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authorVitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>2015-12-14 19:01:56 -0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2015-12-14 19:27:30 -0800
commit9420098adc50a88d4a441e0f92d54bfa7af44448 (patch)
tree7d7592a79b8bb679a756ab0dc8ad4d828ae18a50 /drivers/hv
parenta15025660d4703a8b37290a14734cb4a84875770 (diff)
downloadlinux-9420098adc50a88d4a441e0f92d54bfa7af44448.tar.bz2
Drivers: hv: utils: fix crash when device is removed from host side
The crash is observed when a service is being disabled host side while userspace daemon is connected to the device: [ 90.244859] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP ... [ 90.800082] Call Trace: [ 90.800082] [<ffffffff81187008>] __fput+0xc8/0x1f0 [ 90.800082] [<ffffffff8118716e>] ____fput+0xe/0x10 ... [ 90.800082] [<ffffffff81015278>] do_signal+0x28/0x580 [ 90.800082] [<ffffffff81086656>] ? finish_task_switch+0xa6/0x180 [ 90.800082] [<ffffffff81443ebf>] ? __schedule+0x28f/0x870 [ 90.800082] [<ffffffffa01ebbaa>] ? hvt_op_read+0x12a/0x140 [hv_utils] ... The problem is that hvutil_transport_destroy() which does misc_deregister() freeing the appropriate device is reachable by two paths: module unload and from util_remove(). While module unload path is protected by .owner in struct file_operations util_remove() path is not. Freeing the device while someone holds an open fd for it is a show stopper. In general, it is not possible to revoke an fd from all users so the only way to solve the issue is to defer freeing the hvutil_transport structure. Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/hv')
-rw-r--r--drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c26
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c b/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
index 31c2f8649271..ee20b5074238 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
@@ -155,13 +155,22 @@ static int hvt_op_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
return ret;
}
+static void hvt_transport_free(struct hvutil_transport *hvt)
+{
+ misc_deregister(&hvt->mdev);
+ kfree(hvt->outmsg);
+ kfree(hvt);
+}
+
static int hvt_op_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
struct hvutil_transport *hvt;
+ int mode_old;
hvt = container_of(file->f_op, struct hvutil_transport, fops);
mutex_lock(&hvt->lock);
+ mode_old = hvt->mode;
if (hvt->mode != HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_DESTROY)
hvt->mode = HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_INIT;
/*
@@ -171,6 +180,9 @@ static int hvt_op_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
hvt_reset(hvt);
mutex_unlock(&hvt->lock);
+ if (mode_old == HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_DESTROY)
+ hvt_transport_free(hvt);
+
return 0;
}
@@ -304,17 +316,25 @@ err_free_hvt:
void hvutil_transport_destroy(struct hvutil_transport *hvt)
{
+ int mode_old;
+
mutex_lock(&hvt->lock);
+ mode_old = hvt->mode;
hvt->mode = HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_DESTROY;
wake_up_interruptible(&hvt->outmsg_q);
mutex_unlock(&hvt->lock);
+ /*
+ * In case we were in 'chardev' mode we still have an open fd so we
+ * have to defer freeing the device. Netlink interface can be freed
+ * now.
+ */
spin_lock(&hvt_list_lock);
list_del(&hvt->list);
spin_unlock(&hvt_list_lock);
if (hvt->cn_id.idx > 0 && hvt->cn_id.val > 0)
cn_del_callback(&hvt->cn_id);
- misc_deregister(&hvt->mdev);
- kfree(hvt->outmsg);
- kfree(hvt);
+
+ if (mode_old != HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_CHARDEV)
+ hvt_transport_free(hvt);
}