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authorAllan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>2008-05-12 15:42:28 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-05-12 15:42:28 -0700
commit7ef43ebaa538e0cc9063cbf84593a05091bcace2 (patch)
treed2bac748f6620cc2f217672105918b2116f6c958 /net/tipc/ref.c
parent4e3e6dcb43c3669a8817cb3d0f920f91661afd98 (diff)
downloadlinux-7ef43ebaa538e0cc9063cbf84593a05091bcace2.tar.bz2
tipc: Fix race condition when creating socket or native port
This patch eliminates the (very remote) chance of a crash resulting from a partially initialized socket or native port unexpectedly receiving a message. Now, during the creation of a socket or native port, the underlying generic port's lock is not released until all initialization required to handle incoming messages has been done. Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/tipc/ref.c')
-rw-r--r--net/tipc/ref.c12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/tipc/ref.c b/net/tipc/ref.c
index 89cbab24d08f..a101de86824d 100644
--- a/net/tipc/ref.c
+++ b/net/tipc/ref.c
@@ -142,9 +142,13 @@ void tipc_ref_table_stop(void)
/**
* tipc_ref_acquire - create reference to an object
*
- * Return a unique reference value which can be translated back to the pointer
- * 'object' at a later time. Also, pass back a pointer to the lock protecting
- * the object, but without locking it.
+ * Register an object pointer in reference table and lock the object.
+ * Returns a unique reference value that is used from then on to retrieve the
+ * object pointer, or to determine that the object has been deregistered.
+ *
+ * Note: The object is returned in the locked state so that the caller can
+ * register a partially initialized object, without running the risk that
+ * the object will be accessed before initialization is complete.
*/
u32 tipc_ref_acquire(void *object, spinlock_t **lock)
@@ -178,13 +182,13 @@ u32 tipc_ref_acquire(void *object, spinlock_t **lock)
ref = (next_plus_upper & ~index_mask) + index;
entry->ref = ref;
entry->object = object;
- spin_unlock_bh(&entry->lock);
*lock = &entry->lock;
}
else if (tipc_ref_table.init_point < tipc_ref_table.capacity) {
index = tipc_ref_table.init_point++;
entry = &(tipc_ref_table.entries[index]);
spin_lock_init(&entry->lock);
+ spin_lock_bh(&entry->lock);
ref = tipc_ref_table.start_mask + index;
entry->ref = ref;
entry->object = object;