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From: Joel Fernandes <jfern@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
	Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>,
	Joel Fernandes <jfern@kernel.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun@kernel.org>,
	Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
	Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
Cc: rcu@vger.kernel.org, Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>,
	Kunwu Chan <chentao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH for-v7.5 07/11] rcu-tasks: Validate callback arguments
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:50:09 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261113005017.2772440-8-jfern@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261113005017.2772440-1-jfern@kernel.org>

From: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>

Check callback-head alignment and reject NULL callback
functions in the generic RCU Tasks callback registration path.

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <chentao@kylinos.cn>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes <jfern@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <jfern@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
index 0eec90464d64..a1883cf5b5d1 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
@@ -349,6 +349,13 @@ static void call_rcu_tasks_generic(struct rcu_head *rhp, rcu_callback_t func,
 	bool needwake;
 	struct rcu_tasks_percpu *rtpcp;
 
+	/* Misaligned rcu_head! */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE((unsigned long)rhp & (sizeof(void *) - 1));
+
+	/* Avoid NULL dereference if callback is NULL. */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!func))
+		return;
+
 	rhp->next = NULL;
 	rhp->func = func;
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-13  0:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-13  0:50 [PATCH for-v7.5 00/11] RCU debug patches for v7.5 Joel Fernandes
2026-11-13  0:50 ` [PATCH for-v7.5 01/11] rcu: Print CPU that preempted stalled reader wants to run on Joel Fernandes
2026-11-13  0:50 ` [PATCH for-v7.5 02/11] srcu: Record callback registration stack for KASAN Joel Fernandes
2026-11-13  0:50 ` [PATCH for-v7.5 03/11] srcutiny: " Joel Fernandes
2026-11-13  0:50 ` [PATCH for-v7.5 04/11] rcu: Record callback registration stack for Tiny RCU Joel Fernandes
2026-11-13  0:50 ` [PATCH for-v7.5 05/11] srcu: Validate callback arguments Joel Fernandes
2026-11-13  0:50 ` [PATCH for-v7.5 06/11] rcu: Validate callback arguments in Tiny RCU Joel Fernandes
2026-11-13  0:50 ` Joel Fernandes [this message]
2026-11-13  0:50 ` [PATCH for-v7.5 08/11] srcu: Detect duplicate callback enqueue at registration Joel Fernandes
2026-11-13  0:50 ` [PATCH for-v7.5 09/11] srcutiny: Detect duplicate callback enqueue Joel Fernandes
2026-11-13  0:50 ` [PATCH for-v7.5 10/11] rcu-tasks: " Joel Fernandes
2026-11-13  0:50 ` [PATCH for-v7.5 11/11] rcu: Improve duplicate callback diagnostics Joel Fernandes

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