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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2017-09-22 17:48:06 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2017-09-25 16:37:11 +0200
commitc74aef2d06a9f59cece89093eecc552933cba72a (patch)
tree2f67fc86ee37ac10e61a58199b8667eb1c97bbdc /kernel
parente19b205be43d11bff638cad4487008c48d21c103 (diff)
downloadlinux-c74aef2d06a9f59cece89093eecc552933cba72a.tar.bz2
futex: Fix pi_state->owner serialization
There was a reported suspicion about a race between exit_pi_state_list() and put_pi_state(). The same report mentioned the comment with put_pi_state() said it should be called with hb->lock held, and it no longer is in all places. As it turns out, the pi_state->owner serialization is indeed broken. As per the new rules: 734009e96d19 ("futex: Change locking rules") pi_state->owner should be serialized by pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock. For the sites setting pi_state->owner we already hold wait_lock (where required) but exit_pi_state_list() and put_pi_state() were not and raced on clearing it. Fixes: 734009e96d19 ("futex: Change locking rules") Reported-by: Gratian Crisan <gratian.crisan@ni.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: dvhart@infradead.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170922154806.jd3ffltfk24m4o4y@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/futex.c33
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 3d38eaf05492..0518a0bfc746 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -821,8 +821,6 @@ static void get_pi_state(struct futex_pi_state *pi_state)
/*
* Drops a reference to the pi_state object and frees or caches it
* when the last reference is gone.
- *
- * Must be called with the hb lock held.
*/
static void put_pi_state(struct futex_pi_state *pi_state)
{
@@ -837,16 +835,22 @@ static void put_pi_state(struct futex_pi_state *pi_state)
* and has cleaned up the pi_state already
*/
if (pi_state->owner) {
- raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->owner->pi_lock);
- list_del_init(&pi_state->list);
- raw_spin_unlock_irq(&pi_state->owner->pi_lock);
+ struct task_struct *owner;
- rt_mutex_proxy_unlock(&pi_state->pi_mutex, pi_state->owner);
+ raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
+ owner = pi_state->owner;
+ if (owner) {
+ raw_spin_lock(&owner->pi_lock);
+ list_del_init(&pi_state->list);
+ raw_spin_unlock(&owner->pi_lock);
+ }
+ rt_mutex_proxy_unlock(&pi_state->pi_mutex, owner);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
}
- if (current->pi_state_cache)
+ if (current->pi_state_cache) {
kfree(pi_state);
- else {
+ } else {
/*
* pi_state->list is already empty.
* clear pi_state->owner.
@@ -907,13 +911,14 @@ void exit_pi_state_list(struct task_struct *curr)
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&curr->pi_lock);
spin_lock(&hb->lock);
-
- raw_spin_lock_irq(&curr->pi_lock);
+ raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
+ raw_spin_lock(&curr->pi_lock);
/*
* We dropped the pi-lock, so re-check whether this
* task still owns the PI-state:
*/
if (head->next != next) {
+ raw_spin_unlock(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
spin_unlock(&hb->lock);
continue;
}
@@ -922,9 +927,10 @@ void exit_pi_state_list(struct task_struct *curr)
WARN_ON(list_empty(&pi_state->list));
list_del_init(&pi_state->list);
pi_state->owner = NULL;
- raw_spin_unlock_irq(&curr->pi_lock);
+ raw_spin_unlock(&curr->pi_lock);
get_pi_state(pi_state);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
spin_unlock(&hb->lock);
rt_mutex_futex_unlock(&pi_state->pi_mutex);
@@ -1208,6 +1214,10 @@ static int attach_to_pi_owner(u32 uval, union futex_key *key,
WARN_ON(!list_empty(&pi_state->list));
list_add(&pi_state->list, &p->pi_state_list);
+ /*
+ * Assignment without holding pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock is safe
+ * because there is no concurrency as the object is not published yet.
+ */
pi_state->owner = p;
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&p->pi_lock);
@@ -2878,6 +2888,7 @@ retry:
raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
spin_unlock(&hb->lock);
+ /* drops pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock */
ret = wake_futex_pi(uaddr, uval, pi_state);
put_pi_state(pi_state);