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3  *
4  * Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1993
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59  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
60  * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
61  * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
62  * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
63  * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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67  * SUCH DAMAGE.
68  *
69  *	@(#)kern_acct.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/14/93
70  */
71 
72 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
73 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
74 
75 #include <sys/param.h>
76 #include <sys/systm.h>
77 #include <sys/acct.h>
78 #include <sys/fcntl.h>
79 #include <sys/kernel.h>
80 #include <sys/kthread.h>
81 #include <sys/limits.h>
82 #include <sys/lock.h>
83 #include <sys/malloc.h>
84 #include <sys/mount.h>
85 #include <sys/mutex.h>
86 #include <sys/namei.h>
87 #include <sys/priv.h>
88 #include <sys/proc.h>
89 #include <sys/resourcevar.h>
90 #include <sys/sched.h>
91 #include <sys/sx.h>
92 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
93 #include <sys/syslog.h>
94 #include <sys/sysproto.h>
95 #include <sys/tty.h>
96 #include <sys/vnode.h>
97 
98 #include <security/mac/mac_framework.h>
99 
100 _Static_assert(sizeof(struct acctv3) - offsetof(struct acctv3, ac_trailer) ==
101     sizeof(struct acctv2) - offsetof(struct acctv2, ac_trailer), "trailer");
102 _Static_assert(sizeof(struct acctv3) - offsetof(struct acctv3, ac_len2) ==
103     sizeof(struct acctv2) - offsetof(struct acctv2, ac_len2), "len2");
104 
105 /*
106  * The routines implemented in this file are described in:
107  *      Leffler, et al.: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD
108  *	    UNIX Operating System (Addison Welley, 1989)
109  * on pages 62-63.
110  * On May 2007 the historic 3 bits base 8 exponent, 13 bit fraction
111  * compt_t representation described in the above reference was replaced
112  * with that of IEEE-754 floats.
113  *
114  * Arguably, to simplify accounting operations, this mechanism should
115  * be replaced by one in which an accounting log file (similar to /dev/klog)
116  * is read by a user process, etc.  However, that has its own problems.
117  */
118 
119 /* Floating point definitions from <float.h>. */
120 #define FLT_MANT_DIG    24              /* p */
121 #define FLT_MAX_EXP     128             /* emax */
122 
123 /*
124  * Internal accounting functions.
125  * The former's operation is described in Leffler, et al., and the latter
126  * was provided by UCB with the 4.4BSD-Lite release
127  */
128 static uint32_t	encode_timeval(struct timeval);
129 static uint32_t	encode_long(long);
130 static void	acctwatch(void);
131 static void	acct_thread(void *);
132 static int	acct_disable(struct thread *, int);
133 
134 /*
135  * Accounting vnode pointer, saved vnode pointer, and flags for each.
136  * acct_sx protects against changes to the active vnode and credentials
137  * while accounting records are being committed to disk.
138  */
139 static int		 acct_configured;
140 static int		 acct_suspended;
141 static struct vnode	*acct_vp;
142 static struct ucred	*acct_cred;
143 static int		 acct_flags;
144 static struct sx	 acct_sx;
145 
146 SX_SYSINIT(acct, &acct_sx, "acct_sx");
147 
148 /*
149  * State of the accounting kthread.
150  */
151 static int		 acct_state;
152 
153 #define	ACCT_RUNNING	1	/* Accounting kthread is running. */
154 #define	ACCT_EXITREQ	2	/* Accounting kthread should exit. */
155 
156 /*
157  * Values associated with enabling and disabling accounting
158  */
159 static int acctsuspend = 2;	/* stop accounting when < 2% free space left */
160 SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, acct_suspend, CTLFLAG_RW,
161 	&acctsuspend, 0, "percentage of free disk space below which accounting stops");
162 
163 static int acctresume = 4;	/* resume when free space risen to > 4% */
164 SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, acct_resume, CTLFLAG_RW,
165 	&acctresume, 0, "percentage of free disk space above which accounting resumes");
166 
167 static int acctchkfreq = 15;	/* frequency (in seconds) to check space */
168 
169 static int
170 sysctl_acct_chkfreq(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
171 {
172 	int error, value;
173 
174 	/* Write out the old value. */
175 	error = SYSCTL_OUT(req, &acctchkfreq, sizeof(int));
176 	if (error || req->newptr == NULL)
177 		return (error);
178 
179 	/* Read in and verify the new value. */
180 	error = SYSCTL_IN(req, &value, sizeof(int));
181 	if (error)
182 		return (error);
183 	if (value <= 0)
184 		return (EINVAL);
185 	acctchkfreq = value;
186 	return (0);
187 }
188 SYSCTL_PROC(_kern, OID_AUTO, acct_chkfreq,
189     CTLTYPE_INT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_MPSAFE, &acctchkfreq, 0,
190     sysctl_acct_chkfreq, "I",
191     "frequency for checking the free space");
192 
193 SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, acct_configured, CTLFLAG_RD, &acct_configured, 0,
194 	"Accounting configured or not");
195 
196 SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, acct_suspended, CTLFLAG_RD, &acct_suspended, 0,
197 	"Accounting suspended or not");
198 
199 /*
200  * Accounting system call.  Written based on the specification and previous
201  * implementation done by Mark Tinguely.
202  */
203 int
204 sys_acct(struct thread *td, struct acct_args *uap)
205 {
206 	struct nameidata nd;
207 	int error, flags, replacing;
208 
209 	error = priv_check(td, PRIV_ACCT);
210 	if (error)
211 		return (error);
212 
213 	/*
214 	 * If accounting is to be started to a file, open that file for
215 	 * appending and make sure it's a 'normal'.
216 	 */
217 	if (uap->path != NULL) {
218 		NDINIT(&nd, LOOKUP, NOFOLLOW | AUDITVNODE1, UIO_USERSPACE,
219 		    uap->path);
220 		flags = FWRITE | O_APPEND;
221 		error = vn_open(&nd, &flags, 0, NULL);
222 		if (error)
223 			return (error);
224 		NDFREE_PNBUF(&nd);
225 #ifdef MAC
226 		error = mac_system_check_acct(td->td_ucred, nd.ni_vp);
227 		if (error) {
228 			VOP_UNLOCK(nd.ni_vp);
229 			vn_close(nd.ni_vp, flags, td->td_ucred, td);
230 			return (error);
231 		}
232 #endif
233 		VOP_UNLOCK(nd.ni_vp);
234 		if (nd.ni_vp->v_type != VREG) {
235 			vn_close(nd.ni_vp, flags, td->td_ucred, td);
236 			return (EACCES);
237 		}
238 #ifdef MAC
239 	} else {
240 		error = mac_system_check_acct(td->td_ucred, NULL);
241 		if (error)
242 			return (error);
243 #endif
244 	}
245 
246 	/*
247 	 * Disallow concurrent access to the accounting vnode while we swap
248 	 * it out, in order to prevent access after close.
249 	 */
250 	sx_xlock(&acct_sx);
251 
252 	/*
253 	 * Don't log spurious disable/enable messages if we are
254 	 * switching from one accounting file to another due to log
255 	 * rotation.
256 	 */
257 	replacing = (acct_vp != NULL && uap->path != NULL);
258 
259 	/*
260 	 * If accounting was previously enabled, kill the old space-watcher,
261 	 * close the file, and (if no new file was specified, leave).  Reset
262 	 * the suspended state regardless of whether accounting remains
263 	 * enabled.
264 	 */
265 	acct_suspended = 0;
266 	if (acct_vp != NULL)
267 		error = acct_disable(td, !replacing);
268 	if (uap->path == NULL) {
269 		if (acct_state & ACCT_RUNNING) {
270 			acct_state |= ACCT_EXITREQ;
271 			wakeup(&acct_state);
272 		}
273 		sx_xunlock(&acct_sx);
274 		return (error);
275 	}
276 
277 	/*
278 	 * Save the new accounting file vnode, and schedule the new
279 	 * free space watcher.
280 	 */
281 	acct_vp = nd.ni_vp;
282 	acct_cred = crhold(td->td_ucred);
283 	acct_flags = flags;
284 	if (acct_state & ACCT_RUNNING)
285 		acct_state &= ~ACCT_EXITREQ;
286 	else {
287 		/*
288 		 * Try to start up an accounting kthread.  We may start more
289 		 * than one, but if so the extras will commit suicide as
290 		 * soon as they start up.
291 		 */
292 		error = kproc_create(acct_thread, NULL, NULL, 0, 0,
293 		    "accounting");
294 		if (error) {
295 			(void) acct_disable(td, 0);
296 			sx_xunlock(&acct_sx);
297 			log(LOG_NOTICE, "Unable to start accounting thread\n");
298 			return (error);
299 		}
300 	}
301 	acct_configured = 1;
302 	sx_xunlock(&acct_sx);
303 	if (!replacing)
304 		log(LOG_NOTICE, "Accounting enabled\n");
305 	return (error);
306 }
307 
308 /*
309  * Disable currently in-progress accounting by closing the vnode, dropping
310  * our reference to the credential, and clearing the vnode's flags.
311  */
312 static int
313 acct_disable(struct thread *td, int logging)
314 {
315 	int error;
316 
317 	sx_assert(&acct_sx, SX_XLOCKED);
318 	error = vn_close(acct_vp, acct_flags, acct_cred, td);
319 	crfree(acct_cred);
320 	acct_configured = 0;
321 	acct_vp = NULL;
322 	acct_cred = NULL;
323 	acct_flags = 0;
324 	if (logging)
325 		log(LOG_NOTICE, "Accounting disabled\n");
326 	return (error);
327 }
328 
329 /*
330  * Write out process accounting information, on process exit.
331  * Data to be written out is specified in Leffler, et al.
332  * and are enumerated below.  (They're also noted in the system
333  * "acct.h" header file.)
334  */
335 int
336 acct_process(struct thread *td)
337 {
338 	struct acctv3 acct;
339 	struct timeval ut, st, tmp;
340 	struct proc *p;
341 	struct rusage ru;
342 	int t, ret;
343 
344 	/*
345 	 * Lockless check of accounting condition before doing the hard
346 	 * work.
347 	 */
348 	if (acct_vp == NULL || acct_suspended)
349 		return (0);
350 
351 	memset(&acct, 0, sizeof(acct));
352 
353 	sx_slock(&acct_sx);
354 
355 	/*
356 	 * If accounting isn't enabled, don't bother.  Have to check again
357 	 * once we own the lock in case we raced with disabling of accounting
358 	 * by another thread.
359 	 */
360 	if (acct_vp == NULL || acct_suspended) {
361 		sx_sunlock(&acct_sx);
362 		return (0);
363 	}
364 
365 	p = td->td_proc;
366 	td->td_pflags2 |= TDP2_ACCT;
367 
368 	/*
369 	 * Get process accounting information.
370 	 */
371 
372 	sx_slock(&proctree_lock);
373 	PROC_LOCK(p);
374 
375 	/* (1) The terminal from which the process was started */
376 	if ((p->p_flag & P_CONTROLT) && p->p_pgrp->pg_session->s_ttyp)
377 		acct.ac_tty = tty_udev(p->p_pgrp->pg_session->s_ttyp);
378 	else
379 		acct.ac_tty = NODEV;
380 	sx_sunlock(&proctree_lock);
381 
382 	/* (2) The name of the command that ran */
383 	bcopy(p->p_comm, acct.ac_comm, sizeof acct.ac_comm);
384 
385 	/* (3) The amount of user and system time that was used */
386 	rufetchcalc(p, &ru, &ut, &st);
387 	acct.ac_utime = encode_timeval(ut);
388 	acct.ac_stime = encode_timeval(st);
389 
390 	/* (4) The elapsed time the command ran (and its starting time) */
391 	getboottime(&tmp);
392 	timevaladd(&tmp, &p->p_stats->p_start);
393 	acct.ac_btime = tmp.tv_sec;
394 	microuptime(&tmp);
395 	timevalsub(&tmp, &p->p_stats->p_start);
396 	acct.ac_etime = encode_timeval(tmp);
397 
398 	/* (5) The average amount of memory used */
399 	tmp = ut;
400 	timevaladd(&tmp, &st);
401 	/* Convert tmp (i.e. u + s) into hz units to match ru_i*. */
402 	t = tmp.tv_sec * hz + tmp.tv_usec / tick;
403 	if (t)
404 		acct.ac_mem = encode_long((ru.ru_ixrss + ru.ru_idrss +
405 		    + ru.ru_isrss) / t);
406 	else
407 		acct.ac_mem = 0;
408 
409 	/* (6) The number of disk I/O operations done */
410 	acct.ac_io = encode_long(ru.ru_inblock + ru.ru_oublock);
411 
412 	/* (7) The UID and GID of the process */
413 	acct.ac_uid = p->p_ucred->cr_ruid;
414 	acct.ac_gid = p->p_ucred->cr_rgid;
415 
416 	/* (8) The boolean flags that tell how the process terminated, etc. */
417 	acct.ac_flagx = p->p_acflag;
418 
419 	PROC_UNLOCK(p);
420 
421 	/* Setup ancillary structure fields. */
422 	acct.ac_flagx |= ANVER;
423 	acct.ac_zero = 0;
424 	acct.ac_version = 3;
425 	acct.ac_len = acct.ac_len2 = sizeof(acct);
426 
427 	/*
428 	 * Write the accounting information to the file.
429 	 */
430 	ret = vn_rdwr(UIO_WRITE, acct_vp, (caddr_t)&acct, sizeof (acct),
431 	    (off_t)0, UIO_SYSSPACE, IO_APPEND|IO_UNIT, acct_cred, NOCRED,
432 	    NULL, td);
433 	sx_sunlock(&acct_sx);
434 	td->td_pflags2 &= ~TDP2_ACCT;
435 	return (ret);
436 }
437 
438 /* FLOAT_CONVERSION_START (Regression testing; don't remove this line.) */
439 
440 /* Convert timevals and longs into IEEE-754 bit patterns. */
441 
442 /* Mantissa mask (MSB is implied, so subtract 1). */
443 #define MANT_MASK ((1 << (FLT_MANT_DIG - 1)) - 1)
444 
445 /*
446  * We calculate integer values to a precision of approximately
447  * 28 bits.
448  * This is high-enough precision to fill the 24 float bits
449  * and low-enough to avoid overflowing the 32 int bits.
450  */
451 #define CALC_BITS 28
452 
453 /* log_2(1000000). */
454 #define LOG2_1M 20
455 
456 /*
457  * Convert the elements of a timeval into a 32-bit word holding
458  * the bits of a IEEE-754 float.
459  * The float value represents the timeval's value in microsecond units.
460  */
461 static uint32_t
462 encode_timeval(struct timeval tv)
463 {
464 	int log2_s;
465 	int val, exp;	/* Unnormalized value and exponent */
466 	int norm_exp;	/* Normalized exponent */
467 	int shift;
468 
469 	/*
470 	 * First calculate value and exponent to about CALC_BITS precision.
471 	 * Note that the following conditionals have been ordered so that
472 	 * the most common cases appear first.
473 	 */
474 	if (tv.tv_sec == 0) {
475 		if (tv.tv_usec == 0)
476 			return (0);
477 		exp = 0;
478 		val = tv.tv_usec;
479 	} else {
480 		/*
481 		 * Calculate the value to a precision of approximately
482 		 * CALC_BITS.
483 		 */
484 		log2_s = fls(tv.tv_sec) - 1;
485 		if (log2_s + LOG2_1M < CALC_BITS) {
486 			exp = 0;
487 			val = 1000000 * tv.tv_sec + tv.tv_usec;
488 		} else {
489 			exp = log2_s + LOG2_1M - CALC_BITS;
490 			val = (unsigned int)(((uint64_t)1000000 * tv.tv_sec +
491 			    tv.tv_usec) >> exp);
492 		}
493 	}
494 	/* Now normalize and pack the value into an IEEE-754 float. */
495 	norm_exp = fls(val) - 1;
496 	shift = FLT_MANT_DIG - norm_exp - 1;
497 #ifdef ACCT_DEBUG
498 	printf("val=%d exp=%d shift=%d log2(val)=%d\n",
499 	    val, exp, shift, norm_exp);
500 	printf("exp=%x mant=%x\n", FLT_MAX_EXP - 1 + exp + norm_exp,
501 	    ((shift > 0 ? (val << shift) : (val >> -shift)) & MANT_MASK));
502 #endif
503 	return (((FLT_MAX_EXP - 1 + exp + norm_exp) << (FLT_MANT_DIG - 1)) |
504 	    ((shift > 0 ? val << shift : val >> -shift) & MANT_MASK));
505 }
506 
507 /*
508  * Convert a non-negative long value into the bit pattern of
509  * an IEEE-754 float value.
510  */
511 static uint32_t
512 encode_long(long val)
513 {
514 	int norm_exp;	/* Normalized exponent */
515 	int shift;
516 
517 	if (val == 0)
518 		return (0);
519 	if (val < 0) {
520 		log(LOG_NOTICE,
521 		    "encode_long: negative value %ld in accounting record\n",
522 		    val);
523 		val = LONG_MAX;
524 	}
525 	norm_exp = fls(val) - 1;
526 	shift = FLT_MANT_DIG - norm_exp - 1;
527 #ifdef ACCT_DEBUG
528 	printf("val=%d shift=%d log2(val)=%d\n",
529 	    val, shift, norm_exp);
530 	printf("exp=%x mant=%x\n", FLT_MAX_EXP - 1 + exp + norm_exp,
531 	    ((shift > 0 ? (val << shift) : (val >> -shift)) & MANT_MASK));
532 #endif
533 	return (((FLT_MAX_EXP - 1 + norm_exp) << (FLT_MANT_DIG - 1)) |
534 	    ((shift > 0 ? val << shift : val >> -shift) & MANT_MASK));
535 }
536 
537 /* FLOAT_CONVERSION_END (Regression testing; don't remove this line.) */
538 
539 /*
540  * Periodically check the filesystem to see if accounting
541  * should be turned on or off.  Beware the case where the vnode
542  * has been vgone()'d out from underneath us, e.g. when the file
543  * system containing the accounting file has been forcibly unmounted.
544  */
545 /* ARGSUSED */
546 static void
547 acctwatch(void)
548 {
549 	struct statfs *sp;
550 
551 	sx_assert(&acct_sx, SX_XLOCKED);
552 
553 	/*
554 	 * If accounting was disabled before our kthread was scheduled,
555 	 * then acct_vp might be NULL.  If so, just ask our kthread to
556 	 * exit and return.
557 	 */
558 	if (acct_vp == NULL) {
559 		acct_state |= ACCT_EXITREQ;
560 		return;
561 	}
562 
563 	/*
564 	 * If our vnode is no longer valid, tear it down and signal the
565 	 * accounting thread to die.
566 	 */
567 	if (acct_vp->v_type == VBAD) {
568 		(void) acct_disable(NULL, 1);
569 		acct_state |= ACCT_EXITREQ;
570 		return;
571 	}
572 
573 	/*
574 	 * Stopping here is better than continuing, maybe it will be VBAD
575 	 * next time around.
576 	 */
577 	sp = malloc(sizeof(struct statfs), M_STATFS, M_WAITOK);
578 	if (VFS_STATFS(acct_vp->v_mount, sp) < 0) {
579 		free(sp, M_STATFS);
580 		return;
581 	}
582 	if (acct_suspended) {
583 		if (sp->f_bavail > (int64_t)(acctresume * sp->f_blocks /
584 		    100)) {
585 			acct_suspended = 0;
586 			log(LOG_NOTICE, "Accounting resumed\n");
587 		}
588 	} else {
589 		if (sp->f_bavail <= (int64_t)(acctsuspend * sp->f_blocks /
590 		    100)) {
591 			acct_suspended = 1;
592 			log(LOG_NOTICE, "Accounting suspended\n");
593 		}
594 	}
595 	free(sp, M_STATFS);
596 }
597 
598 /*
599  * The main loop for the dedicated kernel thread that periodically calls
600  * acctwatch().
601  */
602 static void
603 acct_thread(void *dummy)
604 {
605 	u_char pri;
606 
607 	/* This is a low-priority kernel thread. */
608 	pri = PRI_MAX_KERN;
609 	thread_lock(curthread);
610 	sched_prio(curthread, pri);
611 	thread_unlock(curthread);
612 
613 	/* If another accounting kthread is already running, just die. */
614 	sx_xlock(&acct_sx);
615 	if (acct_state & ACCT_RUNNING) {
616 		sx_xunlock(&acct_sx);
617 		kproc_exit(0);
618 	}
619 	acct_state |= ACCT_RUNNING;
620 
621 	/* Loop until we are asked to exit. */
622 	while (!(acct_state & ACCT_EXITREQ)) {
623 		/* Perform our periodic checks. */
624 		acctwatch();
625 
626 		/*
627 		 * We check this flag again before sleeping since the
628 		 * acctwatch() might have shut down accounting and asked us
629 		 * to exit.
630 		 */
631 		if (!(acct_state & ACCT_EXITREQ)) {
632 			sx_sleep(&acct_state, &acct_sx, 0, "-",
633 			    acctchkfreq * hz);
634 		}
635 	}
636 
637 	/*
638 	 * Acknowledge the exit request and shutdown.  We clear both the
639 	 * exit request and running flags.
640 	 */
641 	acct_state = 0;
642 	sx_xunlock(&acct_sx);
643 	kproc_exit(0);
644 }
645