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-rw-r--r--kernel/kmod.c4
-rw-r--r--kernel/pid.c5
-rw-r--r--kernel/softirq.c15
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index fb326365b694..b086006c59e7 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -571,6 +571,10 @@ int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info *sub_info, int wait)
DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
int retval = 0;
+ if (!sub_info->path) {
+ call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
helper_lock();
if (!khelper_wq || usermodehelper_disabled) {
retval = -EBUSY;
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index ebe5e80b10f8..9b9a26698144 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -273,6 +273,11 @@ void free_pid(struct pid *pid)
*/
wake_up_process(ns->child_reaper);
break;
+ case PIDNS_HASH_ADDING:
+ /* Handle a fork failure of the first process */
+ WARN_ON(ns->child_reaper);
+ ns->nr_hashed = 0;
+ /* fall through */
case 0:
schedule_work(&ns->proc_work);
break;
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 53cc09ceb0b8..d7d498d8cc4f 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -328,10 +328,19 @@ void irq_enter(void)
static inline void invoke_softirq(void)
{
- if (!force_irqthreads)
- __do_softirq();
- else
+ if (!force_irqthreads) {
+ /*
+ * We can safely execute softirq on the current stack if
+ * it is the irq stack, because it should be near empty
+ * at this stage. But we have no way to know if the arch
+ * calls irq_exit() on the irq stack. So call softirq
+ * in its own stack to prevent from any overrun on top
+ * of a potentially deep task stack.
+ */
+ do_softirq();
+ } else {
wakeup_softirqd();
+ }
}
static inline void tick_irq_exit(void)