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: <[email protected]> # v4.12+
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>

lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  *	 however I decided to publish this code under the plain GPL.
  */
 
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #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--;