuigaosheng cuigaosheng1 at huawei.com
Tue Jul 14 09:28:17 UTC 2026


On 2026/7/13 20:06, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> On Mon, 2026-07-13 at 11:10 +0000, Gaosheng Cui wrote:
>> When hashing large files, the while loop in ima_calc_file_hash_tfm
>> processes PAGE_SIZE chunks without any scheduling point, which can
>> cause soft lockup warnings:
>> watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 50s!
>> Call Trace:
>>    _sha256_update+0x12d/0x1a0
>>    ima_calc_file_hash_tfm+0xfb/0x150
>>    ima_calc_file_hash+0x6e/0x160
>>    ima_collect_measurement+0x202/0x340
>>    process_measurement+0x3a9/0xb30
>>    ima_file_check+0x56/0xa0
>>    do_open+0x11b/0x250
>>    path_openat+0x10b/0x1d0
>>    do_filp_open+0xa9/0x150
>>    do_sys_openat2+0x223/0x2a0
>>    __x64_sys_openat+0x54/0xa0
>>    do_syscall_64+0x59/0x110
>>    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0xe2
>>
>> Add cond_resched() at the end of each loop iteration to voluntarily
>> yield the CPU when needed.
>>
>> Fixes: 3323eec921ef ("integrity: IMA as an integrity service provider")
>> Signed-off-by: Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1 at huawei.com>
>> ---
>>   security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c | 2 ++
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
>> index 0d72b48249ee..3b7d41a9fd18 100644
>> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
>> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
>> @@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ static int ima_calc_file_hash_tfm(struct file *file,
>>   		rc = crypto_shash_update(shash, rbuf, rbuf_len);
>>   		if (rc)
>>   			break;
>> +
>> +		cond_resched();
> I would recommend not doing at every loop but every 4 MB at least:
>
> if (IS_ALIGNED(offset, SZ_4M))
>          cond_resched();
>
> Thanks
>
> Roberto

Thanks,

I've updated to patch v2,call cond_resched() every 4MB.

>>   	}
>>   	kfree(rbuf);
>>   out:
> .



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